Humans Of CV

Concept:

When I was looking through Brandon Stanton's work I noticed how he always tried to accentuate the subject's features or, do a full body shot of the subject or subjects. Because I am only one person, I decided to take more up close pictures, especially because with the photos I take I am trying to tell a story. I knew I wanted to try to tell more of a story with my eyes and expression softly, rather than something more dramatic.

Execution:

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What is the happiest moment of your life?

The happiest moment of Miranda Huber's life was on December 7th, 2018. "That day the advanced art students went on a field trip. I was allowed to go because I was also in an art class and they had extra seats on the bus. So, me and a couple other classmates in my animation class were put in a group." Miranda took her first trip to New York and was very excited about experiencing something new. "I was such a tourist. I was staring up at the great buildings above and observing every pigeon on the ground below, I had never been in a big city before." There she visited two museums and got to check out Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Broadway and Times Square. "Rockefeller Center was where experienced my happiest moment. Because it was around Christmas time, I was walking towards Rockefeller Center past the beautiful cathedrals and the song 'New York, New York' started playing. I remember thinking 'oh the irony', but despite that I sang along and my friend did too. We were laughing and singing so unbelievably loud. The Christmas lights lit around us as we sang and finally entered the place, like most places in New York, I had only seen in movies, Rockefeller Center."

What is the saddest part of your life?

The saddest part of Miranda's life was her parent's divorce. "It wasn't really them splitting up and having to move to one parent's house to another, it was the drama that came out of it all. The yelling, the fighting, the court battles, it was all just so much for a 5 year old to wrap her head around. Years went by and the same old, same old. Both my parent's also didn't have much money after the divorce, my mother was much better off than my father, but she still sometimes would struggle to get food on the table, but I only know that now because of looking back. My father on the other hand, moved from motel to motel, even sometimes just living out of his car. I was always more concerned about my family than I was myself." Miranda was worried that one day she might have to choose a side. "I didn't think it was fair for my parents to always villainize one another and to have them make me choose, just because they couldn't stand each other. Both my parents, one more than the other, lied and manipulated us children into having warped views of the other parent. It still effects me to this day, but now because I am older I can understand them a little more and I can tell some of which were lies and other's truths." It was hard for her and there is much more to the story, but she says "It really wasn't all that bad. I grew up too soon for sure, but honestly I think that was a good thing. I learned to think for myself at a young age and question things around me. Critical thinking helps you in all situations and I think because I had to become good at it, it made me more mature. I always think about why people act or say the things they do before judging them. Overall, the pain has made me a better and nicer person."

Reflection:

Overall, I think this assignment was good for me. I really hadn't thought about the questions we were told to answer. It made me think about how I had changed since the events took place and why they still effect or are dear to me. I was also very excited for my first photography assignment and tried my best to take the ideal pictures I had in my head. But, like all projects they never turn out how you expect, but it was interesting to really feel how the camera works with photo, rather than film, which is what I had always worked with before. A good camera definitely picks up a lot more than a phone's camera that's for sure. Sometimes I would even look at the photo and be like "there is no way that is me". Maybe I'm better shooting other subjects, rather than myself. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed getting to play around and get a feel to the camera, all while getting to tell a little of my story.