Composition: For this project i wanted the composition of the pieces to feel a little bit more candid. I mean the people would be somewhat posed but i did not want to change there back drop. This made it so that it became more personal.
Concept: My images are about peoples emotions and how they might be masked by a smile. We can often tell what people are feeling by there complete facial expression. At the same time someone can be smiling on the outside but their eyes may tell a different story. So having everyone cover up there mouth with the smiley mug it forces people to look to their eyes to find the emotion they might be feeling.
Method: In a previous project i took a picture of my sister holding this same mug. So this was the starting off point for this project. One thing that changed was the backgrounds. My sister was in front of a set background where in these images they are in their natural setting.
Motivations: I want people to be able to figure out what a person might be feeling based off the expression we might get from their eyes. I also want people to feel happy when they look at these images.
Context: I don't know that my images have a context. I mean i have people of many different cultures in my images. My images relate to how people behave in society. They may seem happy on the inside but they might be screaming on the inside.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Blog #25
Write a detailed description of your “motivations” for your final self-proposed project. Why are you interested in this subject? What do you want to convey? How do you want viewers to respond? Why are you inspired to make these images/this project? Do you want to evoke emotions in viewers? Shock viewers? Make them laugh? Make them think? Inform them? Reveal something about how you see the world? Reveal something about yourself, a person, a place, a feeling, a memory, a moment in time?
My motivations is to try and capture peoples emotions through there eyes. I am interested in it because i find it interesting that even though you cover up a persons mouth you still can possibly tell what they are feeling just by looking at there eyes. I want it to be some what comical as well as serious because peoples emotions is what i want to mainly look at. I was inspired to do these from a previous project in the class. I want the viewers to be able to feel some of the emotion that the people in the images are feeling. I also want them to laugh because i find it funny since they are holding a smiley face. I want people to understand that sometimes peoples facial expression might not always convey what they are feeling.
My motivations is to try and capture peoples emotions through there eyes. I am interested in it because i find it interesting that even though you cover up a persons mouth you still can possibly tell what they are feeling just by looking at there eyes. I want it to be some what comical as well as serious because peoples emotions is what i want to mainly look at. I was inspired to do these from a previous project in the class. I want the viewers to be able to feel some of the emotion that the people in the images are feeling. I also want them to laugh because i find it funny since they are holding a smiley face. I want people to understand that sometimes peoples facial expression might not always convey what they are feeling.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Project #5 Part 2
Image 1: (Constructed Identity 1)
Interpretation: People that represent people are composed in the mask. Hiding behind friends and family. eyes are the windows into soul everything else is representational.
Evaluation: maybe have different parts included in the composition. Thought that it was interesting but maybe could have been done differently but they due not know how.
Extension: Maybe creating masks for multiple people.
Image 2: (Constructed Identity 2)
Interpretation: Looks like multiple expressions of a person. Shows the many facial expressions people can make.
Evaluation: They thought that it could have been printed off bigger and the contrast could have been increased more.
Extension: It would be interesting to do a series of these pictures for different individuals.
Image 3: (Narrative)
Interpretation: They had a hard time figuring out what it was representing. They mainly saw the light in the center. Kind of thought it was a moon waxing and waning.
Evaluation: They thought that it would have been better if i incorporated the light more into the actual photo.
Extension: Doing multiple narratives using silhouettes.
Image 4: (Miniature)
Interpretation: They were not sure what it was at first. They could tell that it was a orange mouth withing my mouth but they did no understand how it was a miniature.
Evaluation: They thought that it would have been better if the orange was in a setting that made it look larger.
Extension: Creating many things out of orange.
Interpretation: People that represent people are composed in the mask. Hiding behind friends and family. eyes are the windows into soul everything else is representational.
Evaluation: maybe have different parts included in the composition. Thought that it was interesting but maybe could have been done differently but they due not know how.
Extension: Maybe creating masks for multiple people.
Image 2: (Constructed Identity 2)
Interpretation: Looks like multiple expressions of a person. Shows the many facial expressions people can make.
Evaluation: They thought that it could have been printed off bigger and the contrast could have been increased more.
Extension: It would be interesting to do a series of these pictures for different individuals.
Image 3: (Narrative)
Interpretation: They had a hard time figuring out what it was representing. They mainly saw the light in the center. Kind of thought it was a moon waxing and waning.
Evaluation: They thought that it would have been better if i incorporated the light more into the actual photo.
Extension: Doing multiple narratives using silhouettes.
Image 4: (Miniature)
Interpretation: They were not sure what it was at first. They could tell that it was a orange mouth withing my mouth but they did no understand how it was a miniature.
Evaluation: They thought that it would have been better if the orange was in a setting that made it look larger.
Extension: Creating many things out of orange.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Project #5 Part 1
Image 1(Constructed Identity):
Composition: I wanted the image to capture as many photographs around my face as possible. I was not sure as to what to have as the background. I wanted the audience to be able to see the pictures around my face clearly but still able to see my eyes and be able to tell it is me in the image.
Concept: The whole idea behind this image is finding out who i am by looking at who i have grown up with as a way to tell something about my personality and my life. I thought it would be interesting to have people try to figure out who i am by looking at who i know.
Method: I took a mask that i have and i attached many photos of my friends and family. I think Took a picture of myself that included some of my body and then none at all. The ones of my head you only can see my eyes. Which some people say that you can see into a persons soul through their eyes.
Motivations: I wanted people to try and figure out the persons identity/personality by looking at everyone that is in their life.
