This week our photo is meant to tell a story about one of the seven deadly sins, and I chose envy. I took this photo on the Steven’s Creek Trail, and I’m pretty sure it’s a thistle, which reminded me of envy because of how pretty yet prickly it is. The bright purple flower bud peaking out from the green creates a pretty contrast, and to me that stem and bud represent envy if it were sort of personified? The green of the thistle also reminds me of the saying “green with envy”.
For this week’s photo, we were told to tell the story of a new beginning. This building was very old and run-down, but from that lots of plants were able to grow. Through this I wanted to show that new beginnings aren’t always bright and shiny. Sometimes they’re messy and…
This week’s prompt was to tell a story using silhouettes! I took this photo of three birds against the sky, and I loved how the bottom two are looking towards the top one. It feels like they’re having a conversation, or they’re listening to the top bird explain a mischievous…
I wasn’t quite sure what to do for the prompt “your culture”. I wanted to explore trans culture, or more broadly queer culture, but I wasn’t sure how best to make that clear. In the end, I chose a photo of my two best friends and I, when we sat…