Freestyle Academy!
This week I depicted my future through this photo. My subject is holding up her grad hat, but it’s also mine! (because we’re sharing and also because we’re going to the same college GO BANANA SLUGS). It’s inspiring that all my hard work paid off and I get to go to my dream college with such a beautiful campus and an amazing community 🙂
This week I chose to depict the frame of a door being a sort of cell that my subject was trapped in. I chose this because during the pandemic, your room is something you’re trapped in. It’s really not that deep, but I like to think that the door frame helps support that feeling of being trapped.
This week I depicted a self portrait. “Where’s your face Alex!?” Well, I chose to put the camera in front of my face because I liked what it implied. I really liked having the camera place emphasis in front of my face, because I want other people to think of me as an artist first. Maybe some people do, but I hope I’ve made a good enough impression on people at Freestyle over the past 2 years.
This week I depicted food. However, there’s more meaning to this image than just really yummy ingredients. This relates back to an earlier post about culture, because they are the ingredients to gazpacho! In this image, I’m showing all the vegetables used: onions, cucumbers, garlic and bell peppers. These are the supplementary ingredients that support the tomato to form such an iconic taste. (Definitely one of my favorite foods ever).
This week I depicted an image using props! I used a piece of tape as my subject cut some paper for her graduation cap. I used the tape roll as the focal point for the image, that brings a lot of attention to her work.
This week I depicted storms. I used a tree as a way of blocking out the sun as if we were in a storm. I really liked how all the elements of the piece worked together, with the roof having some leading lines towards the subject, the sun. I liked having the sun be eclipsed by the trees, but also peeking out because I liked that metaphor for hope, especially considering our current situation.
This week I depicted current events. I chose to feature a mask, because it seems to be the icon of the epidemic. Everyone around you is wearing one in public, including me. It’s just a constant reminder of the gloomy situation we’re all in. Instead of presenting it in that context, I decided to present it in a more upbeat and colorful way, since it’s one of the factors that’s slowing the spread and saving us 🙂
This week I depicted Depth of Field as a way to make the subject blend in with the couch. I wanted to sort of show the experience of when you kind of sag into the couch and almost become it. By blurring my subject, it gets rid of the sort of focus that might differentiate her from the background, and instead makes her appear as part of the couch.
This week I depicted Gluttony, one of the deadly sins. In this shot, I chose to feature a lot of sugary sweet foods. I also chose to put the nutrition label in focus. I wanted to emphasize that when people eat these foods, a lot of times the disregard how healthy it is for them.
This week I depicted music through an image. I really liked the different aspects of this shot, and partly because it looks cool. This is actually a single frame of a video, however I really liked the visual element that the water added to the music. The water acts as a catalyst for the sound waves. So when we look at the image, we see the water splashing. But really, the water is acting as a visualization for sound coming from the drum.