Abstract
People help express themselves by many things, if it’s the way they do their hair, how they dress, if it’s through music or art. Each personality is different based on life style, family and friends. When shooting these photos I was aiming to display different types of shoes, by comfort or style.
Shoes can describe pretty much anything. For example running shoes can describe athleticism, or comfort. Toms or Sperry’s display a sense of style, but shoes are more than brand names, the design themselves could hold a deeper meaning to the person who wears them.
Shoes to me are more than just something to keep your feet warm or protect them from the heat or sharp objects on the ground, but a symbol of someone. When I see heals I think of elegances, class, and power. It could mean different to someone one else if they see it from a different perspective. Shoes can also show the difference in generation, like when someone says you have grandma shoes; you picture old, weird looking shoes.
Shoes can also be like an accessory to a girl, changing them with every outfit that matches. It is perceived that way because of movies or pictures or your friend’s closet, they literally have shelves of different types of shoes ranging from sandals to wedges, running shoes to boots, and flats to high heels. But it can also ranges to how they feel.
At the schools of Harlingen it displays a sense of who has money and who doesn’t. When you see a cheerleader or football player, you see them wearing the new trend that’s in while if you look at someone who is in a gang they have high tops they’ve had for a couple of years. By looking at their shoes can tell a lot of whom the person is, but first impressions could be wrong.
