#11____Memory of a Place: Try to imagine a place from your past. Do you have pictures of this place? Describe this place as you remember it. What might a photograph look like of this place if you were to go back and photograph it? What would it look like in the past? What would it look like to you today? Where are you standing in this place? What other items are in this place? What colors do you see? Are there other people or are you alone? Make a “written photograph” of this place using words/description.
When I was a little girl I used to go to the park right before sunset and play with my mom on he swings. It was always warmer; we only needed a light jacket. It would just be my mom and I and all of the equipment would be earthy colors. If I were to go back today and photograph it I feel as though it would be run down and not like it used to be or it would be just as happy as I remember it. I would be standing on in front of the swing thinking of where my mom used to push me back and forth. To the left of me would be the merry go round and the slide. All of the items would still be made out of wood or metal, not plastic like they are now.
#12____Memory of a Photograph: Which photograph from your past do you remember most? Describe this photograph. Describe how it makes you feel when you remember/think about this photograph. How have you changed? How has the place in this photograph changed? What would a reenactment of this photograph look like? Would you act or look differently if you reenacted this scene today?
The first photo that came to my mind was a picture of my sister and I in a crib. I was jumping up and down and my hair was flying everywhere. She was just standing there staring at me wondering what on earth I was doing with my life. Whenever I think of this picture I giggle to myself because we are still the same people. I am crazy and loud and she is chill and just stairs at me wondering why I do the things I do. If I were to recreate this photo I would take my sister to my sorority house. She still does not understand why I joined and every time she comes something crazy happens, she is left standing and I am loud as can be.
#13____Human-Made Space: In the past, photographers who were interested in how humans impacted the natural landscape grouped together to form the New Topographics. “"New Topographics" signaled the emergence of a new photographic approach to landscape: romanticization gave way to cooler appraisal, focused on the everyday built environment and more attuned to conceptual concerns of the broader art field.” http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibTopo.aspx
In addition, at the same time in history artists created (and still do create) “land art” in which they use materials found in the landscape to make sculptures that remain in the landscape. Many of these works now only exist as video recordings and photographic documents.
Pay attention to the number of ways in which you encounter humans’ interaction with nature and the physical land. Write these down. Using these as inspiration, describe an idea for a piece of “land art” that you might create that would be documented by a photograph. Describe an idea for a piece of “land art” that you might make in a man-made landscape that would be documented by a photograph.
I think that it would be really neat to follow the current construction of the World Trade Centers. This incident had such a huge impact on the world that I think it would be a very meaningful piece to our country.
#14____Unknown vs. Familiar Space: When photography was invented, it became a way to document and reveal the specific aspects of both familiar and faraway places. Imagine a familiar place. Imagine a faraway place. How would you use photographs to convey the difference? Can you imagine any places that have been “touched” very little by humans? How might you photograph them?
I think it would be interesting to compare the earth to outer space. So many of us are unfamiliar with what is out there. If we picked a plant that we have been studying closely and photographed it so society could see the progress the world is making together. I would start out with a picture of each plant and then “zoom in” on similar traits they may have such as water.
#15____In-Camera Collage: Collage brings together two or more items that were previously separate. The resulting piece usually visually references the fact that they were once separate entities. Imagine an important place in your past. Imagine an important place in your present. Imagine who you were in both of these past and present places. Describe how you might use a slow shutter speed and/or double exposure to capture two moments in one image that tell a new narrative about these important places and how they relate to who you are and were.
Now that I am graduating soon, I have come to the realization that I do not want to leave MSU. Back when I was a senior in high school I lived my life to the fullest. I was involved in everything and had a ton of friends. Coming to college was a hard transition for me because I struggled to get involved. Now that I have here at MSU I have the same feelings as I did when I left high school. I think it would be interesting to recreate pictures of high school and combined it with a picture from college. It would show who I was, and who I have grown to be.
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