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I’ve always been drawn to magnify the mundane.  I’ve chosen the act of showering to be my process, inspired by another mundane behavior I filmed in a short I call “i.” The definition of a great shower is flexible and unique to an individual. Not one shower ritual is the same, sometimes a shower means a quick pick-me-up refresher, while other times it is deeply cleansing to wash off a day of work. For this particular project, I’ve chosen the kind of shower you take after a long, tiresome day. I tend to enjoy those showers the most as they transition my mind from work to home, purifying my thoughts and attitude.  Through art, I observe the essence of life - in every breath, every emotion, and every experience.  This recording attempts to visually depict the moments of peace drifting in and out of one’s consciousness when enjoying a quiet steamy shower. I have previously curated a rough shot list, describing a visual representation of how a warm shower makes me feel. I inv...

 The process I decided to photograph for this assignment was me making brunch for myself this past Saturday. Initially, it was intended to be eaten with my roommates & a few of their friends(with masks and socially distant measures in place outdoors) but plans fell through. I discovered this in the midst of my meal, but it was still a great day out and I enjoyed brunch by myself on the front porch.  The process I took to photograph my entire cooking process was to focus on the ingredients. There wasn't anyone else around to help take photos of me chopping up the food I was going to use, so I made sure to document the food at every stage of the process(pre-chopped, chopped, cooking, and made together). I realized that while having someone else to help take photos would've helped, I looked at it as a challenge and got creative in other ways to complete the assignment. The edits I mainly focused on were Brightness/Contrast, Exposure, Shadows, and Saturation. My colors turned ...

Photo 7 For my photography project, I explored a train stop in Inman Square, Cambridge. I was anticipating the train arriving while I was there, however it did not. My concept of the “process” evolved accordingly. Rather than a documentation a train’s arrival and departure, it became a snapshot of the tracks and station; which were littered with empty alcohol bottles and cigarette butts. I thought about how the place was being used, and the “process” of someone coming there to unwind, rather than catch a train. Who was coming here to blow off steam? Why were they here? What was going through their heads at the time? Final Product: A narrative comic strip on Polaroid photos  Printing on Polaroid film The final piece is seven photos, assembled into a comic strip. From a formalist perspective, I worked digitally, then in an analog format, then digitally again. I took photos with my iPhone, edited them on a computer, printed them out with a Polaroid printer, assembled the comic, then...

Originally, I wanted to shoot the process of me and my brother baking either banana bread or banana muffins, but there was unfortunately too much work this week so we did not have an opportunity to bake. I wanted to shoot a process that was not only informative, but also interesting. This is why I wanted to show parts of a workout session from home as this process does take place within a focused space within a particular passage of time. Each photograph has some meaningful information and/or tips viewers can keep in mind for future workouts, whether at home or at the gym. Even though gyms are open, many would say they are still not entirely safe to go to. Thus, home workouts have become that safe alternative. I planned beforehand to take some of the photos with designated rules. I thought there were some messages that would be best evoked with certain compositional rules and/or post-shoot rules in this assignment. I captured my subject from different angles, and perspectives while pur...

 A Commute       According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, process can be defined as "a natural phenomenon marked by gradual changes that lead toward a particular result" (Merriam-Webster, 2020). The processes that fill our lives take up a large part of our time, inform our decisions, and dictate our direction. To me, a leading factor in how processes impact our lives is the space it takes us to. Given the nature of the definition, it is implied that a process is comprised of a start and an end. To illustrate this, I decided to capture my commute as a process. The seven photographs that I selected, are intended to display a clear starting point, the notion of travel, and an end location.      For this example, public transportation was used as the method of the commuting process, specifically on Boston's subway system. With the perspective of someone who frequents using this mode of transportation, my immediate thought was that using public tra...