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By documenting my summer, I want to convey the constant struggle of reconnecting with nature while living in the bustling city that my peers and I face on a daily basis.
Taken in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, this shows a teenage girl walking through a meadow of dandelions. This photo is meant to show that, contrary to what many think, young people still have an intimacy with nature, even in the city.
This photo is taken in Oak Creek, Wisconsin and features a teenage girl who childishly blows on a bouquet of dandelions. This images shows teens' playful relationship with nature.
In Plover, Wisconsin, this river houses decomposing matter which turns the water a beautiful crimson color. The red is contrasted against the blue of the reflection of the sky.
Taken in Plover, Wisconsin, this image questions the calmness of a still body of water through the playful use of asymmetry.
This image captures two girls on their phones in the middle of a park, showing a growing disconnect between modern-day teens and the natural world.
Taken in Steven's Point, Wisconsin, these tent caterpillars make art of their own at the expense of native trees.
This photo was taken at Copernicus Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, showing a teenage girl running. This photo is meant to show an everyday activity for many Ronald Reagan High School student athletes over the summer, playing with balance to show the enjoyment that running brings to these athletes.
Taken in Plover, Wisconsin a family walks down a overgrown path, admiring the natural world around them.
This photo was taken in a back yard in Bay View and shows a boy in a city playing with a chicken. This image is meant to show the creative ways in which teens incorporate nature into their lives, even in city settings.
This image was taken on the Milwaukee shores of Lake Michigan, and shows a teenage girl walking through tall grasses. This walk down an unbeaten path is symbolic to the walk we must take in order to reconnect with nature.
In the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, teenagers enjoy playing with farm animals. Farm animals are often ssociated with rural areas, but many teens view them as affectionately as any pet.
In the outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, teenagers enjoy playing with farm animals. Farm animals are often ssociated with rural areas, but many teens view them as affectionately as any pet.
In Bayview, Wisconsin, this bird house hangs in order to help city dwellers reconnect with nature.
In Bayview, Wisconsin a teenage girl walks down a pathway and enjoys nature on all angles. This pathways was photographed because of its interesting pattern.
This image shows three student athletes taking a quick running break on the steps of an abandoned building. This photo is meant to show friendship and community on a sports team.
Two best friends walk down a overgrown pathway, the risk of falling is worth the view to them.
This image, taken in St Francis, Wisconsin, features a teenage boy striking a pose. This photo not only questions female and male typical poses in photos, but it also questions the relationship with nature that teens have, considering the nature in the background and the boy on a block on concrete.
This image was taken outside of the Domes in Milwaukee and features a teenage girl posing with a large flower. While she is in the city, she shows that she is still in tune with the beauty of nature by holding the flower to her face.
This image was taken in a park in Bay View, and shows two girls admiring nature, which strengthens their friendship.
On the side of a path in Milwaukee, there is a small yellow flower which is contrasted against the green back drop. It is disappointing that many people in the city would easily walk past it without noticing the obvious beauty near their feet.
This image was taken outside of the Domes in Milwaukee and features a teenage girl posing with a large flower. While she is in the city, she shows that she is still in tune with the beauty of nature by holding the flower to her face.
Taken off of lake Michigan, a girl runs over rocks. This image plays with balance and focuses on the strong legs of a student athlete.
Taken in down town Milwaukee, this teen poses in front of a green back drop of leaves in her contrasting red shirt. This shows the contrast between the city life and the natural world, and how beautiful they are together.
This image is of a pool in down town Milwaukee, and it shows that synthesized natural landmarks are popular in the city; we know that nature is beautiful but cities often ignore real nature in their infrastructure.
This milkweed flower was photographed in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This fall it hopes to attract Monarch caterpillars.
On the side walk in Milwaukee, this withering flower is popularly stepped on. This image emphasizes the difficulty of merging city and natural communities.
In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this high school student lays in the sun on her trampoline, listening to music.
It is common to find walls covered in plants in downtown Milwaukee, and, while many take this natural beauty for granted, this boy poses in front of it. The contrast of the big city teen and the ivy shows the intimate connection between nature and cities.
