Alright, I haven't blogged in forever because I don't know if I can only do so for class. What follows are the pictures for my final project but I may have to post them twice more because there may be a specific way I'm supposed to blog about them. This project was 'Place'.
The place I did my project on Occupy Pittsburgh. I chose this place because whenever I go there I feel like I've gone back in time to the 1930's and I'm in the middle of a hobo jungle. Obviously, that is not their cause or why they are there but every time I go I feel as though I am apart of history. The Great Depression was always my favorite era of history to study and I have written countless papers on it. And even though I may not be actually a part of that time in history I am a part of history because whether this movement accomplishes anything or whether it turns out to be just a trend of this decade, it is something historical and I will always have these pictures to show I was there and I was important some how.
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| This was their communal clothesline. I wouldn't love this picture as much as I do if I hadn't shown the edges of the negatives while I was printing it. I also love the contrast. |
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| I suppose there are a lot of reasons why a shopping cart should be there but I didn't ask anyone. I like this photo because of the tents, which or completely iconic of the Occupy movement now. I also like how it tilts. |
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| The way this one is so gritty and heavily contrasted it just sort of gives you a depressing or negative vibe. You throw any glimmer of childhood into that vibe and you get this great feel that really reminds me of the Depression. With anything going on in history it's important to think about where children play into it and how it will effect the next generation. The idea that kids lived here was really interesting to me. |
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| This was the community library. I loved the fact that they had one. It's not something you expect to see in the middle of a park. I appreciate that these people are educated. |
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| This man was so friendly and invited me to come sit with me while he told me everything he thought. He seemed lonely though. Every time someone got up to go somewhere else he would almost beg them to stay. He was a vet and people kept yelling mean things at him from their cars like, "Get a job!" |
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| This was outside of someone's tent. I thought it fit my Great Depression theme perfectly. I also like the effect of the water next to it. I have no idea how that happened or if it's even water for that matter. |
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| I wish I caught what the last note said. I just loved the way they looked on the fence with all the lines and how the contrast seems to vanish the farther you get from the center. |
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| I printed the text backwards by accident but I feel it was a happy accident. After all, I'm not trying represent the Occupy Movement; I'm just trying to make my photos seem old and important. Someday they will be. I think you can see that in this photo. |
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| This is the same shopping cart photo only it isn't crooked anymore and the imagine is a lot crisper. I honestly like the first one better because this one doesn't seem old. It definitely looks like it is from this time period. However, the crooked and faded picture could be viewed as flawed for the very reasons I like it so I decided to put up both to cater to both opinions. |
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| This is the community library from a distance. In this you can see the prayer banners over head. I have the same ones in my room. You can also see the tarp that keeps it safe from the elements. They care about their library. I have so much respect for that, |
