Stanczak-metaphor



__Photographers__ 1.Maggie Taylor 2.Julieanne Kost 3. Matt Cauthron Gallery

//PART 1// Maggie Taylor inspired me with the first photograph. The inspiration came from her creativeness. The creativeness of how she was able to combine the bees to make a dress as well as how the background is not too distracting and how it transforms into being her dress. Also the emotion on the girls face with the flower makes her appear so innocent. On the other hand, what I am going to try and take away from Maggie Taylor is her creative insights.

Julieanne Kost’s metaphor photograph is symbolic in lots of ways. How she was able to mesh so many images together as one was very unique but it didn’t make the photograph too busy. Also the colors chosen are perfect to make the photo look soft. Everything placed in the photograph helps to portray a story; a story that allows a person to have reflections of one’s life. This is the reason why this photograph is inspirational because there is so many different ways to shed light upon it, and it can mean so many things all at one time.

This photograph contains an amazing metaphor. A metaphor portraying what you do in your life has now become the past and it has turned into concrete; symbolizing that you can’t go back into time and change what has been done. This photograph by Matt Cauthron's Gallery is inspirational because it shows there is no turning back, and from this photograph I am going to try to mimic one in a different light. Also I loved how the photographer portrayed his ideas.

2. Story of a Life

Artist: Harry Chapin

-And now you see stretched out before thee

Just another story of a life.

3. The reason why I choose these lyrics is because they fit the image I have created perfectly. These lyrics will represent memories of one’s life. I got this idea from the funeral I attended because at the funeral we looked at many past photos and good memories we shared with one another.

4. The song is written by Harry Chapin.

5. The visual metaphor that this song evokes is that as we live our lives we have memories that will stay with us for a life time and during our times of grief we can never forget the good times once shared with one another.

6 .Some other interpretations that someone might have from these lyrics is a time line of someone’s life or multiple people’s stories of their lives.

7. This quote will influence my project because I am going to capture the way I picture this quote from this song. On the other hand my research will influence my project because it will give me new and more ideas to expand my thought process to give my photos their own unique touch to them. Also the metaphor I hope to portray is a person with their life memories. I will capture this by taking a picture of someone and by the head area there will be a film role and the film will then be wrapped around the body showing pictures of past events that had happened in their life.