Taken off of Lake Michigan, a boy in a stripped shirt walks in the water and feels the wet sand under his feet. It is common how nature calms even the city dwellers.
In a restaurant, these lilies offer beauty in the otherwise bland bathroom mirror.
In a back yard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a family has two curious chickens as pets. This questions the role of farm animals in the city, and shows that beloved pets come in more forms than just cats and dogs.
At Humboldt Park, a girl peers at her reflection in the water.
Two best friends smile at each other as the sun sets by Lake Michigan.
A boy peers off into the lake as the sun sets behind him. Teens find serenity in nature, and along the lake, kids in Milwaukee can enjoy natural beauty.
The sunset emphasizes the structure of the Milwaukee sky line. The contrasting colors, from the strong yellow to the calm purple, Milwaukee residents cannot help but to stare in awe.
The sun rise hides behind the clouds as this teen sides on the beach in Bay View.
This photo shows the sunrise over Lake Michigan early on a summer morning.
This image plays with balance, showing feet in sandals walking on wet concrete in the city.
The waves of Lake Michigan wash up on the rocky shore in Bay View on this captured summer morning.
A teen takes a nap on the beach in Bay View, Wisconsin, as the sun rises over the lake. This shows the serenity found in nature.
During sunrise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a teen holds a handful of pebbles, looking for sea glass.
This photo shows the litter commonly spoiling the natural beauty in city settings.
On the rocky shores in Milwaukee, a bird's left overs lie on a stone.
Using high exposure and saturation, this image captures the flowers decorating the side of a road in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Take in Cape Town, South Africa, this colorful skyline and faint rainbow shows the beauty of Africa that many Westerners aren't aware of.
Taken in Gugulethu, South Africa, this African snail slowly makes its way up a leaf inside of a tree. This photo was taken on a farm in the backyard of a Sotho speaking primary school.
In Johannesburg, South Africa, this doorway symbolizes the mysteriousness of a foreign country to me, and the door to the next adventure.
This image shows Table Mountain behind two American hikers, working their way up Lion's Head Mountain, but in desperate need of a break. (PS they weren't even half way up yet)
This is a wall on the side of Lion's Head Mountain in South Africa. This photo show a symmetrical balance found in nature, showing the strength and balance of the Earth.
This captures the 7th Wonder of the World, aka Table Mountain in South Africa. This photo plays with balance which irronic considering how strong and large a mountain is.
This is the view off of Lion's Head mountain in South Africa, showing the city of Cape Town. This image is meant to show how small we really are.
In Gugulethu, South Africa, a greenhouse is home to hundreds of seedlings. A group of American teenagers stand and talk about gardening in the background, waiting patiently to start their service work.
During sunrise in Rondebosch, South Africa, the mist and sunlight creates beautiful shadows on dew covered grass. Morning wanderers stop and marvel at the natural beauty in the middle of the city.
This palm tree in Africa shows the wetland of African winters, featuring the morning traffic. This photo is interesting because of its obvious cool color scheme and the balanced palm tree in the center.
This image was taken on a stormy winter day in Cape Town, South Africa.
Taken at the Rondebosh Common, the sun rises behind clouds.
The sun sets over Cape Town, and creates a fiery horizon above the modern rooftops and strong fences.
Hikers enjoy the long secluded pathway towards Table Mountain in South Africa. This image was taken on a misty morning.
Taken in Gugulethu, this wheel barrow lies in a developing garden. It is holding compost ready to treat another garden bed.
A teen stops and smells a flower at the South African botanical gardens. This shows the gentle patience of this boy from Ohio to reconnect with natural beauty, even in controlled settings.
In Gugulethu, South Africa, a girl from North Carolina, USA holds a long plant that she is moving away from a developing garden bed.
A waterfall in the middle of a South African forest adds to the mist in the air and provides clean drinking water to passing hikers.
At a primary school in Gugulethu, South Africa, a successful garden provides food to the children during lunch.
