The sin that inspired this picture was anger. I used chess pieces to tell the story of the gold king who hated the silver king, and waged a war in order to kill him. When I was younger, I used to play “story chess” with my brother, in which anything…
Category: Story Telling
Film Noir
This is a picture of my piano I took at night. I wanted to show the story of an abandoned piano, since the piano has barely been used in the past 8 years or so. I used my phone flashlight as a light source and chose settings that made the…
Silhouettes
This picture is supposed to tell the story that I moved. During the move, all our plants got squished and unfortunately most of them died. There’s also kind of a mess everywhere. This picture is supposed to show that. I also took a second photo just for fun. It technically…
Color Without Color
This photo shows the murti from Ganesh Chaturthi 2023. Once the festival is over, the murti should be placed outside for it to naturally degrade. The murti is very colorful and is placed in a bed of bright green foliage. I picked this as a subject because it was very…
Friends & Family
This is a picture of my friend, Kimberly. We were working on a class photography project and she was on her phone in between shots. I wanted this photo to tell the story of the quiet moments of friendships, in between the conversations and meet-ups. Sometimes, friendship doesn’t need words;…
My Culture
This is something that has been in my kitchen for as long as I can remember. The little glass bowls and cups on the ornately decorated stand are all no longer than my pointer finger, and they have ceremonial use. The elephant-headed figures depict the god Ganesh. We celebrate Ganesh…