On Longing Assignment

Halie McConnell

"The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale"

Nutrition and fitness is important to me. The harder I work and more effort I put into my workouts, I love to see how my body changes and evolves into a better me. 

Halie McConnell

"The souvenir exists as a sample of the now distant experience, an experience which the object can only evoke and resinate"

This is a photograph of my uncle, aunt, cousins, and I. It is one of those pictures the workers take of you when entering the park. I love to look back at this "souvenir" to remind me of the great memories I made that night. 

Halie McConnell

"The souvenir reduces the public, monumental, and 3-D into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body"

Surfing is a great pleasure of mine. My friend Jordan and I go surfing between classes if the waves are good. This is a special memory for me because it's just her and I and the sea. 

Halie McConnell

"Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss"

This is a picture of my first dog, Diamond, that died recently. She was one of a kind and such a good girl. Whenever I look at pictures of her, I remember all of the wonderful memories spent with her. Sad to have lost her, but happy to obtain the memories. 

Halie McConnell 

"To have a souvenir of the exotic is to possess both a specimen and a trophy" 

My first time traveling outside of the states was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever possessed. Everything about Guatemala was exotic and exciting to me. I will forever look at the pictures taken on this trip and be forever grateful to have been there.