Adriana DiNapoli Graphic Design and Photography “When Things Didn’t Seem Real” Portra 400 Film Minolta Maxxum 7000
“When Things Didn’t Feel Real” focuses on the tiny, almost metaphysical moments in everyday life. Everything mundane is riddled with beauty, though sometimes in the chaos of existing we forget to acknowledge it, let alone process it. Many grappling with an internal struggle of mental illness note that their lens to the outside world becomes distorted in strange ways. Sometimes for me when things didn’t feel real, I had been writitng love notes on familiar beaches to the waves at 2am, running barefoot on hot asphalt through the desert, or staring into the open grave of a loved one. The highs and lows will never change the contemplation of exactly why we are here.