When I first thought about this project i wanted to document the process of making graffiti or the journey to a graffiti spot. I went looking for spots. Most of them werent really what i was looking for. So then i looked online to see where some good spots were to go. I found the old Polaris Amphitheater. However it was closed and was chained up with no trespassing signs all over so I decided i didnt want to get arrested, since its the only class rule. Then I decided to take picture on my way home from class one day since it was a nice day outside. At first i struggled to get good pictures, they were mostly of either the ground or the sky and got no one i was aiming for. I just kept taking pictures through a few days and just tried to see what feels right for aiming the shot. I finally got it down i just barley took my phone out of my pocket and snapped the picture. i had some very interesting ones and some that were just a huge blur. I liked how I got some of the same people in my pictures. My favorites though are of how close we get to so many people everyday without really realizing it. Some of days i was taking pictures and i thought they noticed my taking pictures and got nervous. I took the pictures of the same route for a few days and only really noticed one person who was in multiple pictures on different days. This was a fun process to do and it was very satisfying to see how my pictures turned out when i got home from a day of classes.
To me these pictures pretty much sum up my days at OSU. No matter where you go you always see people whether you know them or not. People will walk past you without even giving you the time of day to say "Hi" or look at you. I guess its not just here though either, no matter where you go now people arent polite or friendly anymore. Once I took these pictures i also so how many people are just walking through campus and I really have never thought about it before. We come into contact with so many people and we have no idea. I was imaging if a few of the people i walked passed was sick and once decided to cough into the air and get someone else sick, then the person who walked through the cough most likely would catch the bug and then possibly continue the cycle and get tons of people sick. This project really showed me how large the OSU campus is to me and its filled with people, and I only took pictures on my way to class. I can only imagine how a huge city would look or even a different country like India or China would look like.
