When I take photographs, I like to imagine
the world from a different prospective. Mainly, I enjoy focusing on how the
object or scenery would look to an insect or otherwise non-human object. To
accomplish this, my photographs often display different angles, foci, colors,
filters, etc. This allows the viewer to continuously question the idea of
subjectivity, enforcing the fact that every living creature sees every
situation from a different point of view.
After being inspired by my grandfather's
work, I decided to take on the challenge of photography for myself. While he
took photographs of large-scale objects, I decided to narrow my focus on the
little pieces that make up a whole.
My focus of looking at things from different
perspectives is ever growing. I have grown to enjoy thinking of inanimate
objects of having both memories and voices to tell them. For example, I like to
imagine what types of stories a tree would tell based on what it has seen throughout
its lifetime.
My interest in subjectivity and little pieces
coming together has made me decide to try to make a documentary about my life
as a summer camp counselor in the upcoming summer. In it, I plan to feature
interviews of other staff members and how they answer the same questions. The
variety in answers as well as possible multiple-camera shooting will hopefully
help me capture the differences in everyone’s experiences, and how all of the
experiences came together to make a summer’s worth of memories.
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