This picture was taken at my house. The picture symbolizes that if you try hard enough, you will eventually succeed. This shows a person studying for an important upcoming test. They have a bunch of notebooks, papers, test/study guides, and them grading their own work. They kept trying and trying and eventually succeed.
The Power of Diligence
This picture was taken at my house. The picture symbolizes that if you try hard enough, you will eventually succeed. This shows a person studying for an important upcoming test. They have a bunch of notebooks, papers, test/study guides, and them grading their own work. They kept trying and trying and eventually succeed.
I took this photograph in my home, getting ready to celebrate my brother’s grade achievement. In high school, my brother wasn’t the brightest student, and he didn’t have the best grades. My brother knew he had an opportunity to really try hard in school and improve so, he did. He showed resilience and improved drastically in school. I am extremely proud of the resilience that he showed and now, he’s in college.
The Power of Trying
I took this photograph in my home, getting ready to celebrate my brother’s grade achievement. In high school, my brother wasn’t the brightest student, and he didn’t have the best grades. My brother knew he had an opportunity to really try hard in school and improve so, he did. He showed resilience and improved drastically in school. I am extremely proud of the resilience that he showed and now, he’s in college.
Late at night, do you ever think of how the world is still turning, it’s still giving and giving itself to us. Even when it struggles with global warming, toxins in the air, wars that destroy so much of it, and so many other things that we create, it never gives up. This picture shows how the clouds are still moving, they still continue on that long journey to be released back into the earth, to turn back into water so it can be soaked back into the soil. To be used to grow such beauty. Our earth is the most resilient thing out there, it carries us and in a way, watches us to make sure nothing harms us. It made that ozone layer to make sure we don’t get scorched from the sun, it made itself so we could live, yet we still give it struggles. But the world still keeps going, it still keeps us here. If you look at the light, there are approximately 304 million street lights in the world. Well why is this one significant you might ask. This light is one of the lights I see everyday, it gets to see the world everyday and that day it saw those beautiful clouds drifting away. That light still stands up straight and helps light a path for people, even if they throw things at it you don’t see it giving up. It stands tall to help others.
The Resilient Earth
Late at night, do you ever think of how the world is still turning, it’s still giving and giving itself to us. Even when it struggles with global warming, toxins in the air, wars that destroy so much of it, and so many other things that we create, it never gives up. This picture shows how the clouds are still moving, they still continue on that long journey to be released back into the earth, to turn back into water so it can be soaked back into the soil. To be used to grow such beauty. Our earth is the most resilient thing out there, it carries us and in a way, watches us to make sure nothing harms us. It made that ozone layer to make sure we don’t get scorched from the sun, it made itself so we could live, yet we still give it struggles. But the world still keeps going, it still keeps us here. If you look at the light, there are approximately 304 million street lights in the world. Well why is this one significant you might ask. This light is one of the lights I see everyday, it gets to see the world everyday and that day it saw those beautiful clouds drifting away. That light still stands up straight and helps light a path for people, even if they throw things at it you don’t see it giving up. It stands tall to help others.
I was waiting for my mom to pick me up after school. It was a very chilly and windy day, and while waiting, I was trying to take a few photos that might symbolize the word “resilience” to join into the contest. Then I saw a tiny piece of paper hanging onto a signpost as the harsh wind was trying to pull it down. I thought that this situation represented resilience perfectly and took a picture right before my mom arrived at my school to pick me up.
My picture relates to this year’s contest theme “resilience” because the tiny piece of paper is clinging onto the signpost/board as the harsh wind tries to pull it away. Even though the strong wind is tempting the fragile paper to fall down onto the cold streets, the paper was still resisting the violent winds and recovering from the wind every time the wind had weakened or slowed down, showing resilience against the harsh winds and hardships.
In this photo, I used balance and simplicity to make the overall picture more appealing and interesting to look. I used balance by placing objects in multiple different distances/places from the picture. I also used simplicity by changing the colors to black and white to maintain the focus on the main subject. I also used the leading lines of the sidewalk to gain attention to the main object.
The Sidewalk Sign
I was waiting for my mom to pick me up after school. It was a very chilly and windy day, and while waiting, I was trying to take a few photos that might symbolize the word “resilience” to join into the contest. Then I saw a tiny piece of paper hanging onto a signpost as the harsh wind was trying to pull it down. I thought that this situation represented resilience perfectly and took a picture right before my mom arrived at my school to pick me up.
My picture relates to this year’s contest theme “resilience” because the tiny piece of paper is clinging onto the signpost/board as the harsh wind tries to pull it away. Even though the strong wind is tempting the fragile paper to fall down onto the cold streets, the paper was still resisting the violent winds and recovering from the wind every time the wind had weakened or slowed down, showing resilience against the harsh winds and hardships.
