Taking Stock Photos: Personal Ad For Change
2009, Mixed Media
with Sarah Wylie Ammerman
Taking Stock Photos: Personal Ad for Change is the third in the Taking Stock Photo project series centered around the idea of change in the current global climate.
U.S. President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and ensuring presidency have been largely built on the idea that the American public wants change. But fundamental questions remain. Who gets to decide what changes his presidency puts in to effect? Who exactly will these changes benefit?
Using these questions as the starting point, the project personalizes Obama's rallying cry by asking participants to answer, in one word, the question: "What is the one thing in your life that you most hope would change?"
Each participant's response is turned into a "work of art" that uses the viral nature of the social web to broadcast their wish to the masse. The complete library of images will provide insight into our collective desires, hopes, and fears.
