VA-VA VROOM by Cheryl Tay » My Photographic Journey with ‘The Big Shot’ Season 3

Remember when I took part in The Big Shot 3 last year? Here's my personal account of the whole photography...

The task here was to shoot portraiture of Djoko Pekik, a famous artist who was locked up in political prison for 20 years, hence is living his life to the fullest after getting back his freedom. The task card particularly said “Djoko Pekik is a fascinating man and the task was to get to know him and bring out his character in my portraiture of him”. Despite the hardship he has been through, Djoko maintains an upbeat attitude and I saw the youthfulness in him. Like him, I’m a happy-go-lucky person and I take life with optimism as much as I can. Hence, taking the caption ‘I AM YOU’, I wanted to reflect my personality in this shot of him. I took a series of shots and I struggled to choose one shot to submit. Eventually I chose this:

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