6.30: Two friends after a party. Vincent and Luke came home from the clubs, lay down and while they were talking, they fell asleep. Caption: Alba Ramos
Action: Indiana Memorial Stadium. The Hoosiers are going to play a football game and all the fans are excited. Fireworks announce the beginning of the match coinciding with an airplane. Action is going to start. Caption: Alba Ramos
Bright: Andrea Navarro reflection while she is shaving her eyebrows in a mirror before going to sleep. Her face is illuminated with the mirror light. Caption: Alba Ramos
Curve: Felix just before his last pitch in the mini golf course. He managed to score it and won the game. Caption: Alba Ramos
Fast: Sophie Hoencamp trying her best in a squash game, while Luke is trying not to be hit with Sophie’s movement. Caption: Alba Ramos
Fear: Andrea Navarro studying at night for her exam. Andrea’s biggest fear is failing an exam, so she studies until she thinks she is going to have a 10. Caption: Alba Ramos
Gritty: A lot of dirty plates are ready to be washed. Because of the amount there are, probably they have been without washing for days. Caption: Alba Ramos
Joy: Two Indiana Football fans enjoying the tailgate. They are both excited about the match that is about to start in a few hours. Caption: Alba Ramos
Layer: Four friends enjoying Giordano’s special pizza and beer. These pizzas are one of the most famous foods of Chicago. Caption: Alba Ramos
Lonely: Real Madrid’s shield. I am a really big Real Madrid fan and I was used to watch their matches with a lot of friends. Here, I need to watch them alone. Caption: Alba Ramos
Pattern: Vincent in a clothes store. He is wearing a flower’s vest. He is happy with all the different designs in the store. Caption: Alba Ramos
Red: Giordano’s illuminated sign. Giordano’s is one of the most famous places in Chicago thanks to its original pizzas. Caption: Alba Ramos
Shadow: A red bike shadow in Indiana University campus. Bikes are a common transport among IU students. Caption: Alba Ramos
Slow: An IU worker waiting for the bus. Tired of waiting for the bus, he took out a book and started reading. Caption: Alba Ramos
Soggy: Chicago’s Crown Fountain in a cloudy day. The water underneath creates a reflection of the illustration. Caption: Alba Ramos
Sunset: Bill Armstrong Stadium hosting an IU soccer match while the sun is setting. Caption: Alba Ramos
Tall: Chicago is known for its large number of tall buildings, making it the third largest city in the United States. Caption: Alba Ramos
Tattoo: Adriana’s tattoo of a sunset. As she explains, her favorite thing in the world are sunsets in the beach. Caption: Alba Ramos
Unusual: Ole Haensel posing for the camera in a weird position. The position of his foot together with the lines – which form a rhombus – on the floor, make this photo unusual. Caption: Alba Ramos
Youth: Luke celebrating his 21 birthday in a club. He is having his first legal drink. Caption: Alba Ramos
Love: Red Rose. I always have a red rose in the wall of my room because it represents to my grandmother, who is always protecting me. No matter the distance, we will always love eac other. Caption: Alba Ramos
Of all the assignments and workshops we have done, this is the one I liked the most. Since I read what to do, I was always thinking about what pictures I could take. I took a picture of everything I saw. When I had to select the photos I realized how many photos I had taken. Selecting them was a bit difficult because sometimes I had to choose between 3 completely different photos. Even so, I really enjoyed having to think about what each word conveyed to me and how I could reflect it in a photo.
Also, having to take so many photos at different times and of different things, I have applied quite a few techniques. For each photo the camera is set in a different way, each photo has an angle, and they are taken at different times of the day and in different places. Also, according to what we have learned in this unit, once I had the photos selected, I cropped almost all of them according to the theory we studied.
I am very happy with my photos because I think that, although, in a personal way, they reflect those words. In all my photos I wanted to reflect things of my day-to-day life in the United States because it has been a very good experience. All the things and people that I have photographed perfectly represent my experience because they either reflect what I do and see on a daily basis or the people that surround me here. Also, last week I went to Chicago, and I took the opportunity to take several photos for this assignment.
