The World Is My Oyster

This is my contact sheet for the "Word" project, and my theme was "The world is my oyster." I took this to mean that the world was my oyster to harvest, and thus I had free artistic reign on the subjects I could photograph. Most of the pictures are of two of my close friends while we were downtown; it was there that I really felt like I understood the meaning of how much the world is truly a person's oyster, and that there is so much in life to take advantage of.

I felt that one of the most important things to capture in this assignment was the appearance of youth, since I feel like "youth" is one of the first things that comes to mind when I think of the world as my oyster.

What I also tried to accomplish was to capture the natural emotions of my subjects, although most of the expressions tend to be fairly enigmatic or neutral.

This was one of the more planned and directed images, as I purposely wanted an over animation of something so simple as going down an escalator. I wanted this picture to have a link to working class America, perhaps poking fun at both how much of our lifetimes are wasted working and commuting.

I enjoyed this picture because of the emotion and the carefree aspect that I found in it. While I still dislike the lack of symmetry (in that they aren't facing the same way) in my subject's hands, I find that it can offer more of a carefree look than if I had directed more thoroughly.

Architecture

So this is my contact sheet! I went downtown around OMSI and an area near it. I found the bridges particularly interesting because of how many different shapes and lines are involved in their architecture. I really enjoyed the waterfront in front of OMSI, too, because the bridges near it were just beautiful.

This is my favorite print from the roll, since the multitude of lines and different shapes really caught my eye. I found the angle in which I took this to be interesting, too, since it gives a different view of how we usually see things. (5x7)

This is my 8x10 print, taken of a building around OMSI. The windows and large pipe sticking out of the roof enticed me because of the different shapes. The way the light was hitting the structure was also eye-catching.

This is a swatch of my 8x10 print.

I also enjoy this print due to the variation in color of the window tiles. This building caught my eye due to the interesting shape it had, as well as the line repetition throughout.