(The following is a post version of the Photography Assignment our Digital Tools class did for our first online class - due to the closure of campus for the rest of the semester because of COVID19.)
The photos are in reverse order of when they were taken. (1. My computer screen working on a paper and during an online lecture call through BB collab, a picture outside my house - a sight I rarely see on the weekdays due to my early commute to classes and late commute home -, and a picture of my clock when I woke up, much later than the typical weekday, too.
What do these photos reveal about your life right now?
How are they different from photos you may have taken on a typical Monday?
Think of your photos as historical artifacts. What types of images best capture your experience at this moment in our history? In what ways do these photos capture your current experience?
1. My photos from today would reflect a typical weekend day routine post-theatre (since I usually have rehearsals or shows on the weekends); I would sleep in a bit, look outside for a little bit before diving into the work that is due soon. The weird part was having an online lecture, but this would otherwise be relatively normal for me.
2. On a typical Monday, I wouldn't necessarily take pictures of much, unless if something memorable happened with my friends (due to having four classes with small breaks in between). I guess the absence of human connection outside my family would be the big difference aside from dealing with traffic.
3. Snapshots of me going through my rather boring day, with a clock staring me in the face before I face the music, taking a serene glimpse through the window and letting it sink in before I am glued behind a laptop screen doing all kinds of work. Yesterday would have been closing night of Mary Poppins had it not be cancelled halfway into its run, and the fun of participating in that has been replaced with the drudgery of work that I had no time to do because of it. Without the theatre or my YouTube work (which I hope to get back to as a result of having more time at home), my life is essentially about meeting the deadlines of higher education, which can't even be stopped in the face of a pandemic. Even in these times, life finds a way to keep moving on.
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