Mapping Identity

DOG’S EYE VIEW

I was outside sitting with my dog and looking for possible places to take pictures.  I looked into my dog’s eye and that’s when I saw that I could see myself - so I took my camera and framed my self-portrait so I could see myself and took the picture. ~Lauren

PORTRAIT PERSPECTIVE

This is my Self Portrait its my favorite sweatshirt from my old soccer team because soccer is a really big part of my life, and my phone is also there because it is my connection to the world, and my headphones because i really love music.~Terra

ILLUSION

This photo was taken in Japan at a fancy hotel dining hall hanging off a cliff by the ocean with the view of a cascading waterfall. The large transparent glass background made it the perfect choice to incorporate background in a different way. Later, I edited the picture with a radial blur function on my Sony point-and-shoot, which resulted with an upmost satisfactory final photograph. The radial blur gives viewers the effect of literally being sucked into the photo.

-Melanie

CONVERSION

            In the middle of October, I entered school on a considerable rainy day.  I could not help but notice that all of my friends were wearing Converse.  I was shocked at this for Converse are the easiest shoes to get soaking wet.  This reminded me that I have a pair of Converse at home, which I almost never wear.  Knowing that the following day when it stopped raining there would be a large puddle in front of my photo class, I wore a pair of Converse to school hoping to capture an image of the clean shoes reflected in the puddle.  I though the contrast of the dull puddle versus the bright shoes would be an interesting concept, as well as the idea of trying to keep clean shoes away from the filthy water.  After a few attempts of jumping close to the puddle and trying to capture the photograph, I set the camera on a stop motion setting so that it would continuously take pictures.  I used a water proof camera and placed it in the edge of the puddle, it’s lens partially submerged in order to capture a clearer reflection.  Lastly I skipped over the puddle, trying to get my shoes barely wet and hoping to convey through body language the slight rush of excitement and anxiety you get at jumping over a puddle while trying to keep your shoes clean. ~ Katie

EIGHT HANDS ON DUNMORE

I went to the most amazing camp ever for the past six years. Last summer was my last year and I’ve had this image in my head ever since I’ve started taking photography. It was the last actual activity period ever as a camper, so I made my friends jump with me into Lake Dunmore as a final goodbye.  ~Margaret B.

UNDER WATER

This is one of my favorite pictures of me because it really captures one of the places I really love and enjoy being, in the water. Swimming has been such a big part of my life that I wanted to capture part of that feeling and love that I have for the water. This picture is so interesting because even though outside of the water everything has vibrant colors, in the water everything is blended into different shades of blue. Also, it captures the feeling of being under water because you can see the bubbles rise and by my facial expression. ~Kimberley H.