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Over the course of the past summer, I became more and more interested in photography. As a child I had always loved taking pictures, but it had never been a passion of mine. This summer, my grandparents took my brother, sister, and I to Italy, from Milan to Amalfi and Sorrento, the southern coast. I was breath taken by the beauty of this country, and of the richness it has. I decided to capture it on camera, and during the month I was there, I began developing my photographic eye.
It is only as I started getting feedback from my family and on facebook that I became confident in myself. In august, I left alone to Barcelona for a month, where all I did all day was discover village after village, going through little hidden passages and courtyards. I snapped away at everything, people, buildings, scenery… I became in love with the art of photography.
This semester, I took a darkroom photography course that I enjoyed immensely. I felt comfortable spending time in the lab. I was in my own bubble, and I felt good in it. Over the course of the semester, I focused on portraits and went to the city very often to take candid shots of the urban busy life of New Yorkers.
In this video, I have compiled some of the pictures I have taken in Barcelona (not all, there are over 1,000!). I feel like this summer/semester has been one of revelation, where I have truly found what makes me at peace and confident. This art has become my form of expression, and this is why I decided to make it my minor, along with my creative writing major. Writing and photography are the two things that captivate me above everything else.
Over the course of the past summer, I became more and more interested in photography. As a child I had always loved taking pictures, but it had never been a passion of mine. This summer, my grandparents took my brother, sister, and I to Italy, from Milan to Amalfi and Sorrento, the southern coast. I was breath taken by the beauty of this country, and of the richness it has. I decided to capture it on camera, and during the month I was there, I began developing my photographic eye.
It is only as I started getting feedback from my family and on facebook that I became confident in myself. In august, I left alone to Barcelona for a month, where all I did all day was discover village after village, going through little hidden passages and courtyards. I snapped away at everything, people, buildings, scenery… I became in love with the art of photography.
This semester, I took a darkroom photography course that I enjoyed immensely. I felt comfortable spending time in the lab. I was in my own bubble, and I felt good in it. Over the course of the semester, I focused on portraits and went to the city very often to take candid shots of the urban busy life of New Yorkers.
In this video, I have compiled some of the pictures I have taken in Barcelona (not all, there are over 1,000!). I feel like this summer/semester has been one of revelation, where I have truly found what makes me at peace and confident. This art has become my form of expression, and this is why I decided to make it my minor, along with my creative writing major. Writing and photography are the two things that captivate me above everything else.
Photography is a great art. I enjoy taking pictures myself. My favorite subject is my dog. She really loves the camera
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