#5 Storytelling

The basement of the Library is where students come to work.

People from all different majors, backgrounds, friend groups come together to meet here in this open space.

If not with friends, students choose to escape the chaotic world by sitting by themselves in these tables, separating them from the social world.

Here in my individual space, I am studying with two friends.

I feel comfort with these two people even though there are hundreds of people all around me.

Q: Why did you choose this story?

A: I chose this story because I’ve decided to notice the surroundings around me and compare it to my surrounding. There’s a world out there and I’m unaware of and I often forget that my world isn’t the only one that people live or appear in.

Q: How did you think you did?

A: I think I did the bare minimum for capturing these images. I did this in the comfort of my seat. But even when I took these pictures I started noticing the differences.

Q: Which image do you think is the is the individually “best” image in your story?

A: I think the best image is the one where the student is sitting by himself. I think it really captures how some people can deal with the social world even if they’re by themselves.

Q: Does your photostory contain an image that you think is not, by itself, a “great” image, but that is nonetheless important because it helps to tell your story?

A: I think the last image isn’t considered great by itself. When people look at it, it is simply just math. When I add the description, it makes more sense because I explain that I can be focused, even with the loud social world around. I can still stick to my world even with everyone else’s world happening.

Q: What would you do different next time?

A: Next time, I want to capture more activities that people are doing. I want to capture if they are hard at studying, or it people are socializing with one another, or if people are doing projects. I want to also capture people that just met, strangers sitting next to each other, people that have known each other beforehand, and so many more relationships.

Q: Are there other Photo Stories you might like to tell?

A: As of right now, I cannot think of any. But even if I would like to do a photo series, I would rather picture it in my mind rather than take a photo of it.