Context: I think that this probably relates to many other artists and ways of creating identity.
Image 2 (constructed identity 2):
Composition: I wanted to create many aspects of an individuals personality. Originally i wanted the Main image to come through all the small ones but i was unable to have it look i wanted it to.
Concept: My image is about capturing many facial expressions and bringing them together in order to try and give a look at my personality or the many expressions that humans give.
Method: I took multiple images of me making many different faces and i put them over top a bigger picture. I was wanting the bigger picture to come through but it did not work how i wanted it to so i left it so that all the smaller pictures are on the top. So now this image is called hidden Identity.
Motivations: I wanted to capture the facial expressions that humans tend to make every day.
Context: This are essentially many self portraits put together in order to create an identity from them all. Many artists take pictures similar to these.
Image 3 (narrative):
Composition: I wanted the image to be a shadow of the person so that there would be no detail of them. That way all you would see is the transition of what the person would be doing. I wanted to include the background because to me it added to more to the narrative.
Concept: I wanted to created a narrative using as little detail as possible within the person them self. I wanted the focus to be more on the glass because that is the object that was moving within the frame.
Method: I had to position the lights at a specific spot behind me in order to get the shadow effect i was looking for. I also positioned the glass in a specific spot so that the light would hit it in just a specific way.
Motivations: My goal was to create a narrative through a shadow. I think that i succeed in the way that i wanted to even though the lighting is not quite what i wanted but it was the best that i could do.
Context: I do not know if this relates to any other artists.
Image 4 (miniature):
Composition: I wanted to be able to create a mouth from an orange and in order to tell that it was an orange. I originally wanted the orange to be on its own but it seemed not to work the way i wanted:
Concept: I wanted to create a double of the mouth on the orange so that the orange could kind of become a person in a way. It really was only noticeable when it was next to my mouth.
Method: I carved the orange a mouth or what looked like a mouth and then i took pictures of it with many different angles and with different backgrounds but it only seemed to work next to mouth.
Motivations: I thought that it would be interesting to create a mouth in an orange. It made me laugh the whole time i did it.
Context: I do not think this falls into any photographers way of doing things or actually doing things.
Composition: I wanted the image to capture as many photographs around my face as possible. I was not sure as to what to have as the background. I wanted the audience to be able to see the pictures around my face clearly but still able to see my eyes and be able to tell it is me in the image.
Concept: The whole idea behind this image is finding out who i am by looking at who i have grown up with as a way to tell something about my personality and my life. I thought it would be interesting to have people try to figure out who i am by looking at who i know.
Method: I took a mask that i have and i attached many photos of my friends and family. I think Took a picture of myself that included some of my body and then none at all. The ones of my head you only can see my eyes. Which some people say that you can see into a persons soul through their eyes.
Motivations: I wanted people to try and figure out the persons identity/personality by looking at everyone that is in their life.
Context: I think that this probably relates to many other artists and ways of creating identity.
Image 2 (constructed identity 2):
Composition: I wanted to create many aspects of an individuals personality. Originally i wanted the Main image to come through all the small ones but i was unable to have it look i wanted it to.
Concept: My image is about capturing many facial expressions and bringing them together in order to try and give a look at my personality or the many expressions that humans give.
Method: I took multiple images of me making many different faces and i put them over top a bigger picture. I was wanting the bigger picture to come through but it did not work how i wanted it to so i left it so that all the smaller pictures are on the top. So now this image is called hidden Identity.
Motivations: I wanted to capture the facial expressions that humans tend to make every day.
Context: This are essentially many self portraits put together in order to create an identity from them all. Many artists take pictures similar to these.
Image 3 (narrative):
Composition: I wanted the image to be a shadow of the person so that there would be no detail of them. That way all you would see is the transition of what the person would be doing. I wanted to include the background because to me it added to more to the narrative.
Concept: I wanted to created a narrative using as little detail as possible within the person them self. I wanted the focus to be more on the glass because that is the object that was moving within the frame.
Method: I had to position the lights at a specific spot behind me in order to get the shadow effect i was looking for. I also positioned the glass in a specific spot so that the light would hit it in just a specific way.
Motivations: My goal was to create a narrative through a shadow. I think that i succeed in the way that i wanted to even though the lighting is not quite what i wanted but it was the best that i could do.
Context: I do not know if this relates to any other artists.
Image 4 (miniature):
Composition: I wanted to be able to create a mouth from an orange and in order to tell that it was an orange. I originally wanted the orange to be on its own but it seemed not to work the way i wanted:
Concept: I wanted to create a double of the mouth on the orange so that the orange could kind of become a person in a way. It really was only noticeable when it was next to my mouth.
Method: I carved the orange a mouth or what looked like a mouth and then i took pictures of it with many different angles and with different backgrounds but it only seemed to work next to mouth.
Motivations: I thought that it would be interesting to create a mouth in an orange. It made me laugh the whole time i did it.
Context: I do not think this falls into any photographers way of doing things or actually doing things.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Blog #24
A. Pick two images from any of the “constructed reality” photographers presented in class or linked on the assignment sheet. Describe how you could recreate these two images on a “smaller scale”.
B. Describe your plans for your self-proposed final project (if the plan is the same as before, paste it here again and give a bit more detail). During the final critique for Assignment #5, you will discuss/present these ideas to the class.
