Humans in the environment -- Isa

 

This photo was taken at Marine Park during our second-to-last field trip. This photo stood out to me because of the many elements it captures. One being the wind, which can be seen by the flow of hair. The second being the sunset. The colors of the sunset, I feel, set the energy of the photo. I waited till it was less bright because, as much as I wanted to capture the sunset in its prime, I personally love the purples and blues that emerge just as the sun is about to disappear on the horizon. I think what I was trying to invoke from viewers was a sense of calm, stillness, yet not relaxed. Also, a dazed sense is what I was aiming for. Dazed yet gloomy. Honestly, I feel like there's a lot someone could feel from looking at this. Maybe a sense of loneliness, being alone with oneself. To focus, though, on the theme of loneliness, I feel that people often negate the idea of being alone. I think people negate it because they often fear being alone. I personally think the world and people need to change that narrative. I think learning to be alone encourages people to have inner thoughts without outside influence. Which eventually leads to a sense of peace. I’ve spent a lot of time alone in my life, and this is purposeful, though. I feel that if I hadn't spent time alone, I wouldn't be the person I am today. Choosing to spend time alone and isolation, to me, are very different. I don't isolate myself from the world; if anything, I fully immerse myself in it. Simply by being alone. So I guess the feeling I want viewers to take away from this photo is the sense of loneliness, but in a way where you're not alone, because ultimately you are there with yourself, and sometimes that is the best person to be alone with.