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Powerful Photo Series Reveals People’s Real Jobs Compared To What They Dreamed Of Becoming As Kids
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When you were a child, what career path did you dream of? A doctor? A rock star? A surgeon? An astronaut? Whatever it was, the reality for most of us is that the jobs we've ended up doing are far from the best jobs we imagined for ourselves as kids.
Inspired by this idea, Mumbai-based student Deeksha Rathore embarked upon a project called "Dreamcatcher," a photo series of 12 diptychs highlighting the contrast between people's current careers and their childhood dream jobs. "One seldom ends up choosing a career they thought they would, and that's alright - real-life problems do happen," she wrote on Instagram. "So I decided to capture this to the best of my ability by talking to people in Mumbai in various professions and asking them what they wanted to do when they were children." The photo ideas are part of a project for Rathore's photography art class, and as you can see from the pictures below, it's remarkably simple, yet also incredibly thought-provoking. Are YOU following your dreams?
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The House Help Vs. The Bharatanatyam Dancer
The Mithai Maker Vs. The Fashion Designer
The Mochi Vs. The Policeman
The Vegetable Seller Vs. The Cook
Those are remarkable! I am really impressed with the ideas you took to show two jobs in one photoshoot. Those powerful, small details change EVERYTHING. Great job + the photos themselves are very pleasant to the eye. And it's interesting to ponder on those people's stories, how it worked out for them differently...
I'm with you. :)
I'm so glad you liked it thank you so much
I didn't find these powerful at all. In some of them, you can hardly tell the difference. A different settting would definitely show the artist's greater effort and not just "move your hand to the left to show your dream job".
I think that was the point of that photo gallery - to show that a very small, minor difference, a tiny deatil can change everything. I like how it's shown in the 8th one (Policeman). If the Author put those poeple in different settings for each job it would be just another session of people in different situations.
This is exactly the idea behind my work. I wanted to highlight the contrast in a subtle yet impactful way. If I had changed the setting, it would not have had the same impact as this does. Through the same setting, I've tried to integrate an element representative of their dream job into their current job - the doctor using cricket gloves instead of surgical gloves, for example.
The idea/concept is great! BUT the execution is very lackluster. He or she could have made this into a brilliant photography series. But alas, potential wasted imo. This seems like a oh crap I have to do an assignment for my photography class and I have been slacking. Only 2 days left! hurry hurry!
No they were trying to show the difference between the jobs with only changing the tiniest details. Perhaps to show their dreams aren't as far away as they seem? But that's just my personal perspective on it. And the photos are incredibly well done.
I like your perspective but unfortunately I don't see how a surgeon and cricket player are not far away from each other when one is to do with being smart and the other to do with being sporty, I agree with Captain Planet it seems like they had a brilliant idea and then just decided not to spend time on actually thinking of smarter and better looking photos and just threw it all together.
I agree, the layout was poorly done and confusing.
Think* I would* have. Again, to the artist, I don't mean to put your work down in a rude way I am just trying to offer my critique to create more emotional and powerful images
I agree. I think it's an interesting concept but there doesn't seem to be much effort put into it. The photos could be better and the contrast between the images could be a lot more significant. Personally, I thunk I wild have taken a different approach to the idea but to each their own. Anyways, great idea! I don't mean to be rude but I would consider going more in depth and exploring this idea a little more!×
Those are remarkable! I am really impressed with the ideas you took to show two jobs in one photoshoot. Those powerful, small details change EVERYTHING. Great job + the photos themselves are very pleasant to the eye. And it's interesting to ponder on those people's stories, how it worked out for them differently...
I'm with you. :)
I'm so glad you liked it thank you so much
I didn't find these powerful at all. In some of them, you can hardly tell the difference. A different settting would definitely show the artist's greater effort and not just "move your hand to the left to show your dream job".
I think that was the point of that photo gallery - to show that a very small, minor difference, a tiny deatil can change everything. I like how it's shown in the 8th one (Policeman). If the Author put those poeple in different settings for each job it would be just another session of people in different situations.
This is exactly the idea behind my work. I wanted to highlight the contrast in a subtle yet impactful way. If I had changed the setting, it would not have had the same impact as this does. Through the same setting, I've tried to integrate an element representative of their dream job into their current job - the doctor using cricket gloves instead of surgical gloves, for example.
The idea/concept is great! BUT the execution is very lackluster. He or she could have made this into a brilliant photography series. But alas, potential wasted imo. This seems like a oh crap I have to do an assignment for my photography class and I have been slacking. Only 2 days left! hurry hurry!
No they were trying to show the difference between the jobs with only changing the tiniest details. Perhaps to show their dreams aren't as far away as they seem? But that's just my personal perspective on it. And the photos are incredibly well done.
I like your perspective but unfortunately I don't see how a surgeon and cricket player are not far away from each other when one is to do with being smart and the other to do with being sporty, I agree with Captain Planet it seems like they had a brilliant idea and then just decided not to spend time on actually thinking of smarter and better looking photos and just threw it all together.
I agree, the layout was poorly done and confusing.
Think* I would* have. Again, to the artist, I don't mean to put your work down in a rude way I am just trying to offer my critique to create more emotional and powerful images
I agree. I think it's an interesting concept but there doesn't seem to be much effort put into it. The photos could be better and the contrast between the images could be a lot more significant. Personally, I thunk I wild have taken a different approach to the idea but to each their own. Anyways, great idea! I don't mean to be rude but I would consider going more in depth and exploring this idea a little more!×