Time and Your Approach to Time

Week one (8/15) of my first semester of PH 100: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHOTOGRAPHY with Andrea Land

By now you've seen how time plays a huge role in the medium of photography -- both in terms of process and concept. For this assignment, make one image that represents time. Consider the freezing of time, the preservation of time, or the passing of time and our definitions: frozen, extrusive, and still. It might also help to think of more abstract notions like memory, nostalgia, or dreaming. Pick one aspect and focus on it. Submit your best image.

Discuss: Your Approach to Time

The image assignment asks you to consider time as it is conveyed visually. Talk some about the deceptive level of your photograph. What time-related word directed your planning? How was framing utilized to convey your ideas? Please write 100-150 words on this topic.

Time, I have to admit that I wasn’t overjoyed with the idea of trying to capture time. I got caught up in the “I have no idea what to do” and tried to force the thoughts that didn’t work. So I started to journal and then it hit me.

Life has chosen to throw the word cancer in the family vocabulary once again. I have been thinking a lot about how short life is and time flies by without us even noticing. That is how I got the “from the cradle to the grave” idea. This is a still representation of time with an abstract concept. I, also, have laced the image with symbolism (I will tell you what they are if you want me to). I chose to shoot at sunset to add some mood to the image, also, adding symbolism. I used passive framing for this image. Lifetime would be the word that directed my planning.

Image one is for assignment, but I had a very hard time choosing (even after a Facebook poll of my friends), so I am sharing the second image as well.