My Final Project

I have chosen to do my final project on the subtopic of Poverty and Equality

I will be trying to use images of extreme poverty stricken communities/landscapes, compared to the wealthy and rich communities/landscapes. The images used will try to portray the co-existence of two very different worlds that ironically live side by side.

Many people often shelter themselves from the reality of the paradoxical world we live in. This type of behavior is their coping strategy of dealing with, or understanding the world as it is today. By bringing the topic of inequality into images, its helps emphasize the affects of our ignorance as humans. This statement can be used by both extremes of wealth.

In my video I aim to use photos that indicate the patriotism of people even though they live in the poorest of circumstances. I also use photos to portray image of a scale. On the one end of the scale there are the 'rich' of the society - the people who have homes and wealth and are not afraid to spend their money. And on the other end of the scale there are the poverty stricken people - the people who have to live off of $1 or $2 a day. In doing this, I am able to highlight that there are definite impairments to dignity when referring to the ways in which people choose to live versus the ways in which people do not have a choice on how they have to live. This also emphasizes that there is a definite unfairness in relation to democracy when the image of the scale is invoked. The articles that we read bring forth a notion of cosmopolitan citizenship. How can everyone be equal if the country does not allow it?

The main theory behind my video is to elaborate on this unfairness and unequal ness that is found in the society on a daily basis.