"SOUTHSIDE"
Exihibition Text
For this summer photography project, I really wanted to hone into what the "daily life of a southside teenager" looks like. The southside, the people, the atmosphere of my daily life are the very basis of my being and that is what I chose to capture for the summer. Everyday at work, in my house, hanging out with my friends, I see many different things. I see a person begging for money in the streets with needles surrounding them, I see police being called to my job to take care of an issue at hand, I see people smiling, I see the things that are normal to me and what I care about the most. I tried to capture the a few images in black and white while also including an array of colors. I made sure to have each 100 photos I took this summer to tie into what my theme is for all my artwork : identity. I wanted people to peek into my life and understand who I am, where I go and how I live/see the life I was given.