I decided to do my valedictory on cultural appropriation because it is a topic that my friends often discuss with me. When it came time to decide what to do, my friends asked me to do pieces on this issue because it was very important to them and something they saw talked about very little. I really loved making social issue ads earlier this year so I decided to do that with this project. I wanted to really focus on having a serious picture and show how beautiful my friends looked wearing items from their cultures. I also wanted to give the pieces more emotional depth by adding words and had them each write me a statement on cultural appropriation for me to add to the pictures. I had a lot of difficulties finding a time to shoot all of them and if I did it again I would probably not shoot at school because then they could have worn bigger items that they couldn't take to school, Overall, I enjoyed making this because I loved working with my friends and doing something they were passionate about it, but they didn't turn out quite how I wanted.
