Project 2 - Photo Essay

To the naked eye

Only rubbish can be seen

Treasure is hidden

Project 2 - Critical Perspective

Trash is found everywhere. Almost every city on earth has some form of trash problem. But have you ever stopped and looked at trash before? What may appear to be trash could in fact be treasure. Not necessarily valuable in a financial sense, but valuable in a practical sense. "One man's trash is another man's treasure" a saying that is often quoted when discarding rubbish that could have a potential use to somebody, is a famous quote for a reason. For someone who is not privileged to have a roof over their head, an old blanket, or even a piece of cardboard can be very beneficial to them, providing needed warmth. In third world countries where access to clean water can be next to impossible, a plastic cup that someone has thrown away after lunch could be used to collect rain water. These are just two of many examples where trash can be treasured, dependent on the user. Ben Young's article "Treasure, Not Trash" brings to light the growing trash problem that with the lack of recycling we are wasting millions of dollars on maintaining and creating landfills. "This is all gold. This is a gold mine," "Think of a landfill not as an eyesore but as a source for new industry - and we can do it. These are untouched territories with big potential." Referring to mountains of recyclables that are being tossed in the trash landing up in landfills. These items of trash could be recycled or even reused by people instead of being thrown in the trash, when in reality it is not trash.


Young, B. (2013). Treasure, not trash. Georgia Trend, 28(12), 38. Retrieved from
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1428534549?accountid=14782

Project 2 - Haikus

Trash everywhere

As far as the eye can see

It's Beautiful

To the naked eye

Only rubbish can be seen

Treasure is hidden

Look once at garbage

Look twice garbage starts to change

Now treasure is found

Walk upon litter

View in a different light

Idea emerges

Project 2 - Idea Change

I am considering changing my idea from symmetry to finding light in the dark. Our world isn't perfect and majority of it is in poverty while only a small percentage are wealthy. No matter how unfortunate you are you no doubt have something you have that someone else doesn't that you value. Using the quote "One man's trash is another man's treasure" I will try too capture things that appear to some as trash but to others treasure. In order to do this I will bring fourth an object with colour while blackening out the rest like I have done in the example above.

Project 2 - 8 Photographs

For my photographs i focused on capturing symmetry as my design style is always symmetrical and even, always involving repetition and reflection.