{"id":275,"date":"2026-10-22T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/?p=275"},"modified":"2026-11-07T17:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:51:22","slug":"exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/2026\/10\/22\/exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends and Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/May-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/May-2.png 533w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/May-2-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">50mm 1\/250 sec f5.6 ISO2500<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This assignment was to tell the story of someone close to me, whether a friend or family member, through a photograph. I began by taking a photo of my mom&#8217;s and my front door. Telling the story of our family is complicated because there is a lot of history and personal experiences that have shaped our lives. However, I felt that the front door of our home was a meaningful place to begin because it represents where so much of our story has taken place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my piece, although the door itself does not reveal much about my mom&#8217;s story, I wanted it to suggest that there is much more beyond what is immediately visible. The door acts as a metaphorical boundary between the outside world and our private lives. To someone passing by, it might look like an ordinary front door, but to me, it represents years of memories, challenges, and experiences that have shaped my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I also liked the idea of leaving parts of the story untold. Rather than directly showing my family or a specific moment from our lives, I wanted the photograph to create a sense of curiosity. From a viewer&#8217;s perspective, the closed door raises questions about who lives behind it, what they have experienced, and what their story might be. I think this connects to the idea that telling the story of someone you know well can sometimes be the hardest story to tell. There is so much to say that it can be difficult to know where to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through this photograph, I wanted to show that even the simplest objects and places can hold a deeper personal meaning. What might appear to be an ordinary door to someone else represents a much larger story to me, one that cannot be fully explained through a single image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This assignment was to tell the story of someone close to me, whether a friend or family member, through a photograph. I began by taking a photo of my mom&#8217;s and my front door. Telling the story of our family is complicated because there is a lot of history and personal experiences that have shaped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story-telling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VeronikaK\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}