This series of images offers a captivating exploration of the interplay between natural and urban elements within a city landscape. The composition and framing of each shot skillfully guide the viewer’s gaze, inviting deeper contemplation of the dynamic relationships between light, shadow, form, and texture.

• Describe the subject – what is going on in the image?

In this series of photographs, I noticed arranging them all in black and white is boring and not interesting, but when I was looking through my images, I noticed there are actually a lot of natural and positive photos. so I thought it would look cooler by adjusting the picture to brighter and with high saturation. contracting with the black and white ones which better evokes a deep story and interpretation.

• TONE – (Are there lots of extreme black and white or soft mid-tones/greys?)

For the black and white ones, I make the color tone dark and exposed because, in this case, the picture will have a high contrast between the background and their face. for the colored ones, I thought a lot about it. I made the photo tone bright with high contrast as also high saturation, but for one of my photos I did not adjust like the others, which is the 3rd set, instead of fully coloring I kept its style, the women I took wore a black new Chinese skirt, it gives me a feeling of elegant and mature so it should be toned like the others. I only added a little brightness and the situation, but differently; I also added a tiny bit of green and yellow effect to create a retro feel like in olden China.

• Think about the angle of the viewpoint

I concentrated on close-ups, I stood very close to my models and focused on their faces. at first, I was nervous and felt awkward, thinking I should take the photos faster so that I could run away from it.  but after I saw the photos I took, they were all blurred and had terrible angles.  so after I really took my time when people agreed to collaborate. and my camera got closer to their face so that I could capture their facial expedition and the reflection of their eyeball, which I think are very beautiful and natural.

• Is the image in black and white or color – what difference does this make

I have both black and white and colored ones; I placed the colored ones in between the black and white to express the negative and positive of humans; I felt the emotions are very cool; people also think black and white means negative thoughts and emotions at the mean while colored ones mean the opposite. creating the photo set like this symbolizes the diversity between humans and their thoughts,

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Throughout the process of taking these photos, I discovered the use of lighting shadows and compositions

These three photographs show the beauty of nature and how humans connect to it; they are both living organisms, no matter whether strong or weak.

These three photos show the technique of low-angle shots and high-angle shots. the strangers In the frame intensify the peace and daily life and have a relaxed atmosphere.

These four were kind of random; they are landscapes I saw when I was traveling in the car and places I ate, the final picture wasn’t filmed by me but was me and my friend got street photographed and got published online.

Artist Reflection: Daido Moriyama

Daidō Moriyama (Japanese: 森山 大道, Hepburn: Moriyama Daidō, born on October 10, 1938) is a Japanese photographer best known for his black-and-white street photography and involvement with the avant-garde photography magazine Provoke.

Moriyama began his career as an assistant to photographer Eikoh Hosoe, a co-founder of the avant-garde photo cooperative Vivo, and established himself with his debut photobook, Japan: A Photo Theater, published in 1968. His early work in the 1960s boldly captured the darker aspects of postwar Japanese urban life in a rough, unrestrained manner, filtering the rawness of human experience through sharply tilted angles, grained textures, harsh contrast, and blurred movements through the photographer’s wandering gaze. Many of his well-known paintings from the 1960s and 1970s are interpreted through the prism of postwar reconstruction.

Artist Reflection:  Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson was born in Chanteloup-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne, France. His father was a wealthy textile entrepreneur whose Cartier-Bresson thread was a common component of French sewing kits. His mother’s family was a cotton merchant and landowner from Normandy, where Henri spent some of his boyhood. His mother was a descendant of Charlotte Corday. The Cartier-Bresson family lived on Rue de Lisbonne in Paris, near the Place de l’Europe and Parc Monceau. Henri pursued photography with greater freedom than his peers since his parents supported him financially. Henri also made sketches. Young Henri used a Box Brownie for holiday photographs and later experimented with a 3×4 inch view camera. He was raised in classic French bourgeois fashion, and he was expected to address his parents with polite vous rather than tu.

statement of intense:

Throughout the creation of this project, I want to convey the emotional diversity between strangers on pathways using black and white and how each of their clothing reflects who they are and their identity. how idivials identify fashtion.

Elderly: Ms. Niu

Teenager: Erica Kang

The relationship between the elderly and teenagers has various vibrations; I wanted to present a storyline about how the victims grew up but couldn’t forget the hurt they had done to them. Even after so many years, the pain and discrimination persist; however, unlike youth, adults prefer to keep their thoughts to themselves; the hands covering their mouths represent the trauma and embarrassment of concealing the truth. The first vision shoots her, touching the opposite side of her in the reflection of a mirror, but a hand emerges in the dark as if society is addressing, “Keep it to yourself; don’t say it out; you are never pure again.” But touching the opposite side of themselves with despair. The final photo series depicts the victims’ sorrow and determination to escape from stereotypes (the hand covering their mouth) and stand up for themselves. in conclusion, these six images express a timeline and their inner emotions. Teenagers express their feelings when it happens, as do the elderly after the child has grown up and entered society.

FINAL blue set (20-30) mine(27):

FINAL green set 10 mine(10):

Thanks a lot for Ms.Niu’s appearance on camera

because of Ms.Niu’s precious time, we weren’t able to take a lot of high-quality photos, please forgive me

Select the most effective shots and color them blue (about 20-30?) (7)

Select about 10 green shots that ”best” describe your intentions/vision

Explain your “blue” and “green” choices：

My blue and green photographs are the same because due to the limited time from Ms.Niu, we didn’t take many high-quality photographs; we thought about poses for a long time because it is harder to film adults than teenagers; there are more to consider, especially when they are teachers and this is also a very big challenge without this project, at last we thought about these 7 poses even though the amount is limited but  Ms. Niu and I are all were all satisfied. There are a lot of repeated ones, but I still kept my opinion of quality over quantity , so I picked the best ones among the rest (since they all share the same pose, just different angles and lighting. these poses mostly represent the shadow inside the victims without their growth, the truth of them being raped will never change and it is NOT their fault! but the ones who got hurt and gossiped were them.

Pose 1 (covering  eyes while sitting down ):

pose 2 (looking in the mirror, despairing emotions, hand covering their mouth):

pose 3 (hand covering their mouth, trying to pull the hand away, painful emotion):

pose 4 ( standing head down, fingers pointing judging):

pose 5 ( sitting down, hand around leg, looking up):

pose 6 ( sitting down, hand around leg, looking down):

pose 7 (two hands (one covering her eyes, and the other covers it’s mouth):

Thanks a lot for Erica’s appearance on camera

Select the most effective shots and color them blue (about 20-30?)

Select about 10 green shots that ”best” describe your intentions/vision

Explain your “blue” and “green” choices：

Blue:

As I reflect on the collection of 20 pictures I captured, I am drawn to the captivating aesthetic created by the bold contrast of red and black background colors, set against the delicate presence of white roses scattered on the floor. This artistic choice was deliberate, aiming to evoke intense emotions and create a visually striking composition. The deep red exudes passion and intensity, while the darkness of the black background adds an element of mystery and intrigue. The white roses, in their pure and fragile beauty, serve as a poignant contrast against the bold backdrop, symbolizing hope amidst the intensity of the surroundings. Each photograph tells its own story, inviting viewers to explore the rich symbolism and personal interpretations within the collection. Through this series, I aimed to evoke deep emotions and provoke thought, capturing a captivating and thought-provoking visual narrative about sexual assault (rape).

green:

with the same photos, I went deeper and after careful consideration selected the final 10 pics