Hi guys!
I'm Whitney. 23. Originally from Westfield, IN. Small town country girl at heart, but absolutely never going back there again.
Vis Com major, t-com and art history minor.
I changed my major between sophomore and junior year, hence why i'm a super senior. I'm glad I am in a major I love, but I am more than ready to start the next chapter of my life outside of college, even though I have absolutely NO idea what I'm doing. Not even a little bit. Hakuna Matata.
I have always been interested in photography. I took a photo class in high school and let's be honest, I didn't appreciate it. It wasn't until Photo 1 last semester that I realized how much I would learn to love it. I fell in love with photography almost instantly. It can be anything you want it to be and that is what is so interesting about it. It tells stories that are completely up to interpretation by the viewer. I sometimes get lost in what I am doing when I have a camera in my hand. There is something therapeutic about it, if that makes sense to anyone else?
In almost every photograph I see I find myself wondering who the photographer was. Who was there to actually see that, witness that, experience that, capture that? Below are a few photographs that have always left me wondering who was behind the camera. (Even though in some cases I know who the photographer was, I still marvel at what it must have been like to be the one making history with a photograph.) I am also interested in photography that shows how society changes and is changing. Photography makes the idea of "time" a visible and tangible thing to comprehend.
Enjoy!
Oh super senior status - you've got to love it!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love what you were saying about getting lost when taking photographs, you're right - it's can absolutely be therapeutic. Sometimes I wonder if these photographers knew they were making history with some of their photographs. Like the third photograph you posted. I love them all, but that's the one that sticks out to me the most!
Whitney. You are great and I love that you are finally doing what you love. I too am excited for the next chapter and have no idea what is next either. I like what you said about wondering who was behind the camera of these images. That last photo is especially eerie to me in the way she connects with the camera/ photographer. Interesting post! I enjoyed reading :)
ReplyDeleteWhitney. You are great and I love that you are finally doing what you love. I too am excited for the next chapter and have no idea what is next either. I like what you said about wondering who was behind the camera of these images. That last photo is especially eerie to me in the way she connects with the camera/ photographer. Interesting post! I enjoyed reading :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I know exactly what you mean when you comment on the therapeutic nature of photography. I use it in that manner, too. The photographs you've posted are interesting in that the subjects, for the most part, are engaging the viewer in a rather confrontational manner. The exception being, of course, the third photograph, but in that case, the context of the photo is confrontational in and of itself. Good photos!
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