Assignment: Out of Frame
Assigner: Andrea LaBarge Mills
Description: Consider what is going on outside of the image frame as you create this assignmet, and give the viewer a sense that the image is bigger/more than what they see.

New photos from an ongoing 4 year project titled, Analogy and Death.

Originally I had thought of (and shot) a more conceptual image, but when looking through its surrounding photos, felt like these, for better or worse, better reflected the assignment. Manifest Destiny.

Tristan and Little Kitty on the porch, White PA

Logan in her room, White PA

Feeding the chickens, White PA

Chickens and Eggs, White PA

Breakfast with farm fresh eggs, White, PA

This assignment was perfect for my recent trip home to my fathers new sustainable farm in White, PA. I created a little photo essay of the farm. When I think of what American means to me I think of the farmers and the rural upbringing I was fortunate enough to have and the hard work that goes into feeding and growing food for the people of this country.

My nephew Ever, walking with his grandfather Bob. Shot this Thanksgiving in our hometown Chico, CA.

Assignment: American

Assignment: American

Assigner: Alexa Miller

Description: Shoot something “American”… Quotations because this could invite ironic or unexpected interpretations, a political image or americana, what emotions does the word “American” evoke?

Landscapes around my hometown, Chico, CA. Shot with a Polaroid 600SE on expired 665.

Shot with a Mamiya 7 on….Fuji 160S i think? *shrug*

Forest Lawn Memorial. Glendale, California. Hasselblad H1 with Kodak Portra 400.

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? – John F. Kennedy, 1962

More work at www.josemandojana.com

I was especially excited that this assignment came along for the month in which I was traveling to Ecuador. While there I visited a variety of places, from Mindo, a tiny ecological preserve in the cloud forest (top photo), to the capital city of Quito (bottom photo).

Please visit my tumblr for more photos from the trip.

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