For this assignment I chose to take pictures of how the coronavirus has effected me personally. When I think of the virus I think of craziness and loneliness. At first I was excited that we had an extra 2 weeks of break, but then I quickly came to realize that I did not want to be home any longer, I was going insane from boredom and my parents constantly nagging me. I’m the type of person who needs to be alone from time to time without anyone bothering me. So the fact that I’m stuck in my house with my family for months is driving me insane. I also check the updates about the virus every single day and every few hours. When I see the numbers grow I get upset because there’s nothing I can do besides be home with my family and endure it. So these pictures are supposed to be crazy and scary because those are the emotions every one is feeling, this is just my take on it.
Coronavirus and its affects on me
This picture is supposed to feel apocalyptic. To create this effect I just set my ISO to a very low number (125) and moved the camera so the photo would be blurred and chaotic. Most of the photo was already red but I wanted to push that red further to make it feel eery and scary. This picture is of the USA map for the virus cases. It also includes some other numbers from the worldwide results. I chose this picture first because because it goes with my other photos nicely. It’s an introduction to chaos and how I feel but it’s shown in a more abstract way. This photo is meant to represent several things. First, I wanted it to represent my feelings and emotions towards the virus. The virus is like a glitch in our system so that’s why I chose those effects. Again, I wanted to be creepy, scary, and dark. Second, I wanted this photo to represent what I do everyday. I sit at the dining room table to do my homework, use zoom, and check the virus updates. I’m glued to my laptop for 80% of the day. Sometimes I feel like a robot just doing those same tasks every single day because that’s all I can do because I’m stuck inside my house every single day and it frustrates me to no end. Lastly I took this photo to represent my isolation. Like the last two photos this photo is also meant to be dark. But, this time the only thing we can really see is my laptop screen with the map of all the outbreaks of the virus. Everything seems so surreal. Just less than a month ago everything seemed so normal. But for the next few months or more we will no longer be normal. This picture is meant to feel sad and lonely. This photo relates quite well with the others. I hope it also relates to everyone else in some way.
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