The feeling of loneliness and isolation is one that, regrettably, I’m a bit more familiar with than I probably should be. I used this experience to try my best to capture that feeling accurately and effectively using the guidelines given- those being to compose the subject in a center frame. As this sort of isolating framing technique already sets up the idea of loneliness, this task was made easier by the prompt.
I felt that whatever frame my subject was inside needed to be darker than its surroundings, to show that loneliness puts one in a dark and unpleasant headspace. The subject herself is small and hunched over, occupying as little space as possible, which is to represent the feeling of insignificance wrought by isolation. The stairs offer a nice leading line to the subject and make the focus of the image more clear.
I thank my sister for help in this piece, and think she did a great job portraying a lonely subject.