A secluded pathway welcomes hikers deeper into the woods in South Africa. In these woods, walkers and wanderers feel spiritually tethered to nature, sparking their primal instincts.
This is an image of a run down garden behind a primary school in South Africa. The strong winter winds have knocked over the potted plants, leaving the land in chaos.
Barbed wire is popular in South Africa and helps ward off intruders, but this image aims to question its possible beauty through repetition.
This teen from Wisconsin pokes his head between sharp and rusty spirals of barbed wire, showing the playful side of the ugliest metals.
Captured in Gugulethu, South Africa, these American teenagers work hard to build a garden for a primary school.
This is an image on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, where kelp and sea weed rots over rocks and snails.
At the peninsula in the Cape of Good Hope, these snails move slowly over rocks and dead kelp.
At this point in South Africa, the Atlantic and the Indian oceans meet in front of the rocky shores home to millions of snails and other decomposers.
In Gugulethu, South Africa, these tires are lying on the ground in front of a primary school. Soon these tires will be painted and put into a garden to help fight malnutrition in the community.
This is a yellow brick wall in South Africa, showing a perfectly lined stack of bricks. In the midst of a chaotic and traumatic war with history, this wall is even and calm.
Surrounded with natural beauty and the sounds of birds, this teen is relaxing one South African winter sunset on a hand-painted bench.
After a group of American teenagers make a garden in Gugulethu, this girl from Texas poses on a hand-painted park bench.
These three boys are students at a Sotho speaking school in Gugulethu, South Africa. They happily photo bombed an image of the fence one winter day after school let out.
Two elephants say hi to the American tourists paying them a visit. Elephants are sociable creatures and will approach people if they think they can get food.
This girl from Texas stands proudly in a garden made by 23 teenagers from the USA in July, 2019.
These zebras munch on the grass in South Africa. Balance is questioned in this image where the two zebras and tree outweigh the zebra on the left. This is meant to make the composition more interesting.
Taken in the Fairy Glen Game Reserve in South Africa, this image shows a young rhinoceros whose horn was cut out by poachers, expressing the harm caused by greed.
In the center of a garden plot, this pitch fork and painted tire await its use for the food forest. They will both be used to create flower beds for the students in Gugulethu.
In Gugulethu, South Africa these freshly painted tires lay in the sun to dry. Later they will be used as make-shift garden beds.
Decomposing plants turn the river water red, reminding us of the circle of life displayed in every aspect of the environmental community.
These indigenous art works are on display in a market in South Africa. The price tags seem silly in America dollars, but in South African rands they are luxuries.
At the ocean's shore in South Africa, this bridge shows synthesized beauty through the repetition of the arch ways.
By the Cape of Good Hope, this plastic water bottle is caught in a tree in front of a parking lot. Litter is a popular sight, especially in big cities.
The view from a high way in South Africa shows the desperate attempts of the natives to include as much nature in their lives as possible. Every street is lined with trees and mountains decorate the horizon.
In Cape Town, South Africa, seals lounge on the docks. They are overly domesticated which poses a threat to both them and the people watching them.
In Cape Town, this girl marvels at the African Penguins who roam around the shore.
A girl helps the composition roll from left to right, posing in front of the southern most point of Africa. The Indian and Atlantic oceans meet behind her.
This group shows the diversity of the teens of the future, and shows the needed acceptance that American adults can learn from the children in terms of differing cultures and backgrounds.
Two girls take a break from a hike in front of the calming green natural wall. These two unlikely friends from opposite ends of the US shows the beautiful diversity of people without borders.
A city girl has fun playing with African snails one morning. She is mesmerized by the gentle being and holds it as a pet for several minutes before carefully returning it to its home in the garden in South Africa.
These two teens stare off a cliff into the foggy abyss. They take a moment to admire the natural beauties found even on the cloudy days.
Lichen and moss covers a cement field. A girl from New York sits in the center, choosing both the city and natural worlds at the same time.
A girl from Chicago traveled to South Africa and stepped out of her comfort zone to witness the breath taking views from the mountain Lions Head.
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