Asia - Sex Trafficking in Singapore

This is the first one that I have completed. I am really happy with the results. But I also forgot to add that the text is not easily readable which plays into the idea that there are so many women in the world that are suffering and we don't hear their voices despite the stories that they have to tell of their sufferings.

text as a mode of communication...

When given this assignment I was so excited at first because I absolutely love text! I love typefaces, typography and anything that involves font. It fascinates me how many different ways there are to use text particularly in graphic design. The computer opens so many doors in ways to manipulate and play with text. Once I sat down and started to think about what exactly I was going to do to incorporate text into some sort of piece I had so many ideas of how I wanted to use text through various techniques, but I was stuck on a purpose or an idea behind the technique. So I started to think about what text means and what text is actually used for beyond aesthetics. Text is a direct mode of communication. We use it in our everyday lives to plan out our days, write papers, read books and communicate through newspapers and magazines what is going on in the world. I then became interested in how text can so easily travel across the world through many modes of technology which got me thinking about global issues and social justice. I remained stuck on the idea of text as communication therefore I started thinking about how some people are not able to speak or to communicate due to their situations that bind them. I continued to look at social justice issues in regards to women because traditionally women have been without a voice. Even though the voice of women has become more pronounced there are still many women across the world who are trapped. In response to my ideas of what text means I want to find 6 pictures of 6 women from the 6 continents of the world (minus Antarctica considering no one lives there!) to represent that women suffer all across the world. Then I want to find testimonies or first hand experiences of women who deal with issues such as aids and poverty. On the computer I will then make the photos black and white and then have the text placed in front of the photo so that the photo can be seen through the text...this is actually really hard to explain so I'm not even going to continue to try in fear of butchering it, but I hope you get the gist of it. Also, I want to print the images on newsprint to play into the idea of a newspaper as a way of communicating news, however so many times the newspaper neglects to include the nitty gritties of what is going on in the world. And I think that's about it right now...and now the real work begins....