Picture for the gallery

The one picture that i think stands out them most is the contrast between country and city.

Pictures for book

The pictures i like for the book are the city/country contrast, the contrast between my dad and my mom/step dad, and lastly the connection for all of them with the picture of me with the blue background. Although I am open to different opinions.

company..

cooking-eating out

This is the difference in eating habits between both parents. At my moms we have dinner together and she usually cooks it at home. With my dad we usually just go out to dinner, we rarely have dinners at home unless its take out mostly because we dont have as much time.

Las Preguntas..

1] what is the nature of your photographic study? These are pictures of my dads and moms life and how they are different but still connected through me after they have been separated for over 10 years.
2] what was your initial source of interest in this line of inquiry?Well I live two separate lives and I thought it was interesting to show how they are different.
3] what is the point/purpose?To show the differences in my lives
4] were there any specific people or circumstances from which you found inspiration or guidance?Basicly I had to study my parents more and what they did differently... not until this project did I realize just how different my lives are.
5] how did the visiting artist guide your project? how did it change or evolve from beginning to end? Cathy was amazing! This project would have been much more difficult without her guidance and reassurance of what I was doing. She really kept me going and kept me excited about what I was working on. At the beginning I was just showing my life then I added in how my parents are different and how they are connected to each other no matter what not just because of me but also the weird family history thats shared.
6] what have you learned? how has your opinion/belief/outlook changed?I now feel more comfortable taking pictures of people and getting closer then usual. It still needs some work but I have definatly willing to go futher to get the pictures I need to show my point.
7] what happens next?I continue to photograph my two separate lives, maybe through my life with my friends in there too and in the end I will have a lot of pictures describing my life so its easier to understand.

just an idea...

This was my idea to try to show how my parents are still connected after they have been divorce for over 10 years. The guy is my cousin on my moms side of the family and the girl is my cousin on my dads. They are not related in anyway but they are engaged which is bringing my parents lives back together.

city-country

This is the difference between the atmospheres at my moms and dads. My dad lives in the country and my mom lives in the city...

New Proposal

So my first idea was to show how my life is different when I go from my moms to my dads house but I was thinking this morning there is something more interesting about their divorce. Usually when you think of divorce; you think of two people splitting up and if there is a child involved they sometimes come together for the child's sake until they become older and have their own life. Well my family is really confusing because my mom and dads sides would still be connected even if I wasn't part of it. The two people on the four wheeler are my cousins and they are engaged. Yes that may sound very strange but the guy (David) is on my mom's side of the family and Sarah is from my dad's side. Also, my aunt (my mom's sister) married my dads cousin and had a child so he is my cousin twice basically. Little things like this is why my families would still be connected even if they didn't want to be. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to show this yet but I thought about taking pictures of my cousins when they are at family gatherings on both sides. Although this may be hard cause I'm not sure if there will be any family gatherings before this project is done so I may have to go back to my original plan...

leading questions...

I really like the series of thin by Lauren Greenfield. I like how it shows the lives of many young women today. I found it very interesting that the girls let her in on so much of their lives. This series is journalistic but also has a very interesting artistic view on the lives of teenagers. If I was the young women I would probably be uncomfortable being photographed at first just because of the reason that i'm being photographed but i believe after awhile it would become normal. I don't think I would change anything about the series it have a very strong concept and I think it was put together well. This compares to my life because my cousin is about the same size as some of these girls if not thiner and its a hard thing to go through.

Proposal

For this project I would like to compare my life at my moms house to the life at my dads house. Including in this would be my family life, life with friends and what activities I do. I would like to show how they are opposite and how my life would be if my parents had not gotten divorced. I also want to photograph around Frewsburg/Kennedy where I hang out when i am at my dads and then photograph around this area and what I do with my friends from school. Assistance I would need would be participation from friends and family...

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