complete work

the soapbox reinvented
final essay:
http://samquinn2053essay.blogspot.com/2010/03/soapbox-reinvented.html



A platform can be your biggest contributor, as well as your biggest contribution.
I wanted to strengthen the connection between the soapboxes of the past, and the platform of protest in the current society. I wanted to create irony, humour, and reality all within reach of each of the coupled photographs, yet at the same time, create enough suspense to allow a breeding ground for questions.



I chose to use strictly black and white photography, natural lighting, and a distressed lens to create a somewhat nostalgic feeling, and a connection between the protest photographs of the nineteen sixties and seventies.




My ultimate goal was to bring out the vulnerabilites we all face as human being, and then pair that with a protest slogan that flips the entire context of the original photograph and brings protest to the simplest state of being. I want access to be international. change yourself, change the world.