To begin, this Photo Essay uses the theme of "drinks" to emphasize the everyday aspects discussed in the Murray reading. Our approach consists of a compilation of the drinks that are symbolized for separate stages of life, beginning with milk as a baby, progressing through to alcohol for teenage and adult life and concluding with an iconic glass of water with medication to emphasize the conclusion of both life and the photo compilation. This approach was chosen after speculation on what would best represent the "Everyday" sense discussed in the reading as well as what could be manipulated in a somewhat artistic approach. This approach also uses an electronic song that has a beginning tempo that increases as the movie progresses to the teenage, and hence alcoholic, years that we thought would encapsulate the fluctuations of both life and, hence, the sub-theme. To conclude during the credits, we used a black background and solomn piano music to encapsulate the conclusion of both life (ie death) and the ending of the movie.
All photos are simply of different types and brands of drinks, as we did not want to focus on anything that would be considered too "unique". All brands and drinks used of course consist of everyday life and attempt to mirror the "amateur photography" discussed in Murray's text. No special events or unique artistic approaches were used, we simply wanted to focus on life as represented through the drinks that best represent the numerous aspects found within that focus. With the technology readily available to us in the 21st century, we were easily able to take high definition photos, upload them to a photo editor, add particular effects and enhancements, and finally upload the finished products to the internet, all using photos that, on their own and out of a particular context, would seem quite boring. The interesting part of this assignment is that every photo in the movie would seem quite uninteresting, until it is enhanced and dropped into a controlled context that brings out the very artistic nature of the un-artistic.
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