September 2010
1 post
Addendum to last post: beach burns and biennial...
In our trying to catch up on nearly three weeks of Korea craziness, we failed to include a few fun activities that we did. First, two weeks ago, Sarah, myself and our foreign teacher collective decided to go to the beach on a Saturday. Why not, right? It was a perfect day for it and only two hours away by bus. Considering how fast and changeable the weather is here, we lucked out. (We go to...
August 2010
1 post
Day 1: Merry go round
Our first real day in Korea was crazier than expected and more fun than we could have hoped for. The fun, though, was in equal proportion to the hard work.
Our day started with our first official though very un-Korean breakfast of cornflakes and bananas. The day ended with us collapsing in bed from exhaustion at only 6:30!
But, lets take it from breakfast. At 9 a.m. we were expecting one of...
November 2009
15 posts
Helen Levitt →
Diane Arbus →
Garry Winogrand →
Winogrand was (and continues to be) a huge inspiration for me. Levitt and Arbus were also helpful in the creative process.
Statement
This project was very liberating and enjoyable for me because I both really respect this style of photography and thoroughly take pleasure in doing it. I felt the most in my element when doing this kind of photography compared to any other project we’ve done thus far in class. I love the challenge of shooting interesting, candid pictures depicting everyday life, trying to catch people as...
