F I N A L

12

I took 12 pictures of my backyard at midnight

Closed

This is a picture of me and my dad, I took this, because it's a closed door in my life.

Cold

I took a picture of ice, because it's cold. I also put a blue filter over it because blue is a cold color

Community

I took a picture of tumblr for community, because it's one of the only places I feel like I belong

Contemplation

I made a noose, because I am constantly contemplating if I should hang myself, or not.

Electric

I used a lighter because it admits a spark of energy

Movement

I used a macro picture of a textured painting, because it looks like the painting has been moving, and swirling around

Familiar

I took a picture by the train tracks by my old house, because it's a place I go to often, and I know it like the back of my hand

High Point

I used a picture of me, and a boy that I've been seeing, because when I'm with him I feel like I'm at an emotional high point

Intimidating

I used a picture of my friends eye, because for me looking people in the eye can be very intimidating

Love

I used a picture of my grandpa, because he was the one person who was in my life that I knew actually loved me.

Music

I used my guitar, because I love to write, and play music

New

A new necklace

Old

This is an old jukebox given to me by my grandma, it's been in our family for years

Oversized

An oversized flannel

Red

There's red on the flowers of the cactus

Reflection

I'm pretty like a chair. Not a center piece, or a beautiful chandelier, but like a chair. Simple.

Shadow

I like the shadow the glass ball casts

Sharp

I used a picture of the dictionary to represent words, because words can be as sharp, and cut as deep as razor blades.

Single

This is a picture of my brother's room, who is recently single

Soft

My bed is a soft place to land at the end of a day of agony

The End

A curving road twists to an end

Three

Three beautiful, simple flowers.

Too Much

This canvas has too much paint which gives it that bubbly effect

Warning

Inside this journal contains all the darkest, twisted thoughts that run through my head. Proceed with caution

M O S A I C

M Y   B E S T   O F   2 0 1 3

When I took these following two pictures it was one of the most relieving moments of my life. Never Have I felt a weight been lifted off my shoulders like I did then. I was abused by my father for years, and I never told anyone. It was never enough to blacken eyes, break bones, or bust lips. However, it was enough to ruin my childhood, and change my life.   

I took this picture, and used the paint to symbolize freedom, and how after taking the other pictures reviling the abuse I had suffered through I was able to feel free again.

B E S T   O F' S   2013

B E S T   S P O R T S 

German Champions League Final, May 25, 2013

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B E S T   P O P   C U L T U R E 

Jennifer Lawrence flips off a photographer who told her to watch her step before a post-Oscars press conference. The 23-year-old won the best actress award for her role in "Silver Linings Playbook."
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Photographed by Reuters/ Mike Blake

B E S T   N A T U R E

An Indian rhinoceros, far from home and stuck inside with late-winter blues at the Toronto zoo.

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Photographed by Stephan De Lisle

B E S T   N E W S 

Italian police officers stop members of a group of four women who went topless to protest the Vatican's opposition to gay marriage, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013. On their bare backs, the women had painted slogans "In Gay We Trust," and "Shut Up.

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M O S T   P O W E R F U L 

Make music, not war.

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Photographed by Mikhail Evstafiev