Over the weekend, I experimented with the actual subject matter of my series. I started out by taking a few pictures of empty pointe shoes in front of a mirror, which brought out a feeling of dejection and giving up. Originally, I had wanted to focus on the life of and pressure on a serious dancer in highschool. But then I opened my medicine cabinet to find some advil, and I found bottles of prescription medication. This got me thinking, and I decided to focus more on drug addiction that results from too much pressure in my concentration rather than just the actual pressure.
Great job getting your blog started and pictures posted right away. I think the pointe shoe imagery is subtle yet effective at communicating your ideas. There might be confidentiality issues with the information viewable on the pill bottles, so maybe there is a more subtle way you could convey that imagery. I would remove those images from the blog.Your original pill photo from your breadth final was a less direct image that still told a compelling story. Maybe you could use that image in your series and replace it with something else in your breadth section.
ReplyDeleteI really like how you're trying to show us, that dancing is a lot of hard work and pain. I like how the picture with pills is giving us an "oh, this person is in a lot of pain." It's well done.
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