Zimmermann_mythmetaphor

 CONCEPT: What is your idea for mythology and/or metaphor, how will you interpret the idea of a visual metaphor and a myth? For this project, I decided to do the urban legend/myth of the ghost that the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee. Ghosts are like a memory and I would like to capture a memory and the legend in my photograph.

SUBJECT: What sorts of images will you need to shoot to create your idea? What will it involve? places, people, costumes, sets, nature, lighting? I will shot images using either a slow shutter-speed or a double exposure. I will have to use a tripod to make sure that my images aren’t blurry. I will actually go to the Pfister Hotel and shoot there and possibly shoot the person pretending to be the ghost somewhere else. I will use a costume because I would like to make the man in the photograph look like he is from the late 1800s. Also, I was possibly thinking of photographing my dog and using photoshop to put my dog in the photo, because it is said that the ghost has been seen walking the halls of the hotel with his dog.

REASONING: Why do you wish to do this idea? What will you learn from it? How is it interesting to you? I wish to do this idea, because I wanted to use a myth that started in Wisconsin. Also, I have stayed at the Pfister Hotel before and have heard from people about this ghost. My father even did a short documentary on the history of the hotel and learned about people and some of their experiences and other legends of the ghost of the Pfister.

FACTS: What is the myth/metaphor that you are basing your idea on? Explain it's history and any other pertinent facts regarding the myth/metaphor that will help us understand your idea. In 1893, Guido Pfister and his son, Charles, opened the Pfister hotel. According to multiple sources, hauntings at the Pfister have tortured baseball players for at least a decade. Many insist they’re lost sleep before games because of strange noises in the night, and some have even resorted to leaving the team hotel and checking in elsewhere. Some other people, such as athletes, celebrities and other guests, have reported seeing this ghost all throughout the hotel. These people say that this ghost if Mr. Pfister himself. His apparition has been reported in the hallways of the building, often with his dog. [|__http://www.thepfisterhotel.com/boutique-hotel/pfister-history__] [|__http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/06/ghosts-continue-torturing-mlb-players-at-milwaukee-hotel__]

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 * [|Image 1:] No artist listed
 * [|Image 2:] Joe LaRocca
 * [|Image 3:] Francesco Masciello