“The Right of Return” by Aedan Bennett, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
This work is a derivative of “Al Nakba – Graffiti – Nazareth” by PRA is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 and was edited using Canva.
Aedan Bennett
Innocent Skydiver Accidentally Destroys Downtown
“Bungee Jumping at the Peal Qatar” by SJByles is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
“Innocent Skydiver Accidentally Destroys Downtown” by Aedan Bennett is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
I chose an image from Creative Commons because I wanted to see if I could change a stranger’s photo to mean something completely different. The original photo is of a bungee jumper over the water in Qatar and he is the focal point of the image along with the long rope above him that contrasts plainly with the open sky of the top half of the original.
In the second image, he is transformed into a giant skydiver who finds himself hurtling down towards the city below him, about to destroy it. By cropping out the rope and removing the top half of the image, the image lacks context and while, of course, no one would read this new image as a giant skydiver, it shows the way cropping and framing are important to give context for the photos you take, especially about who the subjects are and what they are doing.
Just Off the Main Road…
“Wuhan / 武汉 | Qianjin rd urban village / 前进路小区” by toehk is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
“Jazz Bar People Ambience (La Fontaine, Copenhagen)” by MSXP is marked with CC0 1.0.
The image I chose was of a street in an urban village within Wuhan, in China. The painting hanging immediately caught my eye because of the contrast between the warm red-brown frame and the blue and white painting of the birds. This photo reminds me of a lot of photos of side streets in big cities, with the worn concrete and the stripped paint showing the age of the area and the crate and cleaning supplies marking that this area, while run-down, is very much alive and not abandoned. I included the audio clip of ambient talking at a jazz cafe because the sound of jazz and faint conversation always reminds me of urban landscapes–the hustle and bustle and music and people faintly filling the background silence is comforting and warm. You might hear the sounds of the cafe from around the corner from the quiet side street of the image, especially in a big city like Wuhan, where the streets and people are all interconnected.
“Just Off the Main Road” by Aedan Bennett is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
About Me- Aedan
Hi, my name is Aedan Bennett and I am in my last semester ever at FSU (hopefully). Like probably all of us, I am getting my Masters in Library Sciences, but I hope to get a Masters of Arts instead of Sciences because I actually started as a Literature major, so those courses make my degree an Arts degree. I work part time at TSC (Tallahassee State College) as a Librarian. Here’s our official page:
https://www.tsc.fl.edu/academics/academic-divisions/library/about-the-library
I spend most of my time there, at school, or at home doing school online, but when I’m not doing any of those things, my biggest hobbies are reading, going to the springs and parks around town, and running TIRA: the Tallahassee Immigrant Rights Alliance. The picture below is me and my girlfriend Katy who helps run it too.
Here’s a link to an article written about our latest action: https://fightbacknews.org/articles/tallahassee-organizers-rally-after-city-commission-and-tpd-attempt-to-illegally
I’m excited mostly for this to be my last semester. I actually failed this class last semester because I read the instructions wrong for the last paper and wrote about a different topic and my teacher completely failed me! So here I am again, but I hope to learn more of the things that slipped through the cracks last semester.