ELLIE GUTOWSKI

For my semester long project I am thinking about doing a series which documents a mundane activity. I would document this by zooming into the site of action. For instance, if someone was washing dishes in a house, I would photograph the house, then the hallway, then the person standing at the sink until the last photograph which would be a close up of them holding the sponge against the dish.

Another idea I have for my semester long project would include a picture I took in the Gambia of a little boy in a village up country. He is posed barefoot standing with his arms crossed in front of Baobab trees in his village. I hope to take a series of pictures of people in a similar stance in various settings. I have not really figured how I want to incorporate text yet, or if I need to.

Finally, another idea I have is to document a day in a way that I can express my OCD for numbers. I attribute personalities to numbers and have numbers I like and numbers I don't. I would somehow convey the personality of the number using image and text. This seems like it would be hard to do, but it's my favorite idea so far.