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It’s about time

“Pictures (exist) in nature, but only an artist, sensitive to natural harmonies, could identify them” Time is intrinsic to photography. Every photograph was taken at a specific time and each exposure lasts for the specific duration of its creation. Earliest photos exposure times would take seven minutes to be done. Timing is one of theContinue reading “It’s about time”

“Dealing With the Flood”

The three approaches to dealing with the flood: Embracing the flood: making the flood the subject Appropriation: Selecting from the flood rather then taking photos yourself Story Telling: Photos that tell stories “People are hungry for the story” I use photography on my social media, either to capture fun moments with my friends and prettyContinue reading ““Dealing With the Flood””

Photo Album Research

I went through my mom’s photo albums and found some old photos that I thought were very nice. One was of my godparents when they were young and in love, the image I find very pretty because it is in black and white is has a filter effect over it that makes it looks likeContinue reading “Photo Album Research”

“Context as a Determinant of Photographic Meaning”

Essay written by John A. Walker I agree with John A. Walker’s statement on how an image meaning and context can completely alter depending on the environment and depending on where it’s placed.

Photography as Genre

Photography is a unique art because there are so many forms of it, and different photographers all take different types of images and all create different meanings and composition pieces. Photography has several layers in it especially for portrait photography. Photo editing software also makes photos wildly more interesting and exciting because you can mergeContinue reading “Photography as Genre”

Photography- art or science?

Mechanical Photography: Photos that are representations of facts or informations. Creative Photograpyh: All other types of photography; landscape, portrait, etc. I believe photography can be both mechanical and creative, it depends on who’s taking the photos, and why. I believe there’s a lot more creative photography now then there was in previous centuries. From 1902,Continue reading “Photography- art or science?”

Part Three: Visual Communications: Re-Appropriating Images

There are millions of paintings, photographs, comic designs, etc. that have been re-appropriated for millions of reasons. Appropriation of images is a common thing in art, because artists will learn by copying other art pieces, or by using similar styles in order to strengthen their skills. Many artists will also take famous paintings and re-appropriateContinue reading “Part Three: Visual Communications: Re-Appropriating Images”

Close-Analysis of Passage from Agatha Christie Novel “Curtain”

“Nothing is so sad, in my opinion, as the devastation wrought by age. My poor friend. I have described him many times. Now to convey to you the difference. Crippled with arthritis, he propelled himself about in a wheelchair. His once plump frame had fallen in. He was a thin little man now. His faceContinue reading “Close-Analysis of Passage from Agatha Christie Novel “Curtain””

Part One: Contemporary Art: Jeremy Deller’s “Battle of Orgreave”

Jeremy Deller’s “Battle of Orgreave” was made in 2001, and was meant to be a reenactment of the original battle in 1984 that happened during the miner’s strike in Yorkshire. The Battle of Orgreave was part of a protest done by miners in Yorkshire to shutdown the British coal industry, and is known as aContinue reading “Part One: Contemporary Art: Jeremy Deller’s “Battle of Orgreave””

Cutting Edge

Developments in social and new media have created a world in which we’re all more connected. Since 1995 groups of pioneers (visual communicators, scientists, etc.) have explored work relevant to the time and place surrounding us, some of which has involved online experiments. There are millions and millions of different types of websites that showContinue reading “Cutting Edge”