Self Assignment

For my project I wanted to capture what it is to be in our word at this time. Most people go to places and do not realize the unique time we live in. A lot of people do not about things such as Walmart that we take for granted, and yet even twenty years ago we did not have Walmart the way we do today. And this is true for many other things that people seem to take for granted. Times will change and I want today to be remembered. So for my project I want to attempt to capture the times today, and hopefully record it so that people will not forget it when things inevitably change tomorrow. I plan to take pictures of the places some people take for granted, and try to capture the people that live today.

My inspiration is from Walker Evans and Helen Levitt, both of whom to me tried to capture the same thing in the respective times that they lived. Things have changed much since their time, and yet because of photographers like them, the people and places of that age have been recorded. People like them are needed so that the history of our culture and people can be remembered, which are just as important as the history of wars and politics. I would like to try to emulate them somewhat and travel around the surrounding areas to try to capture our current culture and people the way that great photographers like them have.