The theme of this project, On My Way Home, captures the melancholy of the traveler’s homesickness. The essence of photography is to “truthfully document all the surrounding and happenings”, from travel to people and events, capturing the emotion and the moment in time.
With literature review, author analyzes the definitions, characteristics and philosophies behind documentary photography, travel and home. Utilizing multimedia, and esthetics such as uniform and change to delve in depth into the skill set, shutter speed control, and emotional state of the photographer. Enters into the psychological analysis of photograph compositions, and the amount of information passed through the imagery, are all part of the theoretical structure behind the photo exhibition. Lastly, the complete artist statement, process and conclusion are included in this paper.
The project documents the attractive sceneries on the traveler’s journey, compares of depicting the simple happy family life. Photography creates heartfelt stories with photos to reflect the reality and imagery intended by the photographer. Thus the comparison presents every traveler’s back story; no matter how wonderful the journey, a traveler always yearns to go home. This reflects life is like a journey, and our end goal is to have a home, the ultimate warmth and comfort lifestyle.
Other than to express feelings towards the idea of home through photography and exhibition, author hopes to remind attendees of their own homes, and thus remember to go home, and spend more time with their families. As for travelers, the exhibition hopes to serve as a trigger to memories they have of home.