My theme is showing the dark side of war through monuments. Is making monuments to "honor" fallen soldiers actually meant to glorify death and war? The pictures I took takes a different view on the American viewpoint of war.

I chose this theme because when I went to these memorials, I felt like we were not honoring our fallen soldiers, but glorifying death and war. To me, monuments to war aren't always held in a good light, sometimes they're held in a darker light. Monuments are usually made to honor people or events, so I thought it would be awesome if I contrasted what monuments stereotypically stand for and what they could stand for.

In order to achieve the feel I wanted, I used lighting and mood to show the darker side to war. I also used the rule of thirds to emphisize certain points, as well as using space/figures.

 I kind of want to make this a collage (the above image) and have words on the other side.

 I'm going to replace the actual person with another actual person but in a better postition.

This is my game plan with a few tweeks that I still need to do. I need to take pics of actual people dressed in uniform (not really in the army).

I'm actually kind of nervous about my pictures. I'm not sure if they're ok but oh well! I need to edit a few more pics and post them so hang with me!

 oops. Double post...

I really like the idea of a real soldier and then the korean memorial soldiers made of stone. It's like the real thing and then the memorial for them.

This is my diptych thingy. I like the contrast and also how it looks like there's a monument thingy in each pic. It creates unity.

Spring Break is when I'm planning on doing some photoshoots with flags, blood, and some models. Right now I'm really busy but this will happen!!

 I'm trying to decide which grave phot I like better. I just have to figure out how to edit the names out of this one above.

 I like this one a lot. It has that Kennedy memorial in the back ( I think it's the kennedy..)

This one has a miniture washington monument in teh back and I really like the bushes in this one.