Barb's English Blog

I have to say I don’t know a lot about photography. I like to take pictures of things that call my attention, for example, the sunset or the sunrise between the buildings, or the colors of the city. I think I like these kinds of pictures because of the ‘’color palette’’, it makes me calm. Another thing I enjoy taking pictures is street art. I luckily study near many neighborhoods that are full of paintings and different kinds of street art, so it’s really cool for me to go for a walk in these places and take pictures of what I see. I also enjoy taking pictures of animals, more specifically dogs, and even more specifically street dogs. I think that sometimes pictures can reflect what they want to tell us with their sight. It can be love, or hunger, or many other things, but I think that the way dogs look at us is something really nice to capture with a camera. It also happens with cats, but they are mainly posing for the camera, they know that they are some kind of models....

As an architecture student, I think that my future job is going to relate with architecture. I’d love to have projects for my own but I admit that I also like to work on groups, I think that is a good way to learn more and make an amazing project. I really like the artsy part of architecture; it fills my heart, so I’d love to work on something very related to it. Maybe an art museum, or designing galleries, or even be part of an urban art project, because I really love urban art. I like graffiti, murals, and public spaces destined to people’s enjoyment. I would love to see the concrete jungle full of colors. I’d really like to work on something like this, on something that returns the public space to people that uses it every day. For me, our city has to be more colorful and I want to be part of that change. I don’t expect earning a lot of money or to become rich with this job but I think it is more important for me to be happy with what I do than making myself rich, because, in ...