I am planning to use my smile face mug that i used in my one portrait image to do a series of them. This time instead of creating a background that would be the same for everyone, i want to capture them in there natural environment with the mug. I thing it is going to be interesting to see there eye expressions since we will not be able to see their mouth expressions. I have not decided on how many pictures i want to print or take for the final project but i know i want it to be at least 20 of them. We will see how many i can get. I also have not decided how i am going to display them.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
Blog #23
1. In what ways do you “construct” your identity? In what ways do you “perform” in your daily life?
Whenever people pose i feel like they are constructing their reality. It is the same things pretty much for performing in your daily life. Some people put on certain acts for different people.
2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.
My personal culture is somewhat constructed because it is influenced by my parents. I love things from the 70s and my parents grew up during this time. I mean if you think about it, it seems as though everything in out lives is somewhat constructed in one one or another.
3. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”.
My physical space could be considered constructed because some people might look at my room and think that it is something that is constructed for the benefit for other people even though it is for my own benefit.
4. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?
I dont know for sure what i would consider real or constructed. I think that most of what is in my world is real and not constructed but i am sure that it would change depending on who was looking at my world.
5. Describe a narrative tableaux that you might create to be captured by a photograph. A narrative tableaux can be defined as “Several human actors play out scenes from everyday life, history, myth or the fantasy of the direction artist” ( Constructed Realities: The Art of Staged Photography Edited by Michael Kohler , 34).
I feel like it would be interesting to try and create a fight between too people. The first image would show them perfectly fine. but then they would get up set and things would change and their facial expressions in each of the images could show what they are feeling which in turn could possible explain what is happening.
6. Describe an idea for a photograph that includes a miniature stage or still life. A description of such an image is “The tableaux reconstructs events as in the narrative tableaux, but in miniaturized format, using dolls and other toy objects” (Kohler, 34).
I thought about creating a miniature stage with my nieces dolls. I would create an everyday situation with the dolls but it would be with this perfect body images that everyone typically sees.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Gregory Crewdson
He was born in 1962 in New York. where he continues to live and work.
When he was ten his father, a psychoanalyst, took him to see a Diane Arbus exhibition at MoMA. Her work as well as his seems interesting. The thing i like about his work is that you sometimes have to take a second look at it in order to get everything out of the picture that you might not get if you only looked at it once.
"Gregory Crewdson works within a photographic tradition that combines the documentary style of William Eggleston and Walker Evans with the dream-like vision of filmmakers such as Stephen Spielberg and David Lynch. Crewdson’s method is equally filmic, building elaborate sets to take pictures of extraordinary detail and narrative portent."
Marriage of Convenience (Graham Budgett and Jane Mulfinger/ artists), 1987
Ilfochrome print
80 × 80cm
Her pieces seem to have a lot more put into them then meets the eye.
Ilfochrome (formerly known as Cibachrome) is a dye destruction positive-to-positive photographic process used for the reproduction of slides on photographic paper. The prints are made on a dimensionally stable polyester base, essentially a plastic base opposed to traditional paper base. Since it uses azo dyes on a polyester base, the print will not fade, discolor, or deteriorate for a long time. Characteristics of Ilfochrome prints are image clarity, color purity, as well as being an archival process able to produce critical accuracy to the original slide.
"Zahalka’s portraits reveal more than just the individual – with an ironic and critical voice the images cleverly subvert stereotypes while capturing subcultures and a spirit of the times with acute observation."
“Zahalka likes to explore the nature of image making and examine what a portrait reveals about a person and how the medium of photography can bend and reject the truth,” Frances Thomson explained. "Tampering with truth in representation, blurring the boundary between reality and fiction, Zahalka uses a variety of photomedia techniques."
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Assignment #4 Part 2
Advertisement:
Interpretation: When people looked at this image they got that it was an advertisement but at the same time they just thought it was a snap shot of a college students apartment.
Evaluation: Might work better if there was a small border of white around the image itself. They said that i should increase the contrast a little bit more to make it clearer. Maybe take photos of the bottles in front of a white poster board so that it could be set up better so that it might look more professional. If i am going to leave it how it is they said that i should maybe add text that might relate it to college more.
Extension: I could go to many of my friends apartments and take snap shots of their alcohol collections. Compare them and post them as college life.
Passport:
Interpretation: People knew that it was a passport image as soon as they looked at it. At the same time they thought it could be a mug shot because he is not smiling.
Evaluation: They like that i printed it off in the size that a passport image would normally be printed off in. Someone said that it would be better in color but understands that it cannot be since this is a black and white photography class.
Extension: It would be interesting to see a bunch of passport images from many different people next to each other. Also we were talking about how different countries require different things and it would be interesting to find this qulification out in order to create passport images from many different countries.
Yearbook:
Interpretation: People got that it is a senior picture because her name was in the bottom right corner of the image as well as her being posed in a way that is typical of senior pictures.
Evaluation: Her pose seems to be a little bit more natural then most seniors pictures. Also her choice of clothing is not something that is typical of senior photos. People like her name in the bottom right.
Extension: Maybe taking senior pictures that are not typical like so many of them are.
TV Still:
Interpretation: people got that it was a TV show based on the fact that the image was inside a TV Frame. Although they might not know what show at first.
Evaluation: Works better with the TV frame then without. Straighter positioning of the TV or maybe having more of the stuff around the TV in the frame since it all relates to the 80s since the TV is that old.
Extension: It would be fun to recreate many different TV shows and put them in TVs from the time period that the show is from so that it could better depict the show.
Interpretation: When people looked at this image they got that it was an advertisement but at the same time they just thought it was a snap shot of a college students apartment.
