Jassi's blog

 Person as Subject Matter  Landscape/cityscape Object as subject matter Reflection For this project, I explored diffusion by photographing people, the city at night, and taking pics through my car windshield. For the people as subject part, I focused on capturing motion and using blur as the main way to obscure their identity. I took photos myself and my sister and others laughing, working, or standing in a strange light. This made the pics come out almost ghostlike and unidentifiable. Even though you can tell they are human figures, they lack the clear detail and add a spice of mystery. Shooting the image of my sisters hand on a mirror added extra reflections, which layered the image and made it even less literal.  For the cityscape portion, I shot mostly at night because the lights naturally create diffusion. Long exposures turned cars into streaks of color and made buildings feel dreamy instead of sharp. Shooting at night also made the city feel moreserious and emotion...

 Jewarly  - Mirrored Value 1. Concept development - my project theme is “Value of Objecthood”. This focus is on the difference between an object's aesthetic presence and its monetary value. Jewarly is a super important aspect of my life. In my cultural Jewarly such as gold or silver represent wealth and love in families. It shows how much parents provide for their children through the amount of jewelry they are gifted. In India, if you see people wearing gold it represents status and family relationships. For this project, I chose bright colored Jewarly of different metals and stones. These were gifted to me by my mom, aunt, and grandma. I photographed these items to showcase the identity each piece holds. I chose an ornate emerald and sapphire jewelry set and paired it with a decorative silver mirror to explore how reflection alters our perception of value. The mirror introduced the idea of worth and constructs how it is framed and displayed, I intended to create still lives ...

 Familiar portrait  Close ups  . Human presence