In this photo, I used balance and simplicity to make the overall picture more appealing and interesting to look. I used balance by placing objects in multiple different distances/places from the picture. I also used simplicity by changing the colors to black and white to maintain the focus on the main subject. I also used the leading lines of the sidewalk to gain attention to the main object.
There is a fire hydrant outside my school. It smiles up at me when I walk past it. It stands, resolute, ready for its purpose. I’ve wondered why it smiles. Why would someone draw a smile on it? Why would they take the time to whip out a secret marker and scribble a face, drawing a hasty circle? Its smile seems fruitless, when all we have today is an endless pandemic. But it simply smiles in the face of it all, contrasting the muted colors around us. And it makes me think - maybe resilience is a smile in the drab gray of the world. Maybe it’s the unwillingness to start frowning, to continue to seek out a yellow fire hydrant that smiles up at you as you pass by.
The Smiling Hydrant
There is a fire hydrant outside my school. It smiles up at me when I walk past it. It stands, resolute, ready for its purpose. I’ve wondered why it smiles. Why would someone draw a smile on it? Why would they take the time to whip out a secret marker and scribble a face, drawing a hasty circle? Its smile seems fruitless, when all we have today is an endless pandemic. But it simply smiles in the face of it all, contrasting the muted colors around us. And it makes me think - maybe resilience is a smile in the drab gray of the world. Maybe it’s the unwillingness to start frowning, to continue to seek out a yellow fire hydrant that smiles up at you as you pass by.
Through all the hardship and difficulties, America still stands strong.
The Star Spangled Banner
Through all the hardship and difficulties, America still stands strong.
The photo was taken from inside a car. The car was stopped on a red light and I took the picture through the window. This photo shows a street that recovered from hardship. After so many people and after so many noises, the street finally obtained peace. The composition in this picture is leading lines and rule of thirds.
The Street of Night
The photo was taken from inside a car. The car was stopped on a red light and I took the picture through the window. This photo shows a street that recovered from hardship. After so many people and after so many noises, the street finally obtained peace. The composition in this picture is leading lines and rule of thirds.
I owned this basketball in 2019, and it helped me go through the pandemic as I would play with it in my backyard almost every day during the lockdown. Although the ball is torn and tattered now, it will always stay on the top of the rack because of the bond I had with it.
The Tattered Ball
I owned this basketball in 2019, and it helped me go through the pandemic as I would play with it in my backyard almost every day during the lockdown. Although the ball is torn and tattered now, it will always stay on the top of the rack because of the bond I had with it.
This photo symbolizes the strength that I had over the last past years and also of this year. It shows the loss that I had to overcome. It shows how I grew as a strong person and also as a friend. And it showed the beauty of life of which it can always get better with time.
The Tree of Life
This photo symbolizes the strength that I had over the last past years and also of this year. It shows the loss that I had to overcome. It shows how I grew as a strong person and also as a friend. And it showed the beauty of life of which it can always get better with time.
The way this photo relates to Resilience is because through the evolutionary process, the red blooming flowers will live alongside when evolution is taking place. That the bees and others will be attracted to it. They will transfer the pollen to different locations. Thus, allowing the flowers and the tree to see another day.
The Tree that Sees Another Day...
The way this photo relates to Resilience is because through the evolutionary process, the red blooming flowers will live alongside when evolution is taking place. That the bees and others will be attracted to it. They will transfer the pollen to different locations. Thus, allowing the flowers and the tree to see another day.
I took this photo near the lunch tables at my school. It had rained the day before and there were still some puddles that remained throughout the school. While i was wandering around looking for something to take a photo of, I found this bird who was quite thirsty. They had been drinking out of a puddle because of how thirsty they were. This relates to the theme of resilience because I believe this bird is very resilient. They could've been wandering around looking for something to drink because they were so thirsty, and they were resilient enough to get to this puddle so they could drink and to get to this point in their life. Almost anything could kill a bird in this world, so the fact that this bird was resilient enough to fight the odds head on and survive is something truly amazing.
Thirsty Bird
I took this photo near the lunch tables at my school. It had rained the day before and there were still some puddles that remained throughout the school. While i was wandering around looking for something to take a photo of, I found this bird who was quite thirsty. They had been drinking out of a puddle because of how thirsty they were. This relates to the theme of resilience because I believe this bird is very resilient. They could've been wandering around looking for something to drink because they were so thirsty, and they were resilient enough to get to this puddle so they could drink and to get to this point in their life. Almost anything could kill a bird in this world, so the fact that this bird was resilient enough to fight the odds head on and survive is something truly amazing.
My plant showed resilence. The plant showed resilence because we have not been watering it, but it is still alive. My mom didn't want another one of her plants to die, so she started to take more care. She started to give it more sunlight and water. That is how my plant showed resilience.
Thirsty Plant
My plant showed resilence. The plant showed resilence because we have not been watering it, but it is still alive. My mom didn't want another one of her plants to die, so she started to take more care. She started to give it more sunlight and water. That is how my plant showed resilience.