Evaluation: Might work better if there was a small border of white around the image itself. They said that i should increase the contrast a little bit more to make it clearer. Maybe take photos of the bottles in front of a white poster board so that it could be set up better so that it might look more professional. If i am going to leave it how it is they said that i should maybe add text that might relate it to college more.
Extension: I could go to many of my friends apartments and take snap shots of their alcohol collections. Compare them and post them as college life.
Passport:
Interpretation: People knew that it was a passport image as soon as they looked at it. At the same time they thought it could be a mug shot because he is not smiling.
Evaluation: They like that i printed it off in the size that a passport image would normally be printed off in. Someone said that it would be better in color but understands that it cannot be since this is a black and white photography class.
Extension: It would be interesting to see a bunch of passport images from many different people next to each other. Also we were talking about how different countries require different things and it would be interesting to find this qulification out in order to create passport images from many different countries.
Yearbook:
Interpretation: People got that it is a senior picture because her name was in the bottom right corner of the image as well as her being posed in a way that is typical of senior pictures.
Evaluation: Her pose seems to be a little bit more natural then most seniors pictures. Also her choice of clothing is not something that is typical of senior photos. People like her name in the bottom right.
Extension: Maybe taking senior pictures that are not typical like so many of them are.
TV Still:
Interpretation: people got that it was a TV show based on the fact that the image was inside a TV Frame. Although they might not know what show at first.
Evaluation: Works better with the TV frame then without. Straighter positioning of the TV or maybe having more of the stuff around the TV in the frame since it all relates to the 80s since the TV is that old.
Extension: It would be fun to recreate many different TV shows and put them in TVs from the time period that the show is from so that it could better depict the show.
Assignment #4 Part 1
Advertisement:(Alcohol bottles)
Composition: I wanted to capture the alcohol bottles as they were. Many college students display their alcohol bottles where they live. Often they will be placed some where in the kitchen. i wanted to keep everything as natural as possible. Although i tried to get a better angle but it was hard since all of it was above me.
Concept: I think my image is about the brand smirinoff and there many flavors. Most alcohol advertisements normally only have one bottled displayed and i wanted to expand on that and not only have more then one bottle but also have the varieties of the object which in my case is alcohol.
Method: I wanted to actually recreate an advertisement that i saw of a specific brand of alcohol in a magazine but they do so much editing to there images and i did not want that. So when i went to my friends apartment and saw her collection i decided that i would take that picture instead.
Motivations: I like to be different in creating advertisements. I captured what i wanted for the most part. i would have liked to set them up better but that was not possible in the enviroment that i was in.
Context: My work would be considered social. It is all about getting people to buy your product so its appeal needs to be to the general public.
Passport:(Nate)
Composition: I wanted to try and to passport photos like they do at the post office and things like that. So i made sure i had a blank background. I also made sure that i only captured the very top portion of his body. I used a flash. i could not remember whether or not they used a flash when i got my passport photos done but i think they did.
Concept: I wanted to do the typical passport photos. I wanted to show how like drivers license they dont always turn out how people would like them to but instead they are done in a way that is better by government standards.
Method: When trying to decide which prompts i wanted to do i decided my friends nate would be perfect for this prompt so i decided to use him and it turned out to be ture.
Motivations: My goal was to try and get it to look like a passport picture as best that i could.
Context: i would say that this is some what about political or like the government. i guess it could also be anthropological but i am not sure. I mean the purpose of the passport is so that other people can make sure that you are not trying to pose as someone else in order to get into a country or even out.
Yearbook:(Erin)
Composition: In this image i wanted to be able to have my friend erin who has never had senior pictures done have the opportunity. I wanted to let her be free to where what she wanted as well as to poses she would like to do. I even went as far to let her choose where she wanted to do them. Most senior pictures are posed by other people and not the person in the picture. Whereas in my image she choice the pose she wanted.
Concept: My image is about senior pictures and about how they are so important but at the same time really ridiculous. In this country it is something that is some what of a tradition but as years go on people are doing things that are more ridiculous in there images. As well as wearing clothing that they normally would not wear.
Method: I had already knew that my friend had never had senior pictures so when i saw it as one of the prompts i thought i would go ahead and ask her if she wanted to do them. The enviroment was hers as well as the clothing. She chose everything that she wanted to.
Motivations: My goal was to try to do the typical senior pictures that everyone normally do but i wanted it to be a little more free and allow her to choose things.
Context: This is cultural thing. Not all cultures to this but because graduating from high school is important in our society it is usually captured by senior pictures.
TV Still: (Three's Company)
Composition: For this one we were trying to recreate the exact pose that was captured from the TV show Three's Company. We wanted ours to be on a couch as well. I knew that my image would not exactly the same but thats because the clothing and the enviroment has changed since the 1970s.
Concept: When i was trying to think of TV Stills or Movie Stills i was having difficulty trying to decide what images i wanted to do. It was not until my friend says why do you not do one that has three people since there were three of us. So i searched shows and finally came up with threes company.
Method: we were looking at the picture on the computer and trying to get the pose that they had very close. It took us a couple times because of trying to make sure that we were all in the frame. I used a flash for these images. I ended up putting the final image into a TV screen so it relates more to the show. or the fact that it is a TV show.
Motivations: My goal was to try and capture us like the image we were looking at but it was taken a step farther by adding the TV frame.
Context: This is cultural. This was a show during the 70s and 80s that many people still know today. Artists often try to bring back ideas or themes from the past.
