Final Project

As I was conceptualizing my idea for the final project, I knew that I wanted to incorporate my time here at St. Mary's into my motif.  Since I love photographing people, especially one's I'm close with, I've decided to photograph five individuals who have had a profound impact on my St. Mary's experience.  Each of these people has brought out/helped me develop different sides to my personality--which I want to convey in my photographs.

My first photo will be of my freshman/sophomore year roommate.  It will be a photograph recreating my favorite freshman year memory.  There was a huge storm at the end of freshman year, and we decided to shampoo our hair/dance/run around outside in the rain.  I plan to photograph her outside of our old room, in her bathing suit, shampooing her hair.  She brought out my spontaneity.

My second photo will be one of my housemates.  We were best friends freshman and sophomore year, but in two years--we've grown apart.  She is an extremely strong willed person, and the conflict in our friendship helped to shape me into a stronger person as well.  I want to photograph her by the water.  I'm not exactly sure what I want her to be doing yet...but I want to convey a sense of empowerment.

My third photo will be of my boyfriend.  I'm a very weird person, but he brings out the super creepy weirdness in me.  I want to take a picture of him in bed...since we spend a lot of our time being weird and goofy in each other's rooms.  I want this photo to be a candid.  He is the first person I've fallen for--so I also want to convey a strong degree of intimacy.

My fourth photo will depict two of my closest friends here.  They embody what I consider to be caring/warm/honest people.  This past year, the three of us have gotten extremely close.  I want to photograph them in the same picture--possibly one pushing the other one on the swings behind the library.

The last photograph will be a self-portrait.  I plan to take a whole roll of reflections and choose from my favorite.  I ideally want to capture my reflection in the St. Mary's River or in the garden of remembrance pond, but I also want to see where this roll takes me around campus.  I may try to incorporate elements from the other photos into this final photo to represent the reflection of my friendships within myself.

I haven't decided on my presentation style yet.  Part of me wants to create a collage of the photographs onto a large heart, with song lyrics and memories intertwined throughout the collage.  I may also want to create a cardboard tree...and hang the photo's from it, like the shoe tree.