I wish to highlight the theme of ‘union’ with this piece, through an interplay of symbols and images in Social Realism. While the 2 ‘Isms’ are evidently different, commonality between them may be in the fact that each documents some experience: experience that may be defined through metaphorical expression, in the case of symbolism, or some point in sociopolitical history, in the case of social realism.

In my project, I will discuss “Union” as a theme through Romance, social media, and love. Photography, for me, is an expression of love and creativity; hence, I want to depict the love and relationship objects or the negative impact of social media on love in pictures. This will be juxtaposed with my chosen studies in the art movements which are symbolism and social realism and will serve as an inspiration for my image-making: a symbolic photography in which objects are used to express feeling. With the matter of romance and social media killing it being expressible through many channels-such as skulls, knots… therefore-conjoining people to relate their relationship to symbolic objects.

I am going to create an interesting illumination of the meaning of ‘Union’ through examinations of love, relationships, and social media. Inspired by the aim of looking at the relationships I see around me all the time compared to the relationships that people want to have, another source of inspiration for this project is what I might use to insinuate the relationships people ignore now in consideration of their own culture. Old images of couples from the ’60s and before provide me with an excellent example of the kind of aesthetic I would be pursuing in my work; combining artistic elements of both ‘ism-isms is giving a voice to young artists to articulate their own experiences in connection with other subjects such as social media and youth culture. Presenting that work in a book seems to be a good avenue to give organized representation to the story of how love is perceived through the years. Thus, I find that this will provide a very good ground for me to present my concept of the theme ‘Union.’