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Losing My Mind Photo Essay by Emily Bock

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Losing  My  Mind    

Photo  Essay  by  Emily  Bock              

                         

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Introduction    

When  we  think  of  “losing”  or  “loss,”  the  first  couple  things  that  come  to  mind  are  usually  losing  keys,  a  wallet,  a  piece  of  jewelry.    Losing  these  material  things  seem  like  the  end  of  the  world  when  we  think  about  the  measures  we  have  to  go  through  to  replace  them.    What  about  the  things  we  lose  that  are  much  harder  to  replace,  even  impossible?  Or  things  that  that  are  not  ours  to  lose  such  as  momentum,  patience,  time.    The  images  in  this  essay  have  a  literal  and  also  an  abstract  quality  to  them,  which  can  be  interpreted  in  different  ways.    The  majority  of  the  photos  are  focused  on  items  or  experiences  that  are  lost  that  can  no  longer  be  found,  or  difficult  to  regain.         The  different  interpretations  of  loss  are  captured  in  each  image.    Throughout  each  photo,  the  subject  in  the  photo  may  be  representing  the  loss  in  a  more  literal  way,  such  as  a  cemetery  representing  the  loss  of  life.    However,  it  may  also  be  represented  in  an  abstract  way,  with  human  figures  embodying  a  different  perspective  of  loss.    The  concept  of  loss  can  be  understood  in  different  ways,  according  to  the  viewer  of  the  image.  While  the  photographs  do  have  captions  to  connect  with  the  theme  of  loss,  the  audience  is  encouraged  to  interpret  the  picture  in  their  own  way.                                          

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Losing  My  Religion  

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Losing  Youth  

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Losing  Control    

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Losing  Patience  

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Lost  In  Space      

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Losing  Money    

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Lost  in  the  Echo  

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Lost  in  the  Crowd  

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Losing  My  Voice  

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Lost  in  Translation  

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Losing  Life  

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Losing  Control    

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Losing  Time    

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Finding  Happiness  

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Photo  Analysis         The  photos  in  my  photo  essay  are  focused  on  the  concept  of  loss.    The  effects  and  strategies  used  while  photographing  the  pictures  are  all  unique  and  different.  There  is  a  somber  and  serious  tone  to  the  pictures  since  the  idea  of  loss  is  to  not  have  something  anymore.  I  chose  to  focus  on  each  picture  separately  regarding  effects  and  techniques  used  to  take  and  edit  the  pictures.    Some  photos  have  a  staged  quality  to  them,  such  as  “losing  life”  and  “losing  my  religion.”    Others  were  either  taken  spur  of  the  moment  or  during  experiences  that  associate  with  loss.    While  the  pictures  are  not  cohesive  in  techniques,  they  are  bonded  in  captions  of  different  types  of  losses,  each  specific  to  its  title.         I  used  my  iPhone  camera  and  Nikon  Coolpix  S9200  to  take  the  photos.    Both  cameras  were  used  because  some  days,  I  would  capture  a  picture  and  only  have  my  cell  phone  handy  and  vice  versa.    The  flash  and  exposure  settings  on  my  camera  helped  achieve  looks  of  movement  and  blurriness  that  I  didn’t  want  to  edit  out.    Some  of  the  pictures  that  were  taken  in  the  dark  have  a  natural  vintage  quality  such  as  “losing  money.”    I  used  iPhoto  to  edit  the  pictures.    Most  of  the  pictures  are  either  lightened  or  darkened  to  highlight  or  contour  shadows  of  the  photos.         All  of  the  pictures  except  the  last  one  are  focused  on  loss.  I  chose  the  last  picture  to  be  titled  using  the  word  finding.    The  opposite  nature  of  losing  something  and  finding  it  can  be  taken  literally  as  losing  a  piece  of  jewelry  and  finding  it  again.    Some  things  we  find  have  a  less  concrete  nature  to  them,  while  being  just  as  blessed  to  discover  them.                                                          

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Image  Analysis       I  chose  the  image  of  the  clock  because  I  liked  the  idea  of  photographing  “losing  time”  or  running  out  of  time.    The  picture  is  taken  in  a  more  literal,  concrete  sense.  This  picture  was  more  staged  than  the  other  photos  in  the  essay.  When  choosing  the  clock  for  concept  of  “losing  time,”  I  wanted  the  photograph  to  seem  fuzzy  and  unclear.    At  first,  I  tried  photographing  the  clock  with  the  long  exposure  on  the  shutter  speed,  however  the  black  and  white  features  on  the  clock  were  not  taking  to  the  effect  as  I  wanted.  Then,  I  used  the  technique  of  putting  Vaseline  on  the  lens  before  photographing.    This  gave  the  picture  an  effect  of  confusion  and  unclearness  about  the  time.    Although  I  did  use  the  grid  axis  (rule-­‐of-­‐thirds)  on  my  camera,  I  wanted  to  tilt  it  and  make  it  blurry.    I  softened  the  focus  of  the  picture  by  putting  the  sharpness  all  the  way  down  to  blur  the  image  even  more.  I  think  the  blurry  and  unclear  nature  of  the  clock  portrays  movement.    Seconds  becomes  minutes  becomes  hours  and  moments  that  pass  quickly  as  we  move  throughout  our  days  and  lives.