{"id":1584,"date":"2025-04-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T16:19:12","slug":"a-multifaceted-photographer-an-interview-with-psccoutfits-photographer-john-medina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/a-multifaceted-photographer-an-interview-with-psccoutfits-photographer-john-medina\/","title":{"rendered":"A Multifaceted Photographer: An Interview with Instagram&#8217;s psccoutfits Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Lee Chaney, Staff Writer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Wandering around Hardin Valley campus with a camera and an exquisite fit, local fashion enthusiast John Medina can be found capturing photos of Pellissippi State Community College\u2019s best dressed. Their goal is simple \u2013 to spread a little bit of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_20250429_204917.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of John Medina\" class=\"wp-image-1663\" style=\"width:516px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_20250429_204917.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_20250429_204917-378x500.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_20250429_204917-768x1016.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A photo of John Medina the owner of psccoutfits on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Medina is an interior design student who runs the psccoutfits Instagram page, documenting unique and interesting outfits around Pellissippi State. Dating back to August of 2024, the page has displayed a variety of outfit styles; from cosplays to punk to street fashion, anyone has a chance to make it onto Medina\u2019s best outfits of the week showcase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students on campus have expressed excitement on learning they have been posted to the page. When told this in a recent interview, Medina replied:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I do it for, man. When I was in high school, I got to do a little photography class and for my final portfolio a bunch of people that are in the photos were like, \u2018those are super sick,\u2019 and they also had that little confidence boost and I was like, \u2018this is an amazing feeling.\u2019 That\u2019s really what I do it for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea for the psccoutfits page came from several different places; hailing from Farragut High School, Medina was exposed to a similar Instagram page a fellow student maintained around the school, and they were then inspired to create their own series of photos of people wearing the same shirt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They continued, \u201cI like to get inspiration because I like to draw certain aspects of people\u2019s outfits and kind of make an amalgamation of all that, and put my own little spin on it. I like outfits. That\u2019s the bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was evident that Medina approaches the world with a unique sense of curiosity, drawing inspiration from everything they see. I was curious how they connect their passions for interior design with photography and fashion, to which they replied,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll these kind of outfits in and of themselves are like art pieces, in my opinion\u2026 It kind of tells you about the person. Like, you can dig deep into someone\u2019s outfit and gain little things from it. I feel like that\u2019s not too different from, like, an interior, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked why photography is important to them, Medina stated, \u201cGetting to document parts of my life that I hold dear is really cool. It kind of gives [bookmarks] of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medina hopes to take the skills they\u2019ve gained through running their Instagram page to improve on their interior design and photography skills, planning to spend the summer taking more photos and looking for internships in their related field. Medina is excited to continue growing their talents this summer, turning passion into purpose through their exploration in fashion, design and photography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lee Chaney, Staff Writer Wandering around Hardin Valley campus with a camera and an exquisite fit, local fashion enthusiast John Medina can be found capturing photos of Pellissippi State&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1584"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1665,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1584\/revisions\/1665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1584"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imaginarygardens.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}