1.Many young ladies put a high value on their physical appearance, some are even terrified to leave their room with out make up. But with athletes, we don't stress so much about our looks when we leave for a game. We are going out there to play in the dirt, rain or shine, not get complements on our perfectly trimmed eyebrows. Due to the continuous exposure, you can see the effect it has on the body; the skin becomes dryer, courser, your face ages from the sunlight, and there are so many more changes going on below the face that people can't see beyond the uniform.
2.Other people always seem to have time to efficiently study and get proper sleep. Well, athletes are constantly juggling school work and sports and more often than not, they have hardly the time get a good night's sleep, let alone study. Even though we are tired physically and mentally, we continue on.
3. The media has made Prom and other similar events, seem like the best night of our lives, it is a must go. Consequently, it is many girls dreams to go to Prom dressed like a princess and doing whatever you want for one night. For many athletes, these events are an impossibility as games always seem to fall on the same day. We trade our flowing gowns for worn uniforms. But honestly, when I actually managed to go to Prom one year, I kind of wished I had a game because this experience wasn't as thrilling or fun as playing with my teammates.
That's the overall heart and why to why we athletes give up your "normal" for our "normal". We don't push ourselves till we throw up, or get scrapes, or miss out on fun events because we enjoy it. We do it because going out there with a group of your very best friends playing a game you all love, is something that you'd trade most anything for.
This series of three juxtaposed images speaks uniquely about the young female athlete in society. I really like the comparison of the first image especially, of the athlete with a painted face, and a "normal" girl "painting" her face. While the second photo examines the stress that student athletes go through, the third image seems to show why it is that they do it. The team of girls looks way more excited than the girls dressed up for prom.
ReplyDeleteI love how relatable these photos are to anybody who was a student athlete, especially female student athletes. I like that you used different ways of putting the images together. The first image is very clean cut and straight forward whereas, the second photo takes some time to understand that the middle part of the photos is a mix of the two. The final image shows the choice sports over social activities. Overall I love the concept and it was very well portrayed.
ReplyDeleteThese three works function beautifully as a whole as it shows three different aspects of an athletes dedicated life. I first thought this was commenting on how an athlete may have two sides, but after reading this it makes more sense that it would be commenting on the differences between the lives of student athletes and the lives of others. The spacing in the first image puts a barrier between the two halves of the faces, keeping us from reading it as a whole face. The barrier is present in the second one as well, but is more ambiguous of a border as it is black and the merging of the two images. The inverse of the images used in the final work demonstrates the intended meaning the most clearly because it puts the two different lifestyles on different sides. The meaning of the appropriated images were transformed as you paired the different sides together, creating conversation about the life of student athletes. The sequencing flows beautifully in this vertical format as the lines generally follow the last. I love the way they move from a close up of the face to a shot of the body to a group picture.
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