This is the photo I took for snapshot day. It is located in Central Park East, exactly where I don’t exactly know because I had been wandering around for some time prior to my discovery of this bridge. My intention for the shot was to contrast the small family in the bottom right with the large bridge that horizontally intersects the page. The families relative size both in number of member and in relation to the bridge is a metaphor for the significant decrease in importance placed on family by today’s society. Family as I priority is frequently placed behind academics, work, friends, and extracurricular activities. Families have stopped eating dinner together and talking about their daily events. There is a large looming pressure, especially for adults and older children, to bridge the gap between professional life and home life. One one side you have to do well in your school and work career so that you can continue to support your family. But on the other, if you are not spending enough quality time with your loved ones is your financial support and security worth the damage that befalls your nuclear relationships? Especially female professionals in this era are under constant pressure and scrutiny for their priorities and values. If you spend too much time with your children you’re giving in to the misogynistic views that have oppressed our gender for centuries. IF you spend too little time with your children in favor of advancing your career you are considered unfeminine, callous, and cold for not caring about your responsibility to your family. This is a bridge we cannot escape and we cannot ignore as it casts an almost constant shadow over our life path. We must cross under it, as it is unavoidable, and find a way to salvage what is left of today’s familial priority. This snapshot was meant to capture today’s familial struggle and the way in which we must face it, together.