Photo Essay
The subjects are the graves and the cemetery. I took the pictures at the cemetery near my house. I selected this place because it gives an eerie feeling, but looks mysterious at the same time. I chose a place that had good repletion and I knew would convey time and mystery. Visually, the picture of the graces and the dead looking grass convey the concept of time, and mystery because the graves are old looking. I made this photos black and white to convey the feeling of mystery. The viewpoint is either from below or above, but usually never straight on. I visually unified it by making them all look horizontal.
Letter Forms
I created the word Mello, my last name. For the letter E I could not find a way to create it, so instead I created it by writing it out with rocks from the courtyard. For the M, I went at an angle to create an M with the leaves. The M has the most interesting and unexpected composition. The letterforms were all taken outside, which unifies them. I would spell happiness. I think an ideal place to take these letterforms would be nature.