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Lastly, I wanted to include some pictures of people alone.

I took picture 1 with my film camera on 35 mm film and with the Lomography film again. Seeing someone sitting alone also allows for the resurfacing of deep emotions; although this time I felt more isolated. I felt like I should be giving her some privacy. In taking this, I concluded that in order to attain outward human connection, you are required to connect inwardly with your very own self. You are required to process your true feelings, sit with them, and choose to accept or reject them.

Nature can serve to be a safe place to some-- a place where they can be by themselves and feel like themselves without having to armour their bodies or personalities from others. In this way, "love" can be seen as a connection between a human and nature. A relationship between something remarkably ancient and knowing, and someone who is still growing and learning about who they are.

I felt as if I were intruding because the way that she was sitting indicated that she might be having a moment between her and the mountains. A connection. Maybe they were giving her a sense of calm, a fresh state of mind.

I captured the image by turning my aperture down and letting light enter my lens. Although I hate hiking and tend not to find myself in the very depths of nature, I could feel a connection to it by going through the motions of framing a girl who was having a moment by herself on the edge of a cliff. I am not sure if this is what it is to experience reality, but it felt quite different from my process of capturing two human beings interacting with one another. This one felt like I also got to connect with something, rather than watch it happen from afar. I got up close and personal with my experience of vision and the nature surrounding it.

figure 10: picture 1 (Canmore, AB)

Picture 2 reminds me of Inception: I am taking a picture of a person taking a picture of the mountains. The rocks beside him added to the picture, because it gave the impression that they were keeping him company in his solitude from other human-contact. I felt like the person's outfit and aura in a way matched the landscape-- a little cloudy and brooding, but still full of life. I felt like I could relate to the person sitting there taking a picture of nature because anytime I go out I feel this constant need to capture things through a camera lens. Not with my own eyes, but through a technological device. Do I feel such a desire because I want to show off to the world that I have gone outside? Or do I feel this itch to take photos because it is what I am passionate about because it allows me to feel something?

By taking in the scenery around me and watching others have their own personal moments with people and nature, I came to the conclusion that the thing that stirs up emotions in a person through visualization and connection, is love. Love of fond memories, love of a hobby or activity, love of addiction, or tough and painful love when it comes to growing up. Yes, it is incredibly "spectacularized." And I think that it will continue to be "spectacularized," because people cannot let go of the idea of being in love with something or someone. Because it is present in everything we do.

What would Debord, Marks, Elkins, and Foster say about such a concept?

figure 10: picture 2 (Canmore, AB)