Given the difficulty of the project, I came into the critique with the expectation that people would be as critical as I had been to myself. Instead, I left the critique with an overall increased confidence in my photos. The two photos that I felt were the most successful—stair acquaintance and working men—elicited significant discussion. This did not surprise me: stair acquaintance has a strong composition and color, while working men has interesting movement and geometry. I was surprised when many people turned their attention to hazy cubes, which did not expect. The interplay of geometric shapes along with the active frame drew a positive response, and someone else interpreted the juxtaposition of the text on the truck with the factory as commentary of sorts.
If I reshot the project, I would focus on getting more shots that make of use space and geometry. My success came from focusing on those elements, but it took me several days of shooting before I realized my strength, too late to go back and shoot a hundred more photos focusing on space and geometry. With more photos using space and geometry to choose from, my final six photos could have been more closely tied. I would also make an effort to shoot in a larger city simply for the sake of varied subjects and anonymity; or if that were not possible, I would try to shoot in different places around campus; places like the C-Haus or the Java Joint can become surprisingly crowded.
