3rd Quarter Projects

The four projects I would like to accomplish this quarter are contrast/texture, reflection, portrait photography, and urban decay. For contrast/texture I would like to photograph ordinary objects that have an intricacy that is normally ignored. For instance, I would take a photo of a lamp or a similar household object that has an awesome texture that is not usually examined. For reflection photos I would like to take photos of the reflection of some important symbols in our country, because I am traveling to Washington, D.C. This is symbolic because it will be the reflection of structures such as the Washington Monument, but it will also mentally be the reflection of how our country became what it is today. For portrait photography I plan on taking pictures of people at the March for Life Rally in Washington, D.C. These photos will be of all different types of people fighting the cold because they so strongly believe in their cause. Lastly, for urban decay I want to photograph environmental destruction such as smoke or litter.

Devastation in Haiti

1. I was attracted to this photo because of the face of the child. It makes the devastation in Haiti personal. It is no longer just a bunch of unknown people suffering anymore, but now it is this little child suffering. 

2. This photo is so strong because it is the face of a child. Children are known for their innocence, but this child has seen more suffering than the many people in the world.

3. My eyes are automatically drawn to the eyes of the child.

4. This photo tells the story of the devastation in Haiti because it proves that the devastation does not spare anyone. No one would want to cause harm to this precious child, but natural disasters do not choose whose lives they destroy, they destroy everyone.

5. I am choosing the child.

"What's going on? I am in pain, I am being taken away by strangers, and I just want to be with my mother. How and why did this happen? I don't know what is going to happen to me next, but I just want to be held in my mother's arms."