Magnum

     Emulating a Magnum photographer was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I stewed for what felt like weeks as I flipped through galleries left and right. I finally decided on three I felt I could incorporate into my work. Micah Bar Am, Bieke Depoorter & Leonard Freed were the three I chose. What I love about Micah Bar Am is the way repetition is played out in his photographs and how there was always a constant. Bieke Depoorter & Lenard Freed spoke to me of the realism in everyday life. Both showed everyday scenes and people who were not living glamorous lives, but enjoyed what they had and were happy. There is a playfullness about Freed's photos that I just love. He captures the moments and their emotions beautifully.

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   I am the oldest of 10 children. My mom is Wonder Woman. [I still don't know how she does it] I decided to go and photograph her "average day" with 8 of 10 kids still living at home. My mom had a hard time with me there photographing - she didn't want me to document her or the "messy" parts of the house. I ended up telling her that I was only taking pictures of the kids [which she bought] and I was able to sneakily document lunchtime. Editing down my images proved to be another challenge as I was there for hours. I decided to only show photos taken around noon when it was just my mom, sister and littlest brother - when the house is it's emptiest, to better show my mom and her love she has for us and all she does for our family. 

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