Project 1b – Zach Sanderson

Looking up at the town from the pier
Looking up at the town from the pier

 

A cozy road lit by streetlights at night
A cozy road lit by streetlights at night

 

The lamppost at the end of the pier
The lamppost at the end of the pier

 

Stairs down to the water that are ominously lit
Ominously lit stairway leading into the darkness

 

A lonely park bench underneath a streetlight
A lonely park bench underneath a streetlight

 

These photos were taken in Bayside, a quaint little coastal neighborhood in Northport, Maine. The pier is about a 5 minute walk from my childhood home. I would often go down to the pier at night, when nobody was around, and look over the bay to clear my head. And so I took these pictures on one of those walks. Looking through them, one key theme stands out: streetlights. It makes sense that all my photos had streetlights; they were the only light I could capture at night. I’m not sure exactly how to incorporate streetlights into my story. I have a couple ideas: perhaps using them as a metaphor for loneliness, or as a metaphor for the moments in life that make the tough parts worth it.

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