In this image, I wanted to use center framed self portrait to tell the story of artistic self doubt. I added surrounding images of posters on my wall, but centered myself in the frame with a camera to represent personal creativity. I had one eye showing and looked directly at my lens in a mirror, which also helped achieve the fuzzy affect shown in the photo. I also wanted it to feel dark and confusing, with the lights dim, to represent doubt.

I love taking photos of street signs. I feel like even signs with the most simple of meanings can have complex and interesting ideas when placed into a scene. The letters stick out in a way that they didn’t before, and that’s what I wanted to capture here. I used leading lines, like the cross of the pole and the wires, to draw the eye towards the bus sign, so that it would become a focus of the photo.

I am always shocked by the size of buildings in the city. I am fascinated by way they seem to tower over me, almost feeling larger than life, even if in reality, they only exist as office buildings. This building in particular caught my eye because not only was it tall, but wide. Each window contained a purpose, a space for some person to do a job, and I felt overwhelmed and insignificant by scale. In this image, I wanted to capture how the building looked to me in the moment.