Documentation Complete!

My original idea was to go out and capture emotion. When I was researching what it meant for pictures to be a document, it seemed to be that it meant proof that this event happened or is marked in history.

Emotions are something everyone feels on a daily basis and we can all understand as human beings. Emotions are universal are for that reason I thought it would be a great subject to build off of. I had started the process hoping to find 2 people to embody emotions that I could capture emotions through a conversation. I had trouble coming up with a second person so I actually ended up becoming part of my own project. I ended up carrying my camera around all day while my friend and I walked around Chicago. I snapped pictures here and there and we had some drinks along the way. This moment in time came when we needed to sit down for a break. I was able to capture the pictures by setting the camera down and putting it on a timer.

While this isn't exactly the emotion I wanted to capture, I wanted something much more serious, these turned out to be good examples. Through the cycle of the 6 pictures you can recognize happiness, being silly, concern, companionship, and someone who is just a little drunk. Initially I was going to delete these pictures because they were slightly blurry. However I actually learned to enjoy that aspect of the pictures. It helped to create a sense of action and movement in the frames, and maybe some of the alcohol as well.

I was actually editing these photos to appear in black and white but stopped because I really enjoyed some of the vivid colors like the reds and part of the movement was lost in removing the color as well.

I think these photos can describe the ignorance of youth, how sometimes youth can make idiots of ourselves. However as we grow older, there are lessons we pick up on the way. In these pictures I would be the idiot youth making mistakes and living life, while my friend is the mature adult who has "been there, done that." These photos are the process of life.