Project 2 - Finals

4 images were chosen out of the list from before and each explores certain 'domains' of modern living in an urban environment.

First Image

In the first image of the sequence, the idea of 'rush' is conveyed through the dramatic motion of the lady running by and the other passers-by who are walking straight ahead. It is a common notion that city lifestyle involves a higher pace and busyness, which is highlighted in this picture well. Compared to the previous pictures of similar ideas (the ones with blurred motion of people walking), compositionally this image works better because the frozen running motion seems to be more effective in communicating speed. 

The fact that the woman's face is not shown all the more heightens the lack of individuality and community spirit of society in a modern environment.

Second Image 

The second image is of a set of windows of an apartment building. 'Home' is no more an image of a warm suburbian house with a vegetable garden, but is now a box among the vertical stack of mirror-patterned apartment units. This idea is slowly manifesting around the world as technology rapidly grows with resources diminishing, yielding the likely future of sustainable living conditions.

In this picture, the number of lit windows are random for each row. This ambiguity seems to act as a hint to its occupants' lives and each one's uniqueness; the essentials of a living being. 

Third Image 

Although this was not a candid shot, a scene like this is actually quite common in libraries (especially at university). Cellphones were considered to be a luxury item around only one decade ago but now it has been rendered a necessity. Electronic mails, calls and texts are now the most common means of communication even for official business. Whether for good or for worse, technology is taking over the world and very often the possession of this industry and its products end up defining an individual; from the categorising of first/third world countries to whimsical trends among teenagers at school. We are all slowly letting ourselves depend on machines and artificial intelligence of this age.

Fourth Image

This picture works well symbolically; the lone walking figure among the rows and rows of cars communicates the issue of the increasing usage of automobiles in an urban environment and the consequences of economical as well as technological growth. It just shows the ratio of people who walk around or use public transport instead of a car for every individual. It also shows how increasingly common it is to own a car now.