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Translation:

a burning hill - Mitski

“Today I will wear my white button-down

I’m tired of wanting more

I think I’m finally worn

For you have a way of promising things

And I’ve been a forest fire

I am a forest fire

And I am the fire and I am the forest

And I am a witness watching it

I stand in a valley watching it

And you are not there at all

So today I will wear my white button-down

I can at least be neat

Walk out and be seen as clean

And I’ll go to work and I’ll go to sleep

And I’ll love the littler things

I’ll love some littler things”

I chose these lyrics because not only do I love

Mitski but i also relate to these lyrics immensely. The lyrics talk about her kind of surrendering and kind of doing the things everyone expects you to do. In the song, she is pretending and acting as if everything is alright when it’s so far away form it. Lately, this song has been stuck in my head. I think I’m in a moment in my life where that song fits me perfectly. I’m finally seeing the way the real world works and I wonder, “Is this it?”. As someone who suffer from depression this song hits home. It makes me think about some of the lies I tell myself whenever It gets bad and I need to be productive. I chose to do portraits because I believe even with such simple lyrics , the song is extremely raw and transparent. She is opening her soul to us and letting us know how she feels and I kind of wanted to do the same thing while using minimal filter.

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Translation:

a burning hill - Mitski

“Today I will wear my white button-down

I'm tired of wanting more

I think I'm finally worn

For you have a way of promising things

And I've been a forest fire

I am a forest fire

And I am the fire and I am the forest

And I am a witness watching it

I stand in a valley watching it

And you are not there at all

So today I will wear my white button-down

I can at least be neat

Walk out and be seen as clean

And I'll go to work and I'll go to sleep

And I'll love the littler things

I'll love some littler things”

I chose these lyrics because not only do I love

Mitski but i also relate to these lyrics immensely. The lyrics talk about her kind of surrendering and kind of doing the things everyone expects you to do. In the song, she is pretending and acting as if everything is alright when it’s so far away form it. Lately, this song has been stuck in my head. I think I’m in a moment in my life where that song fits me perfectly. I’m finally seeing the way the real world works and I wonder, “Is this it?”. As someone who suffer from depression this song hits home. It makes me think about some of the lies I tell myself whenever It gets bad and I need to be productive. I chose to do portraits because I believe even with such simple lyrics , the song is extremely raw and transparent. She is opening her soul to us and letting us know how she feels and I kind of wanted to do the same thing while using minimal filter.

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Homage,

For my Homage project, I decided to research Francesca Woodman. Her work is incredible. Always super creepy and delicate. Most of her work was done in her studio and manly took pictures of women who were blurred, naked, clothed and mysterious. I think her work is causally creepy if I’m putting it correctly. Francesca had a way in provoking such a uneasy atmosphere with her photos. A lot of images were very raw. I really enjoyed this project. It took me out of my comfort zone and encouraged me to work in black and white. Francesca is not Alice because she committed suicide. Her images captivated a lot of the emotions she was feeling at the time. Those photographs are going to live forever.

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For my Homage project, I photographed in the style of Berenice Abbott, American documentary photographer. As a working New York women, I felt inspired by her and her photographs. Berenice’s best-known series titled “Changing New York” documents the architecture and shifting landscape in New York City. With the changing landscape, socially and physically, in Northern Philadelphia and it’s recent gentrification, I thought this was a great time to pay homage to Berenice and her famous series through my take on her photography. 

For the last week, I walked around North Philly with my camera and photographed any construction or signs of gentrification I passed. Berenice photographs from all angles so I had a lot of freedom with how I photographed. The most important part was in the editing to give my photographs an old film camera look. To make this possible, I boosted the shadows and decreased the exposure while adding some grain to the overall photograph. I love how the photographs came out and think Berenice would be proud of my series. 

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About a life ;

A series of photographs I took at my break area at work. Each object has a companion photograph these objects together as a symbol of unity and the fact that we all have something that balances us. We all a person that we could imagine being by our side.

Sorry for the late post. I was having difficulties with recourses and other things.

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About a place;

A series of photographs I took at my break area at work. Each object has a companion photograph these objects together as a symbol of unity and the fact that we all have something that balances us. We all a person that we could imagine being by our side.

Sorry for the late post. I was having difficulties with recourses and other things.

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Basic Functions

So I took these photos with the Canon T3. I wanted to work a lot with lights and different types of filter. I wanted to give my pictures a very personal feel and even at times dark and mysterious. It was super fun taking these pictures. I think the most difficult for me was the panning. I was having such a hard time trying to get that horizontal blur. 

I’m really happy with these picture. I do not have much experience but I do hope to improve , especially when it comes to working with things like the focus 

Shallow depth 

Stop Motion 

Panning 

Blurred Motion 

Expansive Depth 

Selective Focus 

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The top Three pictures for me at the moment are from a collection of pictures by a philly based artist called D’amico. He made a series of pictures called “The Lost Archive - '79-'84. Lately i’ve been into learning about the punk scene and its history and these images to me are beautiful and does an accurate portrayal to the punk life in philadelphia at the time.  I know the three pictures I chose are all from the same artists but they are literally my favorite pictures at the moment. 

His pictures are reserved and does not allowed to be saved so I’m just going to post a link to the file of those pictures. It’s honestly beautiful. I am in love with film especially when it takes beautiful pictures like those. I don’t own a film camera but i’ll be buying a cheaper one online and experiment with them for this class. I can’t wait! 

https://www.damicostudios.com/the-lost-archive#13

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Hey guys, this is my video, follow me on instagram @lidisi.rodriguez. Don’t mind my awkward voice and bad quality

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The first and second pics are made by Devin Lunsford. The third one is made by Hokusai. 

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I love all of these pictures! I think its one of my favorites of the ones I’ve seen! I love the second one especially. I get this super uncomfortable feeling from it in a good way. It presents the tv’s as intimidating. It kind of makes me think aboutt the darker side of technology. I don’t know if I would consider Hokusai’s piece  a photograph but it is a beautiful print! 

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These are the three images I chose. The first image is ‘Tank Man’ by Jeff Widener, the second is ‘Man on Wire’, and the third is from Maria Dumlao’s ‘History in RGB’ collection.

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I am in love with Maria Dumlao’s “ History in RGB”  it is so beautiful, Honestly one of my favorites now.  

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I am in love with Maria Dumlao’s “ History in RGB”  it is so beautiful, Honestly one of my favorites now.  

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 My photos (Josh Carter):

A portrait of Chadwick Boseman shot by Brinson+Banks for The New York Times. I like this one because of the colored gels used to reflect different colors off of his face to give it a very modern look.

Yosemite shot by Ansel Adams. I love how grandiose this picture is. My mom has it framed in our house and I’ve always enjoyed how beautiful everything is.

World Trade Center Twin Towers. I don’t know who shot this but any photos of the Twin Towers are nice to me. It brings a sense of nostalgia, between the camera quality and the subject of the photos. Bonus points for the Statue of Liberty being present.

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These images are very very beautiful! The color contrast and just saturation in the portrait is amazing.