Photo-documentary

When given the opportunity to do the photo documentary i was excited because there's so many topics i wanted to do. The topic i decided to settle on was interracial couples,mainly because of myself coming from a multi-cultural family. Growing up in Toronto i was introduced to multiculturalism at such a young age that it became normal for me to go make friends or talk to someone of a different background. I had a very diverse family and i moved around quite a bit so all of that made me into who i am today. Travelling around Toronto and taking photographs of interracial couples at first sounded easy ,but as i continued i found it was also difficult at the same time. It was easy in the sense that being in a city like Toronto there were many interracial couples to see and photograph. What made this project difficult was that there wasn't a wide range of mixing of cultures. More than half the time i saw just black and white couples. What made the couples different from each other was the struggles they overcame because of them wanting to be together.

In Canada i think we are more in a way encouraged to get involved or learn about other cultures. At the same time the people are always welcoming us to learn which is why we are becoming a melting pot here in Toronto.furthermore my parents taught me to choose to person i want to be with their character and not their ethnicity. Seeing interracial couples shows me we are mixing and Toronto is learning to change and adapt. The last and major thing i learned is that although your parents want the best for you, but they are not going to like every person you bring home. That's reasonable but you also need to consider what you want and if that decision is going to make you happy in the end.