Portrait Project

Shasha-

        I've known Shasha for about seven years, and I met her on the first day she arrived in the United States for the first time with her adoptive parents.  She was born in China and was given up from her parents, and she has no fingers on her left hand.  Shasha is the sweetest little girl I know, and she amazes me everyday with how she has adapted to a new country and family at such a young age, and how she is capable of doing anything anyone else can do, but only having fingers on her right hand.  She rides her bike, she takes gymnastics and so much more.  I chose to take pictures of Shasha because she is an inspiration to me to always keep going and go against the odds to complete something you and other people thought you would never do.

Mom-
       My mom has always been there for me, and she is always on my side.  She understands when I need my space, but is always the first one to ask if something is wrong.  Having gone through so much in her life, its incredible how she always come out of everything with a smile on her face.  She lives the same life as anyone else, but she has the greatest attitude towards everything, making her life more enjoyable and extraordinary.
     

Web Assignment 5:

Beauty in a photograph cannot be distinctly defined; beauty is different to every person and everyone has their own view of the world and how they perceive things that they see.  What is beautiful to one person may be disliked by someone else.  Therefore, something that is "ugly" can be photographed and then portrayed as something beautiful by someone.  Beauty and ugliness are relative terms that are used differently by everyone in their own definitions.  For example, a photo of a snake would seem gross and unappealing to me personally.  However, it may be an amazing and capturing picture to someone else who likes snakes.