Elephunked
Dec 10, 2012
Writing Feedback / PHOTOGRAPHY ESSAY, it would take too much time to build a time machine. [5]
Photography as Response and Representation
As an alternative I picked up my first camera. A small pink Canon Powershot became a time machine allowing me to capture the best and most unforgettable moments of my life. Every time I walk out the door of my Asheville, North Carolina home, I'm presented with opportunities and nearly overwhelmed by the possibilities. I am able to capture all that Asheville offers, the steaming energy of an adolescent community, the city's pulsating culture, the serene excitement of snow days.
Photograph moves me due how images are concrete, yet fluid. Some images hold the past by bringing a person back to a certain feeling. While some images offer glimpses of the future by re-presenting what cannot be perceived except by commanding stillness. A moment presented and captured can be represented in a variety of ways. It depends on how it's framed, focused, on the lighting, on the f-stop, the aperture, etc....Using such elements one can bring a person back to a certain feeling they had at a moment and bring them forward by presenting them something they've never seen in themselves or others before. As a photographer I strive to find beauty (truth and holistic beauty) in the things most eyes sweep over and capture human moments that may not seem exceptional, those tend to be the ones we never want to forget.
The act of photography itself is an attempt at control, though only to a certain extent. We all have a choice in how we perceive and react to experiences, photography has asked me to stop, breathe and assess. My time machine inspires me to value the choice we all have to make a conscious decision regarding what I want to sense and how I want to respond. A picture speaks volumes. Photographs tell secrets and stories and yet without utterance or written word one photo can have a million different meanings to every individual.
A photograph can be a response and a representation.
Photography has (Where do you want to go with it? How do you want to change photography or let it change you?)
My passion for Photography is what makes me the perfect student for F.I.T/Parsons. (Everyone says this, plenty of passion enters FIT and fails and finds itself elsewhere...set yourself apart. Describe in detail what you can bring to them. Why they need you and then towards the end detail briefly what you expect out of them and why you know it will get you to where you want to be in life.)
Someone once told me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and finding through the lens is my path in life. (Trite...Stay away from clichĂŠs. Every application will have a basic version of this sentence.)
In April 2012 I left Public school and chose to be home-schooled due to bullying and with the goal to graduate 1 (spell out numbers under 20) year early of my class in March of 2013, while focusing and doubling up on academic classes, I also began volunteering at the local Animal shelter. (Mention any community work, church, clubs, jobs, etc...)
The bullying situation was one of many challenges I've faced and leaving school one of the hardest sacrifices I've made. (Say something inspirational about what you learned, something that makes you seem graceful under pressure. Try to mention that you left because the bullying was effecting you more academically than socially.)
Let me know if these are changes and suggestions you appreciate and I will continue to edit or possibly work with until it's done? When is it due? It's a touching story and your personality shows which is necessary, I only changed a little phrasing and structure. I would like help with a paper of mine after yours is done, your voice and style is similar to mine so I think we can help each other and keep our own personalities in our papers.
Photography as Response and Representation
As an alternative I picked up my first camera. A small pink Canon Powershot became a time machine allowing me to capture the best and most unforgettable moments of my life. Every time I walk out the door of my Asheville, North Carolina home, I'm presented with opportunities and nearly overwhelmed by the possibilities. I am able to capture all that Asheville offers, the steaming energy of an adolescent community, the city's pulsating culture, the serene excitement of snow days.
Photograph moves me due how images are concrete, yet fluid. Some images hold the past by bringing a person back to a certain feeling. While some images offer glimpses of the future by re-presenting what cannot be perceived except by commanding stillness. A moment presented and captured can be represented in a variety of ways. It depends on how it's framed, focused, on the lighting, on the f-stop, the aperture, etc....Using such elements one can bring a person back to a certain feeling they had at a moment and bring them forward by presenting them something they've never seen in themselves or others before. As a photographer I strive to find beauty (truth and holistic beauty) in the things most eyes sweep over and capture human moments that may not seem exceptional, those tend to be the ones we never want to forget.
The act of photography itself is an attempt at control, though only to a certain extent. We all have a choice in how we perceive and react to experiences, photography has asked me to stop, breathe and assess. My time machine inspires me to value the choice we all have to make a conscious decision regarding what I want to sense and how I want to respond. A picture speaks volumes. Photographs tell secrets and stories and yet without utterance or written word one photo can have a million different meanings to every individual.
A photograph can be a response and a representation.
Photography has (Where do you want to go with it? How do you want to change photography or let it change you?)
My passion for Photography is what makes me the perfect student for F.I.T/Parsons. (Everyone says this, plenty of passion enters FIT and fails and finds itself elsewhere...set yourself apart. Describe in detail what you can bring to them. Why they need you and then towards the end detail briefly what you expect out of them and why you know it will get you to where you want to be in life.)
Someone once told me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and finding through the lens is my path in life. (Trite...Stay away from clichĂŠs. Every application will have a basic version of this sentence.)
In April 2012 I left Public school and chose to be home-schooled due to bullying and with the goal to graduate 1 (spell out numbers under 20) year early of my class in March of 2013, while focusing and doubling up on academic classes, I also began volunteering at the local Animal shelter. (Mention any community work, church, clubs, jobs, etc...)
The bullying situation was one of many challenges I've faced and leaving school one of the hardest sacrifices I've made. (Say something inspirational about what you learned, something that makes you seem graceful under pressure. Try to mention that you left because the bullying was effecting you more academically than socially.)
Let me know if these are changes and suggestions you appreciate and I will continue to edit or possibly work with until it's done? When is it due? It's a touching story and your personality shows which is necessary, I only changed a little phrasing and structure. I would like help with a paper of mine after yours is done, your voice and style is similar to mine so I think we can help each other and keep our own personalities in our papers.
