“Unbottled Emotions: The Finals Cycle” by Mohammad “Chomio” Nasrullah, the December 2015 First Place Winner in the CUNY Photo Challenge.
The photograph “is meant to show the emotions and phases a student goes through while studying for ‘that’ dreaded final. From knowing to not knowing, concentrating to passing time on the phone, crying in a corner in contrast to actually trying to figure out what's going on. The library seemed to be a suitable place because I feel comfortable studying out of home.”
To make this shot, he first locked his camera onto a tripod to ensure pinpoint registration of the multiple images he would shoot. He posed model Kelly Alvarez — who, as a photographer, won second place in the November Photo Challenge — in successive shots around the table. He combined the images in Photoshop to compose this intriguing scene. Mohammad “Chomio” Nasrullah is a Brooklyn College junior who majors in biology and minors in neuroscience. He intends to go to medical school, although “unfortunately I’ll have to stop working as a freelance photographer,” shooting baby showers, weddings and parties. In his spare time, he sketches, edits and produces videos, reads about bacteria and medical breakthroughs, and watches documentaries and anime —“Can’t forget anime.” He says he shot this image with the CUNY Photo Challenge in mind. (From CUNY).
