final documentary project

the following series of images are my attempt to show the relationship between the people of france and their surroundings. in doing this, i incorporated portraits of working people that illustrate the seemingly timeless jobs that i found very characteristic of the french culture. i displayed these portraits in the form of diptychs with an accompanying and equally as meaningful image; whether it be formally, literally or metaphorically. another thing evident in my work is a feeling of spirituality. although more subtle in some images than others, i felt a sense of spirituality in every photograph that i could not ignore. the cropped images of walls, paintings, and sculptures exhibit the ancient architecture of france much like the portraits exhibit age-old kinds of work. ultimately i want to portray time as a tool of aging and working, where in france these kinds of environments have been characteristic of its people for hundreds of years.