However, I can see where people might have thought that laughing children meant family. I have a pretty large family but I don't consider myself family oriented because I almost never see any of them. If we all lived in the same state I'm sure things would change, but since we're spread out maybe I see everyone once every couple of years. The joy/laughter on the children's faces is what people were supposed to see, but when they don't know what I was thinking, I can see how they thought differently. Another photo that people didn't quite get was the beach photo. They thought I meant to love the beach or nature, which I do, but that wasn't how I meant for them to take it. I wanted them to see him as a free person who took each day as it comes. Overall they really intuited what I was looking for and the two who didn't know were not far off the expected spot. Identity is a difficult concept to understand. It's even harder to guess what the identity of others is based on just a few pictures. However, this assignment has allowed me to understand my peers more and who they really are or how they want to represent themselves. I feel like having to think about what I wanted to represent myself brought me closer and more in touch with myself. Before this assignment I had never even thought about what my identities were. Now I know why I chose certain aspects that represent my life. These were the things that