My lyrical essay “Cornered” presents the perspective of a Chinese person experiencing microaggressions both in the United States and in China. It is based on the story of a man who was tasked to expand the American market to China and all the stress that he experienced.
I chose this photo because the subject seems isolated. I use proportion in this piece by selecting an image where the subject seems small and uncomfortable. This discomfort presents itself in my lyrical essay with the way that my interviewee feels about the microaggressions he experienced. The paths in the image and the side of the image create the shape of a shore. This further creates a sense of isolation and connects to the interviewee’s job. The feeling of isolation is important because this loneliness causes a sense of unease.
I used the application Adobe Photoshop to edit the photo. First I put a filter on the photo to turn it black and white, but kept the subject in color. To place the text in the shape of my subject, I turned the text into images by rasterizing it. Then I used the warp tool to shape the text.
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