book covers, photographic concepts

Three stories - The Immortal, The Zahir, The Wait

Nine themes - Immortality, Fear, Copy; Obsession, Materialism, Love; Resignation, Time, Escape
27 photos conveying theme concepts.

Initially, there was some difficulty in thought and figuring out different ways to convey some of these themes. How do you show obsession through photograph without it involving money? (money was and is the first thing I associate with obsession) With that, I found that I utilized similar shots for different themes. With some further in-class brainstorming, some of the concepts for themes have seen new ideas come up.

With that, I thought the photos were due on Monday. So, I have 27 possible photos already. Here they are-

 The Immortal

Fear

Nothing is new

Immortality

The Wait

Love

Materiality

Obsession

The Zahir

Resignation

Time

Escape

So, yeah. I enjoyed taking pictures. A lot of these were found while just walking through the Westport/West Plaza area, close to where I live. A good number were also set up and taken at my house. It's nice to enjoy working with a camera again and play with manual focus. My prior camera experience was photojournalistic, so I leaned heavily on auto-focus for obvious reasons. Manual focus is fun to play around with. It's like a whole new world!