"Can You Describe Your Most Recent Moment of Happiness?"

   The purpose of this week's assignment was to ask a wide variety of people an icebreaker question. Our question was to ask people to describe their most recent moment of happiness. This was an interesting assignment that forced us once again out from our photography comfort zones into the real world. I had some great experiences this week meeting some very interesting people around the Bellingham area and I was really pleased with the overall quality of my pictures. Hope you enjoy.

David


On the agenda for next week: Environment Portraits!

                                                                                                                                        

1.)  Flip Digital, 29, poses for a picture in front of a local store on Railroad Ave. in Bellingham, WA on January 26, 2011. Digital is a Queens, NY based hip-hop producer who has recently moved to the Bellingham area in search of a new start and hopes of furthering his producing career. When asked to describe his most recent moment of happiness, Digital responded, “the happiness from the fulfillment of selling my CD.” Digital enjoys selling his CD’s with face-to-face interactions because it is a more personable approach than selling CD’s through record stores, said Digital. “It’s all online,” added Digital referring to the current state of the music industry. Flip Digital can be found online at Dirty Milk Productions and on the streets of Bellingham selling his CD “Just Beats - Vol. 2.”

                                                                                                                                 

2.)  Ben Graupe, 77, stands on E. Magnolia St. smoking a cigarette with two bags of groceries in Bellingham, WA on January 26, 2011.  “Hmm, my most recent moment of happiness was when my first wife left me! No, no, only kidding,” Said Graupe jokingly. “I let my new dog friend out the other day and then he came back the next morning,” said Graupe. Graupe recently found a stray dog that he has been taking care of and was happy to see that it still wanted to live with him.

                                                                                                                                

3.)  Sarabijit Kaur, 51, waits for a bus at the Bellingham bus depot on January 26, 2011. Kaur described her most recent moment of happiness as “all the time I get to spend with my kids and when my daughter comes up from Seattle,” said Kaur. Kaur has been living in the U.S. for the past 20 years after she moved from India.

                                                                                                                                  

4.)  Tasha Howell, 20, along with her son Matthew, 4, walk down Railroad Ave. on a sunny afternoon in Bellingham, WA on January 26, 2011. “ My most recent moment of happiness was being certified as a certified electrical trainee,” said Howell. 

                                                                                                                        

5.)  Laura Tom, 11teen, walks towards the Bellingham bus depot in downtown Bellingham on a sunny afternoon with her boyfriend on January 26, 2011. Tom and her boyfriend have both spent around the last 10 years homeless and Tom has recently given up drinking. “My most happy moment was spent with my boyfriend and my family,” said Tom. “He’s a Seahawks fan, I’m a Rams fan,” said Tom talking football.

                                                                                                                                        

6.)   James Kosta, 22, stands in the grass at the center of Western Washington University’s campus on a rainy day on January 24, 2011.  “My most recent moment of happiness was Sunday, I cooked split-pea soup and it turned out really well,” said Kosta, “I was happy I could share it with my friends.”

                                                                                                                                     

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