This is from the final project description. We will be taking the following websites as models for our field trip and project. They are: http://www.seattleframebyframe.com and http://www.portlandgridproject.com
We are going on a field trip where we concentrate on a several mile radius that makes up the area known as Georgetown. Georgetown extends to Boeing Field and Beacon Hill but also has a great downtown with the Trailer Park Mall (vintage trailers that house thrift store goods on the weekends), the hat and boot (old gas station remnants), the rusty truck yard and interesting mixes of development, houses, businesses, motels, etc. It is a visually rich area of south Seattle.
Most of us met one day for the field trip and started exploring the area from the same starting point, All City Coffee. However, Joe had to come on another day and therefore photographed areas completely different from everyone else. I loved how he documented the funky houses and a growing mix of the old and the new. My favorite is the following image.
He also got to the waterfront area far from where the rest of the class was.
The last three are his commentary on America. He made three large prints. The first is a shot of the American flag followed by two images with homeless men in them. Look closely to find them.
The next images are by Brook. Most of them are black and white. Brook focused on very different aspects of Georgetown. The first photograph is one of the stools in All City Coffee. It is the only color photograph and showcases one of the many textures you find when you look around the area.
The following two photographs are from storefront windows. The first one is the window of an architecture business. I love the quote.
The next one is a mannequin in Trailer Park Mall.
The last is from the abandoned truck yard. I like his choice of black and white for these images.
The next photograph is from Scott. His photograph is a typology that he discovered in Trailer Park Mall. He spent a lot of time there photographing all the many interesting items and ended up combining these images together.
Ashley found some interesting things such as the inside of a piano that had been abandoned, a buddha with flowers and some of the colorful telephone pole art on the streets.
Nick lost his memory card so photographed with his phone. He captured quintessential Georgetown. There are planes landing and taking off endlessly since Georgetown is relatively near SeaTac airport.
In keeping with the dramatic skies, here is one more that shows his interest in lines.
Finally, Talya has submitted two photographs from her shoot. She has taken more which I may add later when she gets them to me. Here are her words: In Georgetown, I was interested in finding a way to use the background and props in a way that would complement my model. I was trying to incorporate colors, textures and lines that complemented each other, even if they did not make sense or go together. Doing this made for some interesting compositions and ended up making a whole new theme for my images, which was self-image and self-reflection.
I found that in a lot of the images I created in Georgetown, I feel that I can see how Carissa, my model, interacts with the objects and relates to them, which made me think of beauty that is found in uncommon places.
Although Georgetown is old and almost completely filled with “left behind” streets, I was able to find beauty within it. I enjoyed trying out new things and opening up to using props. It gave me really neat results that I have not experimented with before.
The next one is with expired film! She brought a point and shoot film camera that had old film in it along with a new roll of expired film.
Bellevue College Documentary Photography 