Evaluation

The edges of the drawer help the audience to focus more on the things inside. The unified color tone helps the audience have a more visual feeling of the main objects. The audience’s focus can be on any of the objects because all the small pieces represent a part of my life, and every detail could reflect my vision. No matter where the audience looks, they see things that are ordinary, so this can remind them of their own life. The image contains lots of objects, so the main focus can be on various things. When the audience focuses on any of the objects, it could be the main message. It’s not really any distractions in my images. My vision is to discover the ordinary things in life and cherish the situation you’re in right now. My photograph portrays my drawer, which is a thing that I look into every day. It reminds me of all the things I have and it tells me that I have a lot of things that others don’t, so be satisfied with the reality. From the feedback from others, they feel warm when looking at my picture. My picture is supposed to make the audience feel an emotion of relaxation, and think of their home and life.

 

Statement of intent

The title of this project is The Connection Between Life and Us. The societal/cultural issue I want to explore with my photographs is the uniqueness of different people’s lives and everyone should cherish their current lives. I want my audience to feel connected with their lives and let them notice how life can be valuable. I will get inspiration and develop my ideas by looking for photographs that show lifestyle and ordinary scenes in people’s lives.

Street Photography Red Tag

I chose these photos because they fit my vision by showing people in everyday life. Also, they show a story somehow by their way of positioning and doing the things they would normally do, and showing their ordinary appearance. For improvement, I would focus more on the facial expression of the subject and capture more pictures that express more emotion. I used street techniques such as getting really close, capturing gestures, and eye contact in my photos. The first one includes capturing the gestures of the two old people and I took the picture when they made eye contact with the camera. The old couple were in a symmetrical position but they also showed a contrast of colors through their hat, which makes the picture stand out. The second picture uses the technique of capturing gestures. It shows a very ordinary scene in the Hutong, and the sunshine shined on the man just right on the spot which makes the photo unique and makes the main subject stand out. The last photo has the technique of getting really close. It is a close shot of a photo of a man smoking, and even though the man was wearing sunglasses, I could still tell that he was looking at the camera. The smoke made the photo not monotonous.

Street Photography Yellow Tag

I chose these photos because they really stand out to me. Some of them are selected from a series of similar pictures and I chose the best one to put in here. Some of them have a direct look into the camera while others are in ordinary life. I think these pictures all show a very interesting facial expression (since the pictures were captured when the people were doing their normal routine).

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