Storytelling through photography

As a commuter from Los Angeles there is many things to see in the almost two hours it takes. There are many like me but I’m unsure if they think the same or don’t even pay attention to the outside. For me the many places remind me about lessons that I have been learned or currently learning. For me I chose this because I often reflect on things I see and how they can relate to my experience.

Photograph of the Metro station were I “officially” leave Los Angeles. It was also the place were I landed an internship that changed on my perspective on education and future.

I was very fortunate to land an internship in Downtown L.A. where I had conversations with very successful lawyers and attorneys. Long story short it motivated me to elevate my education, which eventually lead me have the opportunity to be accepted to California State Long Beach.

For me this phrase on the building means that things don’t happen without desire or a dream. To build this company someone or a group of people that they could do, and they did.

Often times I have felt stuck thinking I could not get out. But this image represents of how my efforts will hand me on either side. Not that one side is better but one has more rewards.

To me this image represents resistance against complacency because I admire the desire to be different. To be honest this image would not be strong its own but help explains values have lead me to where I am now.

This represents that there isn’t just one true way of doing something. Many I have given up because a certain approach did not work, but did not even try another. These are often the times that made me stronger because I knew that never again did I want to not try without knowing what would have happened.

Similar to the beginning one can spot tons of warehouses. To me this means we can do many or pretend like we did many things but fall in similar circumstances. This means that learning is what propels one forward because many actions are useless without purpose. More so, the many paths there are like the freeway and tracks reinforce my earlier lesson that there many ways of getting somewhere.

Personally I believe that my story could have been much better. Many things I was saying were true but felt like I was reaching, attempting to relate it to the image. For this reason I would have taken pictures outside of the buses as well. Though I liked the image of Downtown where the high rises are in the center because I feel it captures many stories. Though this was very interesting, I would be interested in covering the many people that are in Hollywood, due being filled with many different people.