Ups and Downs

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Kaya T.

• Artist Statement

  I shot this photograph of my dad to represent the ups and downs that Black people in America go through on a day-to-day basis. I took two separate photographs and then combined them. I had my dad smile and think of a positive memory for one of the photos and then I told him to have a straight face while he thought of a negative memory for the second photograph. To further demonstrate the message of the photo I made the positive memory have color and the negative memory be black and white.

• Creative Statement

  Creativity is allowing yourself to express an idea or message that you care about deeply. It's being able to take inspiration from other pieces and make it your own. It's also freeing and relaxing and represents what you feel or think of the world around you.