In life I have realized that you can't feel sorry for yourself. There is always going to be someone in the world that has it worse than you. When you are faced with tribulation you are the only one that can help yourself and the only way to prosper is to keep on going and never pity yourself.
Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" inspired me to explore people who are faced with hard times. The mother in the picture has three children and seems to be protecting them. She also doesn't look very sad. This picture was taken during the Great Depression when most people had nothing to there name, but this mother just seems like she is thinking about the future and what she has to do to keep her children safe.
I mainly use photography for my art. It's mainly because I have never really taken the time to experiment with other medias. Although, even if I was experienced in painting, drawing and etc. I would still use photography a lot because I love how it can capture a moment in real life better than anything. An emotion on someone's face can be caught in a picture that you might not have known was there.
So, for my first three concentration pieces I really want to focus on how people can step outside of themselves during times of adversity, find the good in all situations, and adjust to the harsh environment we all live in. A smile from a stranger can change my day instantly, or even when I chose to smile for myself my mood can change. I want to capture the moment when people realize that all you can do is look forward during the trials and tribulations of life. Irony will likely be prevalent in most of my pieces.
So, these are my first two concentration pieces. My focus is still the same, but I changed my approach. It's still the same theme of things being perceived as beautiful depending on how you look at it. I decided to explore death in nature as something beautiful. I am a little concerned on how well my pictures will correlate with each other, so that will be something that I need to spend time planning out. For my next work I think i want to do something with the snow. In literature winter is often a symbol for dying or suffering, so I want to try and incorporate that into my art.
