This is the 6th of 10 geocaches that I have hidden as part of my Capstone project for my Master of Liberal Arts degree. There are also 10 corresponding trackables being released at an event on 3/13/16 in Baltimore, MD that go along with these caches. Each trackable and cache signifies a course I took in the program. My goal is to share my experiences in each class and hope that you will also be inspired to share some of your experiences with this cache.
Instead of taking you to an ultra picturesque spot, I decided it was appropriate to take you near a local camera shop. A good photographer knows it’s important to to have their gear in good working order!
In this class we discussed how documentary photographs are created to inform, entertain and enlighten us. Subjects can be as diverse as war battlefields, sharecroppers, sporting events and outer space. We also had the opportunity to explore different genres of documentary photography including fine art documentary, photo-journalism, social documentary photography, photo essays and propaganda photography.
I find geocaching to be similar to documentary photography because each cache is documenting something. Usually caches are placed to bring people to a place that may have been over-looked or to document a moment or a place in the COs life. There’s also different types/genres of caches: traditional, multi, webcam, event, puzzle, etc.
Bringing you to this particular spot was to encourage you to take a look around the area. Take an extra moment and really look around. See if there’s something nearby that you wouldn’t have noticed if you didn’t stop to take an extra look.
In your log, share a documentary photograph of your own. Does not have to be cache related.