For this project, I photographed a piece of wood leaned up against a loaf of homemade bread. On the wood, are four letters representing my grandma who passed away just two months before I was born, and from whom I got my name. This piece of wood is propped up by the bread. The setting is an abandoned construction site with broken pieces of concrete and rebar wire strewn about with weeds that are growing over everything. I took a very low close up of the subjects because I wanted them to seem powerful compared to the destroyed landscape around them. I also took this at dusk where the shadows were just starting to lengthen and the day was almost over.
When I etched my Grandma’s initials into the wood, I leaned this piece closely to the side of the loaf of bread almost as if it were holding onto the memories of her that I have been told over the years. The bread pictured with the piece of wood encapsulates the love and devotion to my family and me when she makes it for us. Also, it is to keep preserve the memories I have now because if I don’t, then they will eventually crumble and be forgotten as seen in the background of the photo. However hard we may try to keep hold of our memories, some will go away like the sun setting, but we can always be sure that there can be new memories made the next day.
In the process of creating this project, I used Adobe Photoshop to edit my photo. I had to teach myself how to use the pen tool so that I could remove the napkin I placed the bread on. I also used some filters that allowed for more contrast between the light and dark. Overall, this was an eye opening experience because it made me have to have a reason for everything and think more metaphorically instead of literally.
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