Jerry’s Photography Class

  

These are the photos inspired by Sophie Calle and her techniques of stalking a stranger and showing her/his day in a collection of photographs. These are the photos of stalking Jerry in his photography class. I arranged all of the photos in order and clearly showed what Jerry did in his photography class. As we can see, before the class, he watched his phone with both of his arms on his knees. In the second photograph, at the beginning of the class, Jerry had both of his arms on his knees and was watching his phone. After that, he went to the storage room to get his camera. And then he walked to the cafeteria while watching his phone. Then he was chasing me in the cafeteria because he saw me taking photos of him. And then he went to the couch and watched his phone with both of his arms on his knees. Eventually, he went to the studio and did something productive. All of this collection of photography shows Jerry’s personal journal throughout his photography class. This collection reflects Jerry’s unique personality and how different people spend their time. I also used the technique of not looking at the viewfinder inspired by Daido Moriyama. As you can see, without opening the viewfinder, these photographs can highly reflect the very literal visual of Jerry because I can’t use any techniques or framing without opening the viewfinder. What I should improve on is getting more different and interesting perspectives because, in this collection, the perspective is too common and not too appealing. If I want more people to see Jerry’s day and identity, I need to get it more interesting.