Declaration

Vietnamese Flowers was the topic that I chose for my concept-folio. I wanted to do a topic that no one or at least not many people would chose. As many people may know, I am Asian (Vietnamese). I wanted to choose a topic that would reflect my ethnicity. Most people probably only know Vietnam as the place where the Vietnam War occurred so I wanted to show that there is more to Vietnam then just where a war took place and concentrate on the more positive things in life such as nature. In my case, I chose Asian Flowers as my topic. This topic stood out to me compared to all the things that I could do about Vietnam was that there are certain flowers that only grow and stay alive around Chinese New Year’s which makes these type of flowers unique.

Narrative 1

Once upon a time there were four beautiful women in this country of Vietnam. In each of these “pictures” they are doing their own thing. All around them they see beautiful flowers. There are four different women in four different scenes combined to become as one picture. The name of these beautiful young women is Kim, Mai, Trang, and Hong. Kim’s situation is that she is a rich, young beautiful young woman off on the country enjoying her day. She is an elegant young woman and is dressed like a young woman should. In the second scenery, Mai is starting her day off by doing house chores outside. She is looking down upon the surroundings that surround her. She is thinking to herself that it is a nice day to be outdoors. Trang is a maid in her family. Her duty is to do the house chores. She is in a way happy to be outside but not happy to have to do chores. Hong has just finished her chores is ready to be off outdoors to enjoy her day. Enjoy what is left of the day before the next day comes and she will have to start her day of chores all over again. These beautiful young women all have a busy day ahead of them.

"Hoa Mai"

The photographer of this photograph is Vietnamese and his name is Vu Thanh. This picture is of Hoa Mai., one of the many types of Vietnamese flowers.
This image is of Hoa Mai. There is a balance of the main focus of this photograph. The hue of this photograph of Hoa Mai is seen to be coming from above, shining down on the flower. Realism is something that this picture can be described as. This is because this photograph is real. It is a picture of a real object. The texture of this picture is pure. The viewer can sense the smooth feeling that this flower has. Hoa Mai is the highlight of this picture. It is clearly seen because it is the main focus and the central topic. The tone of this picture is just perfect. There is not too much or not enough lighting on the flower.
Hoa Mai is clearly seen that this flower has bloomed. It is still in its early stages and is still pure. The middle part of the flower is interesting. It is as though something is coming out of the flower. The flower itself is interesting. Hoa Mai, the petals is “tied” all together, connecting as one, making a flower. Is there a significance to the middle part of the Hoa Mai?

...Changing My Topic To "Asian Flowers"

I was thinking about changing my topic to doing Asian flowers because it seems that a lot of people are choosing the topic of love for their concept folio. So I was thinking about choosing to do Asian flowers instead. I'm choosing this because I'm Asian and there are a lot of really beautiful flowers. There are even types of flowers that only grow around the time that Chinese New Year occurs and only stay alive for a few days which is interesting. My culture celebrates New Year's the same day(s) as the Chinese do. It is February 7th this year. The days and months in Vietnam, China, Asia areas are behind. The year of the Mouse. :) Just like mostly everyone else in the world, New Years is celebrated on the night of December 31st and until Jan. 1st. What do you think about my decision to do this?...Leave comments on my blog. :)