Lines: A Look at the World

Night Crowd (2013)

For this post, I wanted to show how objects we perceive in the real world are based on lines. For Night Crowd, I wanted show how like the night, lines can be deceiving. In this photography, it is hard to tell if the object is three dimensional or flat. The lines also seem to blend and makes it hard to tell where the others start and end. This is just how in life, we can not always see what is coming or understand what is happening. We must just go with the flow and do our best to understand what is happening.

For Golden Times, I wanted to show off the more glamours side of lines. In this shot, the lines are clearly defined and displayed. This photograph also shows that there is variety in life. Not every line is the same, there are several different types and lengths and colors in this photograph all vary through. In life, there are so many different kinds of people and no two people are exactly the same.  

Golden Times (2013)

For Hidden Soul, I wanted to capture how lines can be curved and manipulated to create shapes. What I really like about this shot, is the face that there are no eyes. This to me represents how there is no one single identify to define the world. Anyone and everyone can fit this mask. I also like the color contrasts from the blue sky to the green lighting posts to the golds and whites and browns on the mask itself. This once again shows how life is full of variety and diversity.   

Hidden Soul (2013)

For Built Lines, I wanted to show how lines can contrast between nature and mankind. In this shot, we see the by-pass over the hover damn. I like how the lines appear to contrast with the textures of the rocks and mountains and once again several different colors are shown.  

Built Lines (2013)

For Reflective Mirrors, I wanted to once again wanted to show how lines can be deceiving. In this photograph is is hard to comprehend what is there and what is just a refection. The entire scene seems almost too bizarre. Yet at the same time, this bizarreness is what makes the photograph beautiful. When looking at this photograph, it becomes apparent that it can be anything and mean anything to that person viewing it. This is similar to how in life, everyone can be around the same things but everyone can see them differently. Life is what you make of it.

Reflective Mirrors (2013)

 For Metallic Lines, I wanted to once again show the contrast between nature and mankind. I took this photo at the Hoover Damn and I really like how strange it looks. It is almost impossible to tell what it is.  I also like the different shades of colors each part of the photograph has. The sky varies from baby blue to pale blue. The rocks vary from dark browns to copper browns. I also like how there are both vertical and horizontal lines in this photograph. The idea that life is strange and difficult to understand can be represented by this photo.    

Metallic Lines (2013)

With all these photographs, I hope to convey the message that life is full of diversity, mystery and wonder. Without diversity and colors, life would not be interesting and without lines, life would not be exciting. Sometimes the best things in life, are those in which are not defined or understood.