#25

  My motivations for my final project were to capture the feeling of wanting to be somewhere else. We all have felt trapped in something, whether it’s a job, homework, or every day tasks. I wanted to show subjects losing interest in a normal activity, removing themselves from reality. This project was an extension from a previous project where I had “ghosts” of my subjects. I wanted to have viewers relate to my project in that wanting to be somewhere else is a normal feeling during finals week. This project also comes from the feeling that the majority of us are never happy with what we have. Every so often I have to force myself to live in the moment and stop focusing on what is next. American culture is very timed and fast paced, we always need to be somewhere and can rarely focus on what we are engaged in. I wanted to show this through my photographs, relating to our every day lives.