Photograph of Stone Harbor Beach in Boston Discussion

In lieu of a traditional reading response, I’d like you to submit a creative writing piece that incorporates ideas from the reading and touches on the ‘place’ you ultimately decide to photograph.

Your submission will be graded as a typical response, and should incorporate considered elements of the following 3 things:

• The universal qualities associated with the place you choose to photograph – i.e. what is a college apartment, a large east coast City, a feeling of anxiety, etc… – and what are some of the preconceived notions of what happens there?
• Your personal experience of this place – including more general emotion connections, as well as specific instances that have forged your relationship to it.
• Specific words and phrases that describe your unique impression of this place, and an explanation of how you plan to express that impression visually.

The term ‘creative writing piece’ is subjective, and the actual writing can be as straight-forward, journal-like, poetic, or ‘stream-of-consciousness’ as you’d like (have fun with it!) – but, you should be sure to address the 3 bullet points above, in detail.