through a kid's eyes

:: armpit, background objects, electrical outlet ::



















The four year-old who took these photos may have been trying to capture our faces, but this is what he took, and the reality is that this is what he's also seeing and noticing. These are things that are at his height and capture his interest. I love giving the subjects of my photographs the camera themselves and seeing the world through their lens. I've done quite a bit of collaborative photography in the past as an art student at Northwestern. I think this interest makes a natural progression into my new career as a designer because I'm realizing the value of empathy and being able to see the world from someone else's perspective. A child's perspective is so raw and unscathed by assumptions and jaded views. As an adult, it's easy to overlook so many things that surround us because we are so set in our routine subconscious definitions of how things work. If we put on our child goggles, I think we'll have the opportunity to truly notice and observe our surroundings, even the most seemingly mundane.