Rebecca Turner - High School - redo

On the surface, my high school experience was amazing.
At the same time, I spent each day in a constant battle with myself. 
We've all hidden something, but when it's everything, it gets exhausting.

Ideas ? Alterations ? Issues ? Thanks .
Yes, it's a wig

HIGH SCHOOL RESHOOT

 

Alex Haney- Theme #3 High School

I really didn't want to share this as I'm definitely not done with it, but I'm already late and figured we won't always be able to show our finished product right? I was only able to take three shots on the Branksome property before I was kicked off by security haha. My intention with this photograph is to capture the awkwardness at being gender variant going to an all girls private school. I definitely think I can go further with this concept and introduce more narrative into the situation. I have a few other ideas in my head. I might try either doing a better portrait that is more psychological, or something more staged involving other people.

Amber Hartin - High School

Decided to go with a simple still life consisting of the everyday items used/worn/carried around in high school, or at least at mine anyways. So there it is. I've tried a couple different crops which I will post later, don't know that I'll keep this as a final image but it's all I could muster up for now.

High School

One of the many things people do in high school is drugs; I know at my high school there were plenty of people who got into drugs and after numerous ideas for high school I decided on this as my final one .

I don't know much about drugs , but I do know that it was/is/probably always will be quite popular - especially with the start of it a lot of time being in high school . I went for the idea of someone washing away the guilt or about to hide the evidence of their drugs from someone that may not know they're into them at all . 

Thoughts always welcome .

-Kristi

Theme #3: High School - Alycia Kosonic

So my intention was to make the photo blurry and in black and white to show that the memories have begun to fade away from high school, but I'm not too sure how I feel with the outcome of it. Feedback is much appreciated :)

(P.s. It's a really crappy scan, didn't get the chance to use the lab scanners but I will redo asap)

High School

That's a high school in the background and I walk by it when I take the boys to daycare in the morning or take their baby brother for a stroll through the park. Based on my observations (which are not thorough or necessarily accurate) the kids that attend this school enjoy cursing at each other from opposite sides of the street and smoking while drinking beer in the park before/after class. At first I thought I was being overly sensitive their behaviour because I was with small children and didn't want to have to field questions like "What does 'F*&k off and die you $#@*$!  #*!¡-$*($^%' mean, Paige?" and "Why does it smell like skunks?" but I have now been past there a few times on my own and still feel slightly intimidated.

I realize that I am not a 9 year old boy and that there are scarier things in the world than teenagers (although that last statement might be debatable) I choose this shot because the posture of the young boy in the image mirrors the same trepidation that I feel when I walk past the school. He was there with his family and their dog but stood apart from them for a while to stare at the utilitarian building. Was he thinking of what awaits him after he leaves elementary school behind? Was he looking forward to it? Dreading it? Or was he staring off into the distance daydreaming about Beyblades and farts totally unaware of the school and its connotations. We'll never know.

All that being said:
IT'S OUT OF FOCUS AND I NEED TO RESHOOT

Thanks,
Paige

Victoria Rigo - High school

Just trying to get across how apathetic or disinterested students can become once thrown into monotonous classroom routines - any criticism is appreciated! 

Rebecca Turner - High School

Pretty self explanatory, whether it was our own emotions, or those of someone close to us.
High school was, for me, an amazing four years. But no matter how many great friends and fun events surround you, darkness always exists.

Any advice would be seriously appreciated !
In the mean time I'm going to learn how to write the letter A better...

Katii Capern - Theme #3 - High School

Hey all!

Here's one of my high school shots - I had other interpretations of the theme which I shot as well; starting with this one.

It doesn't really have much of a deeper meaning...just me in front of my old high school. I took it because I went back on a Saturday over Reading Week, and it was quite strange...very cold and deserted. I guess I was hoping to create a portrait that showed someone both remembering where they (I) come from, as well as reflecting on how far -- or not so far -- they've come since graduation. It seems to me that after leaving the familiarity of high school, where we were all confused, not much changes to that end. We're still uncertain -- about what we know, where we're going, etc.

So, whether or not that's what you get from this, please give me feedback/reactions/ideas! :)
I know there are some issues with the vertical..what do you guys think?

Thanks!

High School - Locrin Stewart

HI CLASS! IT'S ME! AGAIN!

So high school. I'm not sure what the split is between people who remember high school for being a happy place and those who think of it and remember a sad or otherwise terrible place, I'm kind of in between on it. The beginning and end years were mostly good, the middle years mostly not good. During my high school career, in any case, I took up self harm as a form of coping with depression and not knowing what to think. As a result, I wear my high school career on myself. Because I believe that the past is a very important part of a person, I decided to revisit it (this is also because I am stupid), looking at what it means from an artistic perspective. The series of six photographs below document the healing process, the first one being day one, the last one day fourteen. I wanted to shoot the images in a way that didn't make them arts or anything, just presented them as they are. As a result, bits of background are visible in them, colour isn't exactly consistent through and through, and they lack a "polished" look. 

Any input would be appreciated, I am going to continue documenting the process until it is no longer necessary (if that's even a thing). 

:)

Lucy Lu - Theme 3: High School

35mm...the scan's a bit fuzzy.

Thinking of high school, we tend to forget about our teachers, whose initial goal seems to be to make our lives difficult. But some really have a huge impact on what type of people we become. It's a tough job. This is Shane Clodd, who was my art teacher, a fantastic sculptor, and an overall cool person. 

But then...I saw this:

This weird dummy has been sitting there for as long as I've been at my high school. I think this can speak a lot about how marginalized and isolated people can feel during that time, it's almost never as glamourous as representations of it.

I like both ideas, but I'm not sure about the aesthetic qualities of the first one; if it's interesting enough. It'd be awesome if you guys could tell me which you like better. Thanks!

PS. tiny fast food update

Abby Klages - Theme #3 - Highschool

So... This is my high school shot. On the weekend my dad said I have puked more in the past few years of drinking than he has in his entire life. Most of us have a had one of these nights in high school, some of us like me have had many. Yup. This describes my four years of high school pretty darn well. Let me know what you think, I am considering putting black borders between the photos.

Paul Swanson - High School

yup...

Alison Irwin, Theme 3, High School

For my high school shot I wanted to capture what everyone thinks high school is like BEFORE they go into it. We all think of the 80s movies Ferris Bueller or Grease etc. The cliche head cheerleader dates the captain of the football team and "it's the best four years of your life!" (where in reality high school is so far from that, it's full of bull shit drama & everyone's in their own little bubble, am i right?). She's wearing a cheerleading uniform with "her boyfriends" team jacket, bubble gum & scrunchie to complete the teeny bopper look like in those movies. This picture is a little desaturated since it's suppose to look older. Let me know what you think!