last semester at columbia university

bits and pieces from senior spring semester. it's been a slow year for photography on my part.

columbia university's 6th annual pow wow

pow wow baby

graduation flowers

depressed french toast

park slope

logan pre hair cut

texting in prospect park

lo

selects from halloween

halloween this year lololol. we went out around campus which sucked butt so we went downtown in hopes of seeing tinashe at webster. but like most nights out, we ended up dancing w the queens at le bain.

i n c r e d i b l e

don't fuck w us

starbucks @ 6:30 am

family visit

my grandma and 7-year-old cousin came to visit me in new york. his name's shway and he loves video games, french fries, and teenage ninja mutant turtles.

^__^

lil future lion

he's out here

subway ride

bout to see sum ninja turtle action

I luv him so much

<3

pieces of spring

at columbia

wbarbq

lil miss sunshine/negativity

dreaming

photo II: relationships

this project just came about over time. it began with this vague idea of "dependency," which was going to describe both positive and negative aspects of what it means to be dependent on other people or inanimate things like substances. I wanted to show compromise, good and bad.

but it grew into a kind of catalog of my relationship at the time. there are aspects of dependency and vulnerability of course, but it's more of a narrative. it's an intimate perspective into how we interact when we are alone, how we navigate the world as lovers.  I had a lot of fun with this because I'm constantly taking pictures of zach anyways, he's an awesome muse.

photo II: femininity

my main project  for photo II was "exploring femininity" through myself and others around me, regardless of sex or gender.

I wanted to see how behavior, body language, textures and tones could describe something as "feminine" because it's not necessarily a fixed concept in a binary way, and it's not biological. it is a concept that was created and manifests itself in different ways to different communities or individuals. it's easy to forget that there are expressions of femininity other than pretty/symmetrical faces, fair skin, long hair, thinness, expensive clothes, fake boobs, etc. etc. those are the images and "rules" we're taught through mainstream images like advertisement and movies/tv shows/pop stars in western culture.

I feel like I see femininity more as a comfortability in being vulnerable, both in sharing one's own vulnerability and respecting others'.

hookah goddess

niki