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Limbo
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Limbo, a photo by wanderthisworld on Flickr. This is a travel poster for Limbo. This project was inspired by the ds106 assignment to create a minimalist travel poster based on a movie. I was initally drawn to this challenge for the travel context, but I was a bit stumped as far as a movie location. All of my favorite movies have such a strong sense of place (India, Australia, Italy, etc…) that there would be little to differentiate it from a standard travel poster. But then I realized that the beauty of Up in the Air is that it has no consistant ...
Istanbul: A Place I’ve Never Been
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I’ve never been to Istanbul, a photo by wanderthisworld on Flickr. For years I’ve been admiring the “Places I’ve never been” series by JHill Design, so I finally decided to put my own twist on it. Istanbul has always been at the top of my list of places I want to see because it seems to be so rich with culture and beauty. To create this image, I blended the silhouette of the famous Blue Mosque over an ornamental pattern and a map of the region (because it’s always fascinated me that the city bridges both Europe and Asia).
Mission: Defamiliarize
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In the months before my semester in Spain, I was on a mission to document every mundane detail of my daily life as a student in Minneapolis. Even though I didn’t expect the photos to be very interesting, I knew from my time in Australia that no matter where you’re living, eventually you get used to your environment and stop paying attention to the little things. I was determined not to let this happen in Spain, so for the 90 days before I left for Europe, I photographed everything. What surprised me from this experiment was how refreshing it is ...
Remembering Places by Color
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All of my favorite places have a distinct color palette tied to them in my memory. I remember Lisbon by the sunny yellow of its tram cars and the blue and white of its famous azulejo tiles, while I picture the island of Santorini being simply white buildings against a background of oceanic blue. I often wonder if I’ve just arbitrarily picked these colors based on the photos I took in these places, or if a place is truly dominant in the colors I associate it with. So to test this theory, I created an average of the photos I took in two of ...
The Evolution Of a Story
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The Evolution Of a Story, a photo by wanderthisworld on Flickr. (Click to enlarge) This is a series of photos I took on two separate occasions that depict 1) the root of the story, 2) the story being reinterpreted, and 3) the story finally being retold and reinterpreted by others. This story began when I was in Athens with my friend Alla. We stumbled upon some sort of changing of the guard, and Alla decided to join in the fun by reinterpreting their march. (She claims it was just the result of too much caffeine. Note the coffee she’s holding…) ...