Sobia really depicted herself as a housewife. She describes how there is a contrast between her portrait and selfie. One is more related to her outside life and the other is more related to her. One where she has no worries and the other has worries and duties to complete. The portrait is of course her more ambitious side, one where she is taking care of kids. Why ambitious? Well because taking care of a kid is very difficult, a lesson in which one day she will be out to good use. She wants to become a radiologist and thinks the care of her kid will help her become a better radiologist. On the other hand, the selfie depicts more of her hidden side. A photograph in which no one really knows the real her. She looks happy and stress free. In reality sometimes she might feel like this but it’s not like it’s an all time thing. The selfie can’t show that she has a kid, is a wife, her age, etc. In her portrait you are more likely to guess these things while in her selfie it is more about herself. I like Sobia’s final saying “Finally, in my Portrait and Selfie I tried to express myself with honest eyes. As in “In Plato’s Cave” images show the hidden person in you. I believe that photography gives you a chance to examine the deep thoughts a person is hiding behind a flash of picture”. I agree with her understanding of people examining pictures and judging them because that’s all we see. We often only try to judge what we see, this is why she said she tries to express herself with honest eyes.

Michelle brings about a great point in how photography has become a book of scenes. We look back and see photographs and remember the times that we had past. We look at experiences we went through and times that have changed for the better. Michelle says, “Pieces of who we are through time. I agree with that I look through pictures and it reminds me of times in my life when I wasn't the person I wanted to be”. I agree that pictures are pieces of us that are expressed through time. As Michelle says that now in this time she does not want to hide herself anymore. That’s what pictures really are you if you think about it. They hide our true selves and she no longer wants to be that person anymore. “They want you to buy into their reality and it can be just be a facade”, Michelle says. I love this quote because people can shame you. They can act like their life might be better based on a photo. A photograph can be a false photograph. People can easily manipulate people into thinking that’s the way they live. Little do people know it can be a fantasy and not a reality. Not saying all pictures are false because I would be lying if this was true. I’m just saying that pictures can be easily a false photograph that may or may not be true. Michelle explains that a photograph explains how something did exist. This is also true because whether it is in the past or not, it is something that did happen and now is part of the past.

Camille brings about a very good point about how people can have totally different moods. One day they can go from happy and the next they can become sad. Camille’s selfie and portrait display two very different moods. One where she is happy and the other is sad. Like she says, if she looks happy in one picture, that can be the total opposite from which she really feels. She might look happy but deep inside may feel sad. This is what the world doesn’t understand. Sometimes you do put a mask on everyday and not only is it tough doing this everyday but facing it only may be even more difficult. I also agree when Camille says that a photograph is more important than a sliding picture or moving photograph in other words. This is because people tend to remember it as a piece of time instead of a flow. Camille also brings about another good point when she says that sometimes there are moments we don’t seem to care but since we’ve taken a picture of it, they are now captured in our heads. Thus it won’t be forgotten. Photography can also be described as a participation to something, just like camille and Sontag says in her article. Camille says “Photography sometimes gives me something to post on social media like everyone else seems to do, so that allows me to feel like I have participated in something”. Photography gives off a feeling of distress because once that picture is posted, you feel like you just have done something worth posting. Now you don’t have to worry about it.

Camille brings about a very good point about how people can have totally different moods. One day they can go from happy and the next they can become sad. Camille’s selfie and portrait display two very different moods. One where she is happy and the other is sad. Like she says, if she looks happy in one picture, that can be the total opposite from which she really feels. She might look happy but deep inside may feel sad. This is what the world doesn’t understand. Sometimes you do put a mask on everyday and not only is it tough doing this everyday but facing it only may be even more difficult. I also agree when Camille says that a photograph is more important than a sliding picture or moving photograph in other words. This is because people tend to remember it as a piece of time instead of a flow. Camille also brings about another good point when she says that sometimes there are moments we don’t seem to care but since we’ve taken a picture of it, they are now captured in our heads. Thus it won’t be forgotten. Photography can also be described as a participation to something, just like camille and Sontag says in her article. Camille says “Photography sometimes gives me something to post on social media like everyone else seems to do, so that allows me to feel like I have participated in something”. Photography gives off a feeling of distress because once that picture is posted, you feel like you just have done something worth posting. Now you don’t have to worry about it.