For this project I chose to explore personal photography. The main inspiration for my style of pictures was Clarissa Sligh and how she incorporated text into photos and gave them a whole new meaning. The idea of punctum was something that I tried to accomplish and explore further. I felt that by incorporating text into these older photos it would breathe new life into them. The idea for this came from seeing all the older photos in the presentations and getting an idea of what the life of person in the photo was like.
Since I had the opportunity to present more than one picture I felt I could tell a story through my pictures. The pictures I used were from my Grandmother’s memorial slideshow I had made. When I looked at these pictures after this slideshow I had made all I could think of was the idea of life and death. Perhaps it was because that was the context that these pictures were presented to me, so I chose to try and convey the same underlying feelings of these photos to the viewer rather than having them be viewed at face value. To accomplish this goal of purveying the concept of life and death in these photos I took the route of Sligh and incorporated text into these photos incorporating quotes about life, death, and happiness. I only knew a few quotes about life and death so a little research was necessary to find powerful quotes to fully emphasize the meaning of this project.
The reason why I scanned these pictures was for my Grandmother’s memorial slideshow. The purpose of this was not to mourn death, but celebrate life. This was something that I also wanted to incorporate into these pictures. I did not want the viewer to look at these pictures and be depressed, I simply wanted to provide a powerful tool to convey the thoughts of life and death and their relevance to my family.
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