With Jenna Cunningham and Frances Burkham, we created a Photo Essay about Eastern Market in Washington, D.C. We saw a wide variety of people, food, and goods throughout the area- a truly eclectic mix of objects. My interpretation of the trip and Photo Essay is that Americans enjoy the old fashioned shopping experience. People from around the city took the time to collectively shop at the marketplace, buying homemade items and foods.
My portion of the Photo Essay are the last three slides; namely, the woman at the counter, the scarf shelf, and the American flag backed by the sunset. The woman at the counter appealed to me as an image because it captured such a normal image: a mother taking her child to the cookie section to buy her a desert. Her dark jacket balances nicely with the colorful backdrop of the counter. It holds a lot of texture and meaning. I thought the scarves were also very colorful and interesting to look at. They had a lot of texture too them, and the continuance formed by the dangling clothing makes the viewer see how they are made below them. Finally, my favorite image of the whole essay is the American Flag. It matches nicely in the wind with the Washington D.C. coat of arms, and the sunset backdrop helps to create a truly powerful image.
Overall, I thought this Photo Essay was really interesting.
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