In the Spring of 2014 I worked with media professor Nabil Echchaibi to develop an in depth written and visual media analysis of the fleeting musical micro-genre “vaporwave”. This was the final project for the upper division course Media, Culture, and Globalization. I researched the aesthetic and identity of “vaporwave” in a digital story. This video presentation sought to make sense of a music genre based on an outdated but intriguing visual style from multiple cultures.
My textual analysis is viewable in its entirety here
Photojournalism
In the Spring of 2015, I took Photojournalism I, which required me to learn the ins and outs of photography, photo editing, AP style writing, and photojournalism ethics by shooting several different types of stories. These included portraits, spot news, sports, and a photo essay focused on an individual or conflict.
Professor Brian Casey poses for portrait with his double bass on Friday, March 6, 2015 at the back of a music theater in the Imig Music Building of the University of Colorado. Casey is a PhD student and a professor of jazz who has devoted his life to the study and dissemination of the art. (Photo/Arthur Hamill)Tailback Kyle Evans runs the ball after a hand off from quarterback Jordan Gehrke at the annual spring game at Folsom Field at the University of Colorado Boulder on Sunday, March 15, 2015. The game featured new talent added to the Colorado Buffaloes and promise for a competitive Fall season. (Photo/Arthur Hamill)
Photo Essay
My senior thesis was a photo essay on the shellfish industry in Pine Point, Maine. The focus of the essay is the unforgiving nature of clam digging, due to the combination of harsh weather and seasonal price slumps. It focuses on a young clam digger to illustrate these aspects. Below is a sample of the photo essay.
Heaving on the pullstring, William Hamill starts the motor to his dinghy in the Pine Point, Maine boat launch during the early morning of Sunday, March 22, 2015. On this day, Hamill’s job for Nonesuch Oysters was to tend to the line of oyster bags, which grow expensive oysters during the winter months. The line resides in Nonesuch River, and gets jostled with each winter storm. Fallen bags require retrieving from the bottom of the river, and can only be reached at low tides. (Photo/Arthur Hamill)With the sea spray freezing onto his jacket and dinghy, William Hamill powers out to the line of oyster bags in Nonesuch River, Pine Point, Maine, on Sunday, March 22, 2015. (Photo/Arthur Hamill)Plunging his hands into slushy seawater, William Hamill struggles to pull a sunken oyster bag from the bottom of Nonesuch River in Pine Point, Maine, on Sunday, March 22, 2015. (Photo/Arthur Hamill)
