This book in the result of nearly a month of planning and work. After being assigned a specific area of the east side of Austin, we were told as a class to visually capture the spirit of the area. This was first accomplished with our post card project then finalized by this book. My east side book attempts to symbolically illustrate the duality of the east side, which I found to be very important. As I walked down Caesar Chavez Street, I immediately noticed the brilliance and flash appeal of the area. However, upon closer inspection I found that the area was riddled with crime and poverty. My book uses the grungy imagery of the mechanics industry to represent the underbelly of the area, and bright prismatic pop-outs to represent the flash appeal of the area. To me this book is a testament to the pride and decadent spirit of the people of the east side of Austin.
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