Semaj Smith Photo Essay Benchmark.

I think the most challenging portion of this project was actually taking the pictures because I couldn't just take any picture. I needed to take a picture with explanations in mind, knowing why I thought they related to my topic. I really just let the images come to me, there wasn't any specific time when I just went out looking for pictures, I went through my day as usual and then when I felt it most important or calling, I took my camera out and took pictures of whatever moved me. 

I think my favorite picture is the picture of the subway doors. I say that because I honestly feel like that picture says more than 1000 words. I think that anyone who steps behind those doors everyday has a lot going for them, it's very hard to put into words but so much goes on behind those doors and they travel all over the place, picking up many different people that its hard to draw one main point from those doors. That picture makes you think and reflect. 

I think the evidence of globalization is very prevalent in Philadelphia, I sort of feel like Philadelphia is and has been on a downward spiral that is just towering to the ground. I do think that there are larger cities that you can see the evidence in because I think that the larger the city is the easier it is for it to fall apart. So I do believe that there are other cities that are just as large if not larger than Philadelphia that show just as much if not more evidence of globalization. 




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