Week 2: Monday’s Tutorial

Taking a more practical approach, we were instructed to go out into the city, in pairs, and capture a series of images simply using our smartphones. The directions were to shoot places with a horizon, a close-up, a time-lapse, sound and anything else that caught our attention. Keeping in mind that these photos were taken with only an iPhone, the photos are not that visually appealing or incredibly considered. That being said, however, this exercise did make me notice different aspects of the city that otherwise escape my attention. Typically mundane, day-to-day activities, such as pressing the button before the pedestrian lights, suddenly became a much more dynamic and point of interest when prompted to record a sound within the city. This led to me noticing how much people rely on this simple function to navigate the city safely, how people are often extremely obedient of traffic laws and how others blatantly disregard these laws that are put in place for our protection.