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The Life of a Bottle of San Pellegrino

Exercise 1-Documentary Photography, The life of a bottle of San Pellegrino:
For our first exercise in history, I decided to document the life of a bottle of sparkling water in my household. Growing up, my father would often have sparkling water as his drink of choice, with a dash of lemon juice. Admiring my father, I soon adopted this habit, whenever I could. My parents would restrict how much of things I was aloud to have. But just like anyone who's ever wanted something they couldn't have, I'd overdo it whenever I could. In the following images, I will be documenting me going through a bottle of San Pellegrino. While time may be lost on how quickly I drink these bottles, I'd like to mention I drank 3 before I finished taking the photos. However, I simply wanted to document the 1 bottle, and therefore 2 other bottles are missing from the box because of it. This is often how it would go: Firstly, the box of San Pellegrino would arrive (Usually from the car directly into my home, however I thought having the box in front of the front door would be a better way to symbolize the box entering my home) Secondly, me opening the box, eager to enjoy the contents of the bottle. Followed by several images, demonstrating my preferred method of drinking it, ice but no lemon juice. Me finishing the bottles contents before the ice even has a chance to melt. Then the last few images, which show the empty bottle, in the corner of the kitchen, signifying its empty and ready to be thrown out, and then left outside, discarded and ready to be recycled.

The Life of a Bottle of San Pellegrino
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