Photography Series 1 – Me, Myself & I

The Me Myself and I Photography Series. A first year photography assignment exploring the themes of self-portrait and storytelling.

Photography Series Project Overview

The “Me Myself & I” photography series is a collection of 8 photographs that explore the theme of self – portraits and visual storytelling. The goal of this project is to celebrate the entire process of cooking from recipe research to the final plating. The series serves as a reminder to find the beauty and enjoyment in the whole process as opposed to only the final product.

Storytelling through this photography series

One of the biggest challenges I faced when creating this photography series was capturing a full and detailed story using only a camera. As someone who at the time had very limited experience with photography, but has a background in creative writing, understanding how to capture a complete story in only eight photographs was challenging. I started off by taking photos at every step of the process; from choosing each ingredient, bringing them home, my notebook full of notes and tweaks to create this plate, every cut etc. It wasn’t until I took a step back and examined what parts of the process I found the most beautiful – finding the star ingredient, creating my mise en place, the act of deep frying, and seeing how it all comes together that I found my story.