Natalie Bygall - Final Project Proposal


Final Project Proposal
               For this final project I intend on photographing books. I want to photograph this subject because I feel that there is a lot that a book says that is not in the words actually written in the book. Books are a way to escape and experience something else even when you feel stuck where you are. Books leave a lot to the mind in the way of creativity, and I want to show this in photos. Someone could be sitting there quietly reading, but what is going through their mind is a mystery. I want to share the idea that each book is its own kind of world. I also want to express that everyone could read the same book, but have a completely different view in it. Just like photography, books are interpreted differently by everyone.
               Throughout the final weeks I plan to look through any photos already taken and see how I can improve, or change, how I want to represent the emotion in a book. I want use black and white photos for this project and would like to decide if this will be more effective over critique. I want to use black and white because, like books, this allows the audience to interpret the color of the photo themselves. I think viewers will be able to relate to the feeling that reading can give a person. Everyone has something that they use to ignore the “real world.” Books are often up to interpretation in many ways, and so are photos.
               One of the biggest problems I see myself running into is actually interpreting my thoughts through the camera. I have a few ideas, but still figuring out how I am going to take enough photos to have the 10 we need for each critique day. Something else that is not really a problem, but something that I am going to have to figure out is using photoshop to make the images I have thought of already. I know I can do this if I play with photoshop a little more.

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