Composition: I wanted to capture the alcohol bottles as they were. Many college students display their alcohol bottles where they live. Often they will be placed some where in the kitchen. i wanted to keep everything as natural as possible. Although i tried to get a better angle but it was hard since all of it was above me.
Concept: I think my image is about the brand smirinoff and there many flavors. Most alcohol advertisements normally only have one bottled displayed and i wanted to expand on that and not only have more then one bottle but also have the varieties of the object which in my case is alcohol.
Method: I wanted to actually recreate an advertisement that i saw of a specific brand of alcohol in a magazine but they do so much editing to there images and i did not want that. So when i went to my friends apartment and saw her collection i decided that i would take that picture instead.
Motivations: I like to be different in creating advertisements. I captured what i wanted for the most part. i would have liked to set them up better but that was not possible in the enviroment that i was in.
Context: My work would be considered social. It is all about getting people to buy your product so its appeal needs to be to the general public.
Passport:(Nate)
Composition: I wanted to try and to passport photos like they do at the post office and things like that. So i made sure i had a blank background. I also made sure that i only captured the very top portion of his body. I used a flash. i could not remember whether or not they used a flash when i got my passport photos done but i think they did.
Concept: I wanted to do the typical passport photos. I wanted to show how like drivers license they dont always turn out how people would like them to but instead they are done in a way that is better by government standards.
Method: When trying to decide which prompts i wanted to do i decided my friends nate would be perfect for this prompt so i decided to use him and it turned out to be ture.
Motivations: My goal was to try and get it to look like a passport picture as best that i could.
Context: i would say that this is some what about political or like the government. i guess it could also be anthropological but i am not sure. I mean the purpose of the passport is so that other people can make sure that you are not trying to pose as someone else in order to get into a country or even out.
Yearbook:(Erin)
Composition: In this image i wanted to be able to have my friend erin who has never had senior pictures done have the opportunity. I wanted to let her be free to where what she wanted as well as to poses she would like to do. I even went as far to let her choose where she wanted to do them. Most senior pictures are posed by other people and not the person in the picture. Whereas in my image she choice the pose she wanted.
Concept: My image is about senior pictures and about how they are so important but at the same time really ridiculous. In this country it is something that is some what of a tradition but as years go on people are doing things that are more ridiculous in there images. As well as wearing clothing that they normally would not wear.
Method: I had already knew that my friend had never had senior pictures so when i saw it as one of the prompts i thought i would go ahead and ask her if she wanted to do them. The enviroment was hers as well as the clothing. She chose everything that she wanted to.
Motivations: My goal was to try to do the typical senior pictures that everyone normally do but i wanted it to be a little more free and allow her to choose things.
Context: This is cultural thing. Not all cultures to this but because graduating from high school is important in our society it is usually captured by senior pictures.
TV Still: (Three's Company)
Composition: For this one we were trying to recreate the exact pose that was captured from the TV show Three's Company. We wanted ours to be on a couch as well. I knew that my image would not exactly the same but thats because the clothing and the enviroment has changed since the 1970s.
Concept: When i was trying to think of TV Stills or Movie Stills i was having difficulty trying to decide what images i wanted to do. It was not until my friend says why do you not do one that has three people since there were three of us. So i searched shows and finally came up with threes company.
Method: we were looking at the picture on the computer and trying to get the pose that they had very close. It took us a couple times because of trying to make sure that we were all in the frame. I used a flash for these images. I ended up putting the final image into a TV screen so it relates more to the show. or the fact that it is a TV show.
Motivations: My goal was to try and capture us like the image we were looking at but it was taken a step farther by adding the TV frame.
Context: This is cultural. This was a show during the 70s and 80s that many people still know today. Artists often try to bring back ideas or themes from the past.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Blog #22
A. Series: Brainstorm various ways to make a “series” of photographic images.
The way that i think a way to make a series of photographic images is talking ideas that you have and expanding them a little bit farther in each direction to see what might come of them. You could take the same theme or picture and think how you could tweak it very slightly in many different ways.
B. Final Project: Your final project in this class will be designed by you. If you could tackle any photography project, what would it be? You could combine other media with photography (video, sculpture, drawing) or you could take one of your earlier assignments and expand it to create a larger project. If you are expanding an earlier project or creating an entirely new series of images, shoot for a series of at least 5 images. Describe an idea you have for your final project.
I don't know what i would want to tackle if i could tackle any photography project. I am always wanting to try to capture new things. I am wanting to take one of my photos from the portrait project and create a larger final project from it. I want to be able to take pictures of many different types of people holding my cup like they are drinking from it. In turn showing the face of the cup. I want to somewhat give the people somewhat of a fake emotion where ever they might be. So they might be working and not be happy but the mug would be over there mouth showing a smiley face. Maybe it would start to make people look at there eyes more to see if they can find the emotion in them. I want to get as many images as possible for this final project. I do not want them to be large in size but rather small so that there can be multiple of them.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Project #3 Part 2
Image 1:
Interpretation: Most people do not necessarily get what my picture is. They have a hard time figuring it is a bus. Once they look at it a second time or longer they can usually see what is depicted.
Evaluations: People liked this piece the most. They said that it has could contrast in it as well as good lines. One Person said that normally they do not like things with too many lines but that mine was good even though it has too many lines.
Extension: I think i could use this piece to start photographing many different bus stops. At each bus stop the reflection is going to be a little different as well as what is behind the reflection.
