Our Town by Connor Mason
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New Bern
New Bern is where I have lived for the majority of my life and it’s where I have grown up and met some of my best friends. This is important to me because where we live, and who we meet will affect our lives and change who we are forever. I want to show the beauty of our small town that use to be the capital of North Carolina, but now it’s usually forgotten of. I want people to see what's around them in our town so they will appreciate our small town. In the photo essay you will see pictures of our beautiful nature and our multiple historical locations that are in our great town.
I want people to realize what is around them. To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Most adults don’t see nature, At least they have a very superficial seeing”. I want this photo essay to make people appreciate the nature around us before it's too late.
The theme for my photo essay is the beauty of New Bern. Old historical places can still be beautiful, and in New Bern we have a Plethora of beautiful historical buildings. In New Bern we have more than three-hundred years of history in our little town, and where most places are encountering deforestation, our town is full of beautiful nature.