Evidence Assignment

For my first attempt at my evidence assignment I wanted to focus on what is left behind by us as humans and college students, specifically the messes and garbage we see around us in everyday life. I shot at four locations; my house, our race shop, a church parking lot, and my girlfriend’s house, although I only used the photos from the two apartments as they fit best with the theme.

After reviewing all of my photos, I made the decision to narrow my theme down to solely interior shots as those turned out the best and were the most consistently lit and coloured. If I was to do this again, I would spend a lot more time planning out my shoots to ensure that the weather and natural lighting outside worked to my benefit and not against me.

I often like to include some form of progression in my photo series but did not in this case, each photo (minus the last two) are unrelated from each other. In doing so, I tried to include at least one photo from each distinct area of a college student’s typical apartment – i.e. the bathroom, the bedroom, the kitchen, and the living room. I think this idea worked well.

I would like to continue this project and series over Spring break and the upcoming summer when I return back home to Canada and shift the focus towards abandonment. On our ranch there are a number of interesting and now abandoned old buildings, barns, and even an old cult headquarters, that would make extremely interesting photo subjects if given the time they deserve.