"Multi-Hobbyist"
"Multi-hobbyist" is the name of my selfie series, exploring some of my hobbies throughout my life. The series’ setting is what goes on in my life, presenting some of my other hobbies besides art. Opening with the first thing anyone does when they wake up, is eat breakfast— or rather, make it. Aside from YouTube cooking tutorials, my father has been the only one to teach me how to cook. In this selfie, I am cooking ramen noodles, showcasing one of my skills strengthening my independence. After eating breakfast, I attend to one of my other hobbies related to art, and building. In this photo, I am assembling a table stand for my TV. This shows my proficiency in building physical models. After assembling my TV stand, I took an Uber to go to my job, transitioning into the last selfie of this series. This selfie in particular has the theme of traveling and going places that can inspire my creativity. Apart from the internet, I like to take in the locations I visit, getting into a mindset that hones my creativity. One of my other major hobbies is voice acting/fandubbing. Since the 2020 pandemic, I have kept myself busy to distract myself from the stress of COVID-19. Apart from finishing high school, drawing, and playing video games; I channeled my stress into voice acting. I took cutscenes from video games and put my voice into them while editing the music and SFX to maintain a consistent flow. I’m not part of any official production or series, nor is my main career focus in the future, but it could add to my skill set. These hobbies are a few reasons I can go about each day through a personal self-help journey. “Making breakfast” was directly inspired by Cindy Sherman, as I stare directly into the camera, emulating Sherman’s self-portrait photos. The last three photos, “Building a Table,” “Going to Work,” and “Recording,” were inspired by Carrie Mae Weems’ roaming photo series, with a main focus on the background setting, as each contains its theme that connects this series. Although these photos may not be taken in a manner compared to professionals, I believe that selfies taken at the moment make it feel more genuine, or at least the sentiment behind the photo. Granted, the message behind a photo or a selfie can be interpreted by anyone, regardless of the artist’s input, yet an open discussion can deepen the connection between the audience and the artist.
“Both women look out at the viewer directly from the painting, against a scumbled background of loosely handled nonrepresentational paint. Both are dressed as fashionable, modern women in the loose style of the period, with their finely handled sashes showing the skill of the artist,” (Mirzoeff 3-4)
“Even in professional contexts, the settings on the Leica camera determined the appearance of classic photojournalism, generating a sharp focus in the foreground and a blurry background. By the same token, the rich color and depth of field of the current Canon G series has set the visual terms for “prosumer” photography. The selfie is different by virtue of scale,” (Mirzoeff 15-17).
“As photography improved, the “man in the crowd” way of looking came to be incarnated in the street photograph, taken without the awareness of those being photographed. This secrecy and the realism of the resulting photograph are absolutely central to the success of these photographs,” (Mirzoeff 61-62).
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