Greek Myth: Persephone

This picture shows how Persephone was "tied" to the underworld for a season each year and how she could see the light coming from the earth, where she wants to go back to. She is trying to pull away from the underworld and reach for the earth, but she cannot go back yet. The red dress shows the color of the pomegranate and how it affected the rest of her life and she will always be reminded by it.

Series of 4

My theme for this series was to show how different people view me as a person. This first picture shows how when someone first meets me they see me as a really quiet and shy person. If I don't know you I am more quiet and to myself so you don't really get the see the more fun, energetic and crazy side of me. I really like the highlights and shadows in this picture and I like the fact that it is simple but still shows how she is misinterpreted as a shy person in the dark.

My second picture captures the image of me that only my friends and family or the people that know me get to see. This photo is a representation of my happy, bubbly personality. A lot of people tell me that I'm always happy and smiling so I wanted to show that. The people that really know me get to see this outgoing, say anything, laugh a lot person. I really like the colors in the dress and I think they show a happy person. Also I had her spin, and then stop because I wanted to get the feel of someone that's not afraid to be crazy and have fun.


The third picture in my series represents how I see myself. When I thought about how I see myself the thing that came to mind was that I am a strong person. There are a lot of things that go on in my life and at school and home that are stressful and overwhelming, which is shown by the blurry and confusing background, but somehow I am able to handle all of these things and know that it is going to be okay. I made her stand out by adding more contrast to her and dulling the background. I really like how she is right in front of everything and her looking up represents my abilty to stay strong in tuff situations.

This last picture is my series is what I want to see about myself, but don't. It is kind of an opposite of the first picture because I want to be able to have that fun and outgoing personality when I first meet someone so that they can see that there is more to me than just a quiet and shy person. I wanted the first photo and then the last one to both me in black and white, but they are very different because in the first photo she is almost hiding herself and in this last photo she wants people to see her outgoing personality.