Photo Essay - Lonely

"Being without company", "Sad from being apart from other people", "Not visited by or traveled on by many people" - All three of these are definitions for the feeling of loneliness. Being 13,463 km away from home is hard enough without having to see the joy on other's faces as their parents come for parent's weekend, and you're left with no friends and no plans. The photos I have selected to display loneliness in this essay all present a glum/depression mood through their compositions and black and white color scheme. The first photo is taken outside the freshman dormitory, Longstreet-Means. The setting for this photo is one that is usually swarmed with people, wether they are sitting on the benches and chatting, doing work, or just passing by. As one can see, the scene I'm describing and the scene depicted in the photo vary quite a bit. During parents weekend the number of students present on campus decreased significantly, leaving the majority of international students, whose parents were unable to make it, by themselves. The second photo is taken outside the Goizuetta Business School where people can usually be found socializing with one another. Once again this area was empty, leaving the remaining students to search for whatever company possible. The last photo displays a student alone in their dorm room, looking in the mirror and imaging someone behind them. In their reflection they are able to see someone their, but in reality, their isn't anyone, they continue to be alone.

#someonesitwithme #allalone

#whereiseveryone #comeback

#needsomeone #dontleaveme