My project was an attempt to capture a night out at a quintessential college bar. It was an attempt to capture the essence of the bar and provide a narrative of a typical weekend night at the bar. Recently, I started going out to Milo’s place with my senior friends to spend time with them as they are graduating. As I spent more time in the bar I noticed that the place has its own essence and while each night is different than the night before but there are certain things and a certain feeling that gets replicated every time. I think my project tries to visually capture those moments that I think create the essence of the place.
I wanted to capture spontaneous moments and therefore I decided to use a disposable camera for this project. I was unable to see the photographs I was taking which meant that I could not check if the i got a good photograph; the disposable camera allowed me to move from one moment to another rather than getting stuck on capturing one moment perfectly. Thus, the use of disposable camera was very liberating in that sense as the only thing I could do and had to do was take photographs and not worry about anything else.
