
My artifact is a single-lens camera. It is made by Nikon and its color is black. Most people think that it is a compact camera and light because it’s about 400 gram. So everybody, not only women but also children, can carry it with no trouble.
However, although it is small, its content is substantial and complex. For example, if you want to take pictures of night scenery, you have to make special settings. So many people cannot use it easily without its instruction manual. Moreover, if you are not rich, you think that it is expensive.
I really wanted a single-lens camera. It is the reason that I like to take pictures and to travel around the world! I have wanted it since I was a junior high school student because instagram is very popular in Japan. So I wanted to take nice pictures, put them on instagram and share my life with my friends by showing great pictures. In addition, I want to keep good memories clearly and forever as data.
I would try to buy it. However, it is too expensive to buy it by myself easily and I didn’t have enough money to get it so I promised that my mother would present it for my entering college with my mother. Although I wanted a single-lens camera, I also wanted to go to Disneyland in the USA as a present.
“I will send you a ONE present.”My mother said, and advised me.
“These days, coronavirus spreaded around the world. So you cannot go to the USA, right?,” my mother kept saying.
“Yeah, I think so too. I’ll give up going to Disney in the USA.” I said. So I chose a single-lens camera.
I think it was a good choice that I gave a camera because the number of pictures and opportunities with my family increased and I often saw smiles of my family and friends through a single-lens camera. This is my best treasure.
I have two social issues. First, it’s a gender discrimination. It’s the problem that people suffer an unreasonable loss because of their gender.
When it happens, women cannot earn a lot of money like men because women don’t have enough opportunity to work hard due to their gender. So most men can afford to buy what they want, such as a single-lens camera, but most women cannot do that.
I don’t think that it’s good to have a difference and we have to think we are all equal.
Second, it's an environmental imbalance. It’s the problem that the climate of the world is getting worse because of carbon dioxide emissions, rainfall and so on.
When it happens, we cannot see beautiful scenery, take pictures of them and travel there easily.
I think that we should protect our environment. For example, it’s a good idea that we don’t throw away trash, in particular plastics. Let’s be kind to our environment!