Postcards

The place I chose to photograph was a park. A park is place people go to relax, play,  or catch up. It's somewhere most people take for granted. It's a place in nature that we have taken for ourselves, so we should treat it that way. Things at a park include a jungle gym, swings, sand box, tennis court, basketball court, picnic tables, large grassy areas, to name a few.

The first picture I chose was of a tennis court. I wanted to show the importance of cleaning up and keeping a place like a park clean, not only for other people, but for animals. A park is a place used by people and nature, so keeping it trash free is really important. I chose to duplicate sand diggers and place them around the tennis court to bring that idea to life. You wouldn't usually see sand diggers on a flat hard surface, but the idea is that even though you don't think about it at the time, trash and junk can build up to become such an issue that the place needs to be renovated or completely tore down. It is so important to keep public areas clean and understand that your little bag of trash can dramatically impact animals that reside there or even nature in itself.

The second picture I chose was of an area where you would normally see kids playing in water. I chose to put animals playing there because I wanted to show that a park, although in nature, is a place for people and pets, not for the animals that reside there. The more area that we take up for us, the less natural area there is for the animals that need that area to live. We as humans are so concerned for our well being and our pets treat outside like it's a place they can only go so often. When I think of nature, I think of squirrels, birds, foxes, bears, ect. But we turn a place they live in to a place that's convenient for us. Putting these household animals here playing and being free shows that nature really is a place for animals to be happy and free.

The last picture I chose was of a merry-go-round. This was (for me) one of the best things to play on when I was a kid. Going back to my first image, I wanted to enforce the idea of how important it is to pick up after yourself and treat public areas (especially places that kids go) with the upmost respect. Choosing the quote "what goes around comes around" was the most influential one I could think of to portray that idea. I believe that if you treat nature or public outdoor areas poorly, karma will come back and get you. You might think that leaving a small piece of trash out will be okay, but that small piece of trash turns into something way bigger than you would expect. It takes one person to start something good. A lot of people treat the outdoors like no matter what we do, nature will always work itself out. But, like a merry-go-round, even the things we create have a way of turning against us.