On October 15, I visited the Photoville exhibit in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Traer Scott’s “Goodbye Salad Days: Kevin Face Adulthood” really caught my eye. It is a series of photographs of daily life with Kevin the hamster as the main character. The theme of the photos is about facing adulthood and finding out that life isn’t as ideal as we thought it would be. Adults need to deal with work. dating , gray hair and all other pressure. Traer Scott captioned each photo with a humorous and simple description that made me relate to each photo. For example, there is one photo of Kevin walking away from a food car. Scott’s caption was “He can’t believe he just paid $12 for avocado toast”. I can really feel that photo, it reminds me of the time when I paid five dollars for a hotdog on the side of the street. It’s really hard to believe that it cost five dollars when it was only a dollar when I was young.
All in all, I believe that Traer Scott has put in great effort into taking these photos, and as a viewer I can feel that the sets in each photo are exquisite, and the expressions of Kevin , the hamsters in each photo are spot on. The whole set of photos gives me a very cute and humorous feeling. Especially on a sunny afternoon in a park with good air, enjoying the photos with the sea breeze gave me a very relaxed feeling, even though the theme is about facing adulthood.
