Phobia Project

1. A phobia is an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.

• Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th.
• Galeophobia- Fear of cats.
• Thermophobia- Fear of heat
• Nyctophobia- Fear of the dark or of night
• Isolophobia- Fear of solitude, being alone.

3. If I was to do these phobias of my project, I'd take a photo of the eyes of a cat(horizontal), a photo of a candle with a hand reaching toward it's little flame (vertical), a dark alleyway or a shady forest (vertical), and a photo of someone sitting alone on the floor of an empty room, covering their face.

For Galeophobia, the fear of cats, I will take a photo of my neighbors cat Sammy since she has beautiful eyes. I'll try to get her to look directly into the camera so that just her eyes are most visible in a horizontal image, but if I cant get her to focus I'll try to capture her in the position before she jumps, so that it'll seem as if she's about to pounce out of the photo.

For Thermophobia, the fear of heat, I'll take a picture of one of the hottest things I can obtain, fire, since this isn't the self portrait assignment I can't take a photo of myself. I'll use a candle, most likely a red one since the color red is often used to represent heat.

For Nyctophobia, the fear of the dark or of night, I'll take I picture of a forest as the sun goes down, when the light is drained from the sky and it's almost dark. It might be difficult to achieve, since many things are difficult to see in the dark, but its a matter of trail and error.

4. To highlight each photo, I'll try to make the phobia the subject of the image. The cat's eyes will be in focus the most, since cats are often represented by their eye shape and appearance. For the fear of fire the flame will be in the center of the photo, and the center of attention. For the fear of night it might be difficult to capture darkness, but I'll try to capture photos of the shade of trees in a forest.