Assignment 1

 

For this assignment I chose to photograph myself and my sister.  I compared through our choices of clothing and objects in our living spaces, how similar or different we are, and in what ways.  I started off by asking her what her two most comfortable places are, now that she has moved to a new city.  Her response was that she is most comfortable in her living room, and her car: I then photographed her in those two spaces.   I asked myself the same questions, and photographed myself in my living room, and bedroom.  For this project, I chose not to include either of our faces, because I did not want that to be the focusing point of the project.   I did not want anyone to get caught up on any familial similarities, only the similarities that we have control over. 

For this project I was unable to shoot much since my sister has been out of town.  I will be shooting with her this weekend and will post more images as soon as I can.

Proposal for Project 1

For project 1 I would like to explore the differences and similarities between my sister Melissa and myself. I would also like to look into some recent transitions in my sisters life.  She recently graduated from college and has started working a full time job, I think this would be interesting to look at in comparison to my life, which is as an active student. I am hoping to shoot images in both my sister and my apartments, as well as on campus, and in her office. Hopefully through this project the audience will have an understanding of our relationship.

For the technical aspects I plan on shooting with my DSLR in color, and am leaning towards printing my final images as 8 by 10.