At the start of this journey, I wanted to be able to take interesting photos of brutalist buildings. I didn’t really know why I wanted to, it just came to my head one day and I rolled with it. After planning this whole trip out, I knew this is what I wanted to do. Of course, COVID-19 happened and changed every single person’s project would be changed, from the smallest things to some being completely redrawn from step one. I was lucky enough to not have my main idea of my project changed. Although I did have to sacrifice going to Boston and Washington D.C, it all turned out well. Now that my project is over and I can now sit and reflect on my ideas throughout these six weeks, I have realized that my original reason for why I chose this project had become clear. I had been interested in photography for the past four years and have worked on countless projects with Susan. Over the past year and a half, architecture has started to interest me a lot. I realized this and I wanted to find out more, so I made my project about a mix of the two. What really intrigued me into brutalism specifically, is the mystery behind each building. Each brutalist building stands out from all the other buildings in the area. It is a very healthy sight for me to see a building standing and being used because in the past 20 years, a lot of these buildings are being demolished in place for modern luxury condos or other types of condos. I think that my goal from the start was to understand why I enjoyed brutalism so much. I took these photos to try to encapsulate the mystery or the rawness in each and every one of them. I think when people flip through my book, they will find that in each photo. Each photo attempts to depict each building’s personality and make them stand out.