August 25th, 2023

I recently bought a pair of scrubs for when I start shadowing at a local dental practice, and I tried them on on Friday. This picture shows a glimpse of my identity as I’m starting to ‘draw’ out my future. Entering college was the biggest change of my life so far, and my future that I dreamed of is getting closer quicker than I thought.

November 11, 2021

Grace and Tae are the first school friends I made after spending almost two years learning digitally. This ‘first step’ helped me create more friendships after going through a lot of social anxiety during the global pandemic. Even with masks on, it was a time when friendships bloomed and my smiles returned.

August 12, 2023

I took this picture the day I moved into my dorm. This is my Dad sitting at my new desk. I thought this picture was very representative of me transitioning from living with my parents as their child to an independent student. My Dad is my best supporter, and I wouldn’t have the confidence or ability to be able to chase my dreams.

This image is a selfie that I took at the height of confidence after struggling with terrible acne I took this photo without a filter to show the progress and consistency with my acne journey. I did a light edit on the image so that it didn’t alter the intention and message  image as much and one could see the authenticity with the photo. Using photshop I changed the levels and curves of the image and increased the saturation to make my acne visible.  

This selfie was taken in the airport. I believe the picture reflects  feeling of hiding. Covering the eyes so as to cover the real feelings. My hands and nails. In editing this piece, I increased the saturation, blurred the background and sharpened my hands so as to put more emphasis on them and take away from my face. Abstractly, my hands are the are art in this photo not my face not there background

This selfie is quite recent I take into the account I do not have acne as much as I used to. It shows the confident and fierceness that is presented in this photo.I used photoshop again to put more emphasis my face as the center of this image. In editing this photo I brightened the photo, increased the saturation and cropped the background so my face would be the central focus.

I took this picture at the College of Wooster and returned it to my parents yesterday.

This image was taken when I had a rough time and got emotional five years ago

Studying at the College of Wooster

Radovic, Mara. Selfie. August 13, 2023. Author’s personal collection.

Radovic, Mara. Old Picture. October 3, 2018. Author’s personal collection.

Radovic, Mara. Sister. June 5, 2023. Author’s personal collection.