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Something Is Happening


I was inspired by the McLuhan quote "Environments are invisible. Their ground rules, pervasive structure, and overall patterns elude easy perception." My process for this project was influenced by the idea that the patterns elude perception so instead of searching for the environmental rules I collected images in a stream of thought manner in hope of seeing the elusive patterns when choosing my photographs for this collection. In choosing the names of my photos, I relied on a mechanism outside my own control by having a friend choose the names using a random word generator. In this way there is no intentional name for each image yet patterns of meaning emerge from the pairing of word and image.

I found Flickr to be an easy to use art venue and liked how it allowed for albums to be shown as slideshows. The site made it very easy to upload my images as well as provide names and descriptions of each photo.



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  1. Tashi AdrielOctober 7, 2018 at 11:37 PM

    I really enjoy the captions you used for each photo- they really make you see the picture in a completely different light. I thought your "political" photo was especially apt :)

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  2. NoOctober 9, 2018 at 8:36 PM

    I like the photos, especially how saturated objects contrast with the ominous clouds at times. The first one is really good too. I like how free Quin seems up there with his bike.

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