Image 2:
Interpretation: People have no problem interpreting this image. What you see is exactly that. The only problem the have is figuring out or noticing that the black circle is a sculpture that i am standing inside of.
Evaluation: They thought that this one would be better if it was a little larger as well as mounted. Also people thought that maybe i could use more lights and darks.
Extension: I think that it would be cool to try and create a series of these images where you are somewhat looking through something else in order to see a landscape or another object.
Image 3:
Interpretation: They knew that it was a railroad sign but they thought that a little kid might have taken the picture because of the angle that the picture is at. Since we can tell the photographer is obviously below the sign instead of level with the sign.
Evaluation: They said that it would be better if there was more contrast. People thought that it was too much in the middle. Most of the image is the sky which is grey.
Extension: I think it would be interesting to take images of signs from an unusual angle. The angle could change each time depending on the type of sign.
Image 4:
Interpretation: People thought at first that it was a picture that was somewhat badly taken. They did not realize that it was supposed to be a silhoutte. They could tell there were trees , sky and light in it but other than that there was not much detail for them to pick out.
Evaluation: They thought that i could either crop that image or reshoot it. There is too much black and lack of detail on the bottom of the picture. They said that i either should include more sky or just crop it so that some of the black would be taken away. Also they said it could be bigger.
Extension: I think it would be good to capture the tops of trees and buldings and create a composition out of them.
Interpretation: Most people do not necessarily get what my picture is. They have a hard time figuring it is a bus. Once they look at it a second time or longer they can usually see what is depicted.
Evaluations: People liked this piece the most. They said that it has could contrast in it as well as good lines. One Person said that normally they do not like things with too many lines but that mine was good even though it has too many lines.
Extension: I think i could use this piece to start photographing many different bus stops. At each bus stop the reflection is going to be a little different as well as what is behind the reflection.
Image 2:
Interpretation: People have no problem interpreting this image. What you see is exactly that. The only problem the have is figuring out or noticing that the black circle is a sculpture that i am standing inside of.
Evaluation: They thought that this one would be better if it was a little larger as well as mounted. Also people thought that maybe i could use more lights and darks.
Extension: I think that it would be cool to try and create a series of these images where you are somewhat looking through something else in order to see a landscape or another object.
Image 3:
Interpretation: They knew that it was a railroad sign but they thought that a little kid might have taken the picture because of the angle that the picture is at. Since we can tell the photographer is obviously below the sign instead of level with the sign.
Evaluation: They said that it would be better if there was more contrast. People thought that it was too much in the middle. Most of the image is the sky which is grey.
Extension: I think it would be interesting to take images of signs from an unusual angle. The angle could change each time depending on the type of sign.
Image 4:
Interpretation: People thought at first that it was a picture that was somewhat badly taken. They did not realize that it was supposed to be a silhoutte. They could tell there were trees , sky and light in it but other than that there was not much detail for them to pick out.
Evaluation: They thought that i could either crop that image or reshoot it. There is too much black and lack of detail on the bottom of the picture. They said that i either should include more sky or just crop it so that some of the black would be taken away. Also they said it could be bigger.
Extension: I think it would be good to capture the tops of trees and buldings and create a composition out of them.
Project #3 Part 1
Image 1(bust stop):
Composition: I wanted to be able to keep a little part of the bus stop in the frame but have most of it as the reflection of the bus stop. The composition is somewhat tilted to create a greater illusion. The lighting is during the late after noon. Which was the perfect time to get the best reflection of the bus stop.
Concept: My image is about a bus stop that is somewhat abstracted so that when you first look at it you might not be able to tell what it is. There are a lot of angles and lines in my composition which makes it difficult to be able to determine which way you are supposed to look at it.
Method: Well i first took the image on my camera phone one day and i liked it so much that i wanted to recreate it for my project. I had to make sure i went back to the same bus stop at approx same time as when i took it with my cell phone. i tried many different angles as well as different amount of reflection that were in the frame.
Motivations: My motivation for this piece was trying to recreate the image that i took on my phone. I wanted to be able to better capture what i was looking at while waiting for the bus.
Context: I don't think that my work relates to an artist but i might be wrong. I feel my piece brings a different view to bus stops. Most people don't look at bus stops as beautiful, but i feel my photograph does capture the beauty of a bus stop.
Image 2(Circle with trees)"
Composition: In this piece i was trying to capture nature area within a given structure. I had to stand inside this sculpture in a specific spot in order to get the image that i want.
Concept: I think my image is about viewing a scenery through something else or through someone's eyes.
Method: I was walking back to my dorm when i thought it would be an interesting picture but i thought it did not fit one the prompts that we were given. It was not until i talked with the teacher and realized i could use it for the one prompt. So i went back to the structure and took more pictures. I had to position myself a certain way in order to get the outline of the circle.
Motivations: I was walking down bogue and i pass this structure all the time and never take pictures of it so i finally wanted to take a picture of it but not a typical picture so i took one that was a little different. Since it does not incompass the whole sculpture.
Context: I think that my piece is somewhat cultural because this structure is seen by everyone that walks by or goes into wharton.
Image 3(Railroad sign):
Composition: I wanted to be able to capture the railroad in an unusal angle. So i lowered my camera some and tilted it up at the sign. This creates a different space around the sign compared to the shots that were straight on.
Concept: This image was one from my set of railroad tracks. My concept for the piece was to capture things in somewhat a different view then we normally see it in.
