Wednesday, September 14, 2005

I've decided..

I have decided to do a photography series, I have always wanted to go further with my photography and do a series, but have been lost as to what to photograph. I kept asking myself what can I possibly do, and then it struck me, I looked around and saw all I needed to photograph: the place I live. I live in a town called Ossining, our only claim to fame is we house the notorious high security Sing-Sing prison, but there is so much more to Ossining than that. Ossining is a river town located on the Hudson river a few miles north of the Bronx, the north-most borough of New York City. Ossining is one of the most diverse towns in this area, African-Americans and Latinos make up the two Majorities, and Whites the minority. It is easy to drive a few miles through my town and see upper-class areas, and then down the road low-income housing projects. I look around when Im in town, or in school and I see such culture, so much flavor. As much as we remain who we are here, we also become a agglomeration of ourselves. At times my school is a place of racial harmony, at others a place of racial animosity. I want to document the place I was born and raised before I leave it for what I plan to be forever. I want capture all the aspects that make my town and school what it is, like how Newport cigarettes have replaced the American Dollar at the steps in front of my school. Or how on a friday night, a walk down Highland Avenue means bumping into atleast a dozen people you know and spending the night with them in good company.

I plan on carrying around my camera snapping pictures here and there, editing them in photoshop and either posting them here as they come in or all in one set when I have collected a few.

Suggestions welcome...