Method: I mainly went to the railroad tracks to take photos of the rails but then when i was done with that i decided to take a picture of the sign and i decided at that moment that i did not want to take it straight on. I kind of just snapped a couple of pictures and then went on my way.
Motivations: I am always crossing the railroad tracks to get my car so that was my motivation to take the pictures of it.
Context: I feel like this work is somewhat historical because when trains first came about people were always taking picture of them. Now and days it does not seem like many people even notice them. Hence why i decided to take pictures of it.
Image 4(Silhoutte):
Composition: With this image i wanted to capture the outline of the trees as well as the sculpture and other items that were in the courtyard. i wanted to try to incorporate as much stuff as possible so that i would not be too much details to worry about.
Concept: My concept was not focusing on the details of the object but instead the greater skem of it. I think that i achieved this as best that i could.
Method: This again was one of those images where i saw the scene and i really wanted to capture it because i thought it was interesting.
Motivation: Was to capture what i saw the best that i could when i saw it.
Context: This could be somewhat a social piece. maybe historical. The sculpture that is in my piece people do not like that much. The reason for them no liking it is because it was placed in the courtyard where people hang out and play games. The sculpture has been vandalized a few times since it has been up but i would have to say i like the sculpture but not where it is placed.
Composition: I wanted to be able to keep a little part of the bus stop in the frame but have most of it as the reflection of the bus stop. The composition is somewhat tilted to create a greater illusion. The lighting is during the late after noon. Which was the perfect time to get the best reflection of the bus stop.
Concept: My image is about a bus stop that is somewhat abstracted so that when you first look at it you might not be able to tell what it is. There are a lot of angles and lines in my composition which makes it difficult to be able to determine which way you are supposed to look at it.
Method: Well i first took the image on my camera phone one day and i liked it so much that i wanted to recreate it for my project. I had to make sure i went back to the same bus stop at approx same time as when i took it with my cell phone. i tried many different angles as well as different amount of reflection that were in the frame.
Motivations: My motivation for this piece was trying to recreate the image that i took on my phone. I wanted to be able to better capture what i was looking at while waiting for the bus.
Context: I don't think that my work relates to an artist but i might be wrong. I feel my piece brings a different view to bus stops. Most people don't look at bus stops as beautiful, but i feel my photograph does capture the beauty of a bus stop.
Image 2(Circle with trees)"
Composition: In this piece i was trying to capture nature area within a given structure. I had to stand inside this sculpture in a specific spot in order to get the image that i want.
Concept: I think my image is about viewing a scenery through something else or through someone's eyes.
Method: I was walking back to my dorm when i thought it would be an interesting picture but i thought it did not fit one the prompts that we were given. It was not until i talked with the teacher and realized i could use it for the one prompt. So i went back to the structure and took more pictures. I had to position myself a certain way in order to get the outline of the circle.
Motivations: I was walking down bogue and i pass this structure all the time and never take pictures of it so i finally wanted to take a picture of it but not a typical picture so i took one that was a little different. Since it does not incompass the whole sculpture.
Context: I think that my piece is somewhat cultural because this structure is seen by everyone that walks by or goes into wharton.
Image 3(Railroad sign):
Composition: I wanted to be able to capture the railroad in an unusal angle. So i lowered my camera some and tilted it up at the sign. This creates a different space around the sign compared to the shots that were straight on.
Concept: This image was one from my set of railroad tracks. My concept for the piece was to capture things in somewhat a different view then we normally see it in.
Method: I mainly went to the railroad tracks to take photos of the rails but then when i was done with that i decided to take a picture of the sign and i decided at that moment that i did not want to take it straight on. I kind of just snapped a couple of pictures and then went on my way.
Motivations: I am always crossing the railroad tracks to get my car so that was my motivation to take the pictures of it.
Context: I feel like this work is somewhat historical because when trains first came about people were always taking picture of them. Now and days it does not seem like many people even notice them. Hence why i decided to take pictures of it.
Image 4(Silhoutte):
Composition: With this image i wanted to capture the outline of the trees as well as the sculpture and other items that were in the courtyard. i wanted to try to incorporate as much stuff as possible so that i would not be too much details to worry about.
Concept: My concept was not focusing on the details of the object but instead the greater skem of it. I think that i achieved this as best that i could.
Method: This again was one of those images where i saw the scene and i really wanted to capture it because i thought it was interesting.
Motivation: Was to capture what i saw the best that i could when i saw it.
Context: This could be somewhat a social piece. maybe historical. The sculpture that is in my piece people do not like that much. The reason for them no liking it is because it was placed in the courtyard where people hang out and play games. The sculpture has been vandalized a few times since it has been up but i would have to say i like the sculpture but not where it is placed.
Blog#20
- Describe some common aesthetic aspects of “news”-related photographs. -Well often times they are black and white if they are printed in the newspaper. The generally convey some sort of emotion to the audience. That's how we get people to feel what the people might be feeling in the event that is being depicted.
- Describe some common aesthetic aspects of “snapshots”. - Snapshots are always great because they are candid and that always captures things that otherwise not be captured. at the same time you often have to take multiple because they might be blurry.
- Describe some common aesthetic aspects of advertisement photographs. Fashion photography? Product photography? - They normally are things that are easy to look at. Or things that people want to look at. With advertisements they generally appeal to the customer in order to get the customer to buy whatever they are advertising.
- Describe some common aesthetic aspects of film or movie stills. - it makes it so that a moment in the film that is a very good scene can be captured. I feel that having film stills is very important so that we can document certain aspects of a movie.
Recreation #4
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Blog #19
Can you think of anything that:
1) should not be photographed? Why?
I don't think there is anything that could not be photographed. I think that someone out there would say that an object could be captured and another person could say that the same object cannot be captured.
2) cannot be photographed? Why?
I think that we things become very dark it makes it more difficult to photograph. also places that might be dangerous to travel to might become more of a challenge to photograph and therefore cannot be photographed.
and
3) you do not want to photograph? Why?
I dont think that i could say right now that there is anything i that i would not want to photograph. I mean i would say my point of view might be to photograph something once before i would say that i would not want to photograph it. I kind of like the saying try something once before you say you dont like it and i believe that it applies here to this situation.
1) should not be photographed? Why?
I don't think there is anything that could not be photographed. I think that someone out there would say that an object could be captured and another person could say that the same object cannot be captured.
2) cannot be photographed? Why?
I think that we things become very dark it makes it more difficult to photograph. also places that might be dangerous to travel to might become more of a challenge to photograph and therefore cannot be photographed.
and
3) you do not want to photograph? Why?
I dont think that i could say right now that there is anything i that i would not want to photograph. I mean i would say my point of view might be to photograph something once before i would say that i would not want to photograph it. I kind of like the saying try something once before you say you dont like it and i believe that it applies here to this situation.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Artist Research 2
Camille Vivier
born in Paris in 1977
She originally starting taking photographs by chace. She works/worked for magazines since that is what happened to come her way. She chooses a subject knowing that it is going to enrich her life in some way. I chose the piece above from her collection because i play the violin. This photograph is interesting to me because you do not typically see a violin in the sand on a beach. I also like that the background is blurry while the vilin itself is very crisp. also you would not nornally see beaded jewelry on a vioin. It makes you wonder why she placed it where it is and why she placed the beads on it.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Blog #16-18
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” Duane Michals
I think that this is basically saying that it is very easy just to capture a person as is but, it is more difficult to convey an emotion through that image. Showing that someone is provocative might be something that is a little bit more difficult to do.
“I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.” Duane Michals
I feel that the imagination is very important and i feel this quote is somewhat saying. The things that you cannot see are often more important than the things you can see. At the same time this is when you can take for granite something that you always see verses something that you either cant see or normally see.
“Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer—and often the supreme disappointment.” ~Ansel Adams
I think that this means it is very difficult to capture landscapes and when you do so it shows that you are a true photographer. Landscapes are often difficult to capture in a way that has not been done before so that creates more of a challenge.
“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.” Arnold Newman
Photographs are real but fake at the same time. i understand that they only capture moments in time but at the same time it is not always going to be true to what the picture shows. It becomes a way for us to convey how we feel about our reality.
“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.” Berenice Abbott
I think that this is kind of a contradiction because photography is technically in the present but once it has been captured it then becomes in the past. so it is only in the present for a split second and then it just becomes another part of the past.
Project #2 Part 2
Picture of my sister with the mug:
Interpretation: People thought that it was kind of the caught in the act photo. At the same time they did not think it was intentional. Some people felt though it has a querky feel to it. With this piece i was trying to capture her personality and i tried to capture that and i think that people get somewhat a sense of her personality from this picture.
Evaluation: Lighter background would work better. Also if the contrast was increased that would help the background out. Maybe using a back light instead or in addition to the lights that were used.
Extension: Maybe capturing people you would not expect to see with a smiley mug holding the mug.
Film Still:
Interpretation: Dance Studio feel. The position of her sitting on the window ledge as well as her hair and legs makes it seem like she is a dancer. This might be an accurate interpretation of the film still but i do not know what movie the film still came from so i am not sure.
Evaluation: Good Contrast. good lights and darks. window has good exposure. part of window blown out add just the right amount. background is good as well especially with the walls angling in on the subject.
Extension: Lines and people. Silhouttes. exposure pieces. Maybe day dreaming pictures since she is looking out the window. maybe working more with the movie aspect.
Film Still Close Up:
Interpretation: Good next to the previous piece but kind of hard to interpret by itself. Get more of an understanding from it when it is next to the piece that is a view farther out.
Evaluation: Like i said in the interpretation, people thought this piece was not as successful by itself. The details in the background or lack of details kind of takes away from the piece.
Extension: This piece could go along with the following piece as far as ideas that could be done.
Flowers attacking sister:
Interpretation: Looks like she is being attacked. Interesting that the background and flowers are similar. Blurred. Good illusion. Blending into the background makes her head seem a little distorted. Somewhat of a hippie vibe.
Evaluation: Could increase contrast a little bit more in the piece. Other than that seems to be balanced somewhat in composition. The textures that the background and flowers create is very intriguing.
Extension: This could be a jumping off point for people being attacked by things you might not expect like fake flowers. Maybe even creating distorted heads would be another.
Interpretation: People thought that it was kind of the caught in the act photo. At the same time they did not think it was intentional. Some people felt though it has a querky feel to it. With this piece i was trying to capture her personality and i tried to capture that and i think that people get somewhat a sense of her personality from this picture.
Evaluation: Lighter background would work better. Also if the contrast was increased that would help the background out. Maybe using a back light instead or in addition to the lights that were used.
Extension: Maybe capturing people you would not expect to see with a smiley mug holding the mug.
Film Still:
Interpretation: Dance Studio feel. The position of her sitting on the window ledge as well as her hair and legs makes it seem like she is a dancer. This might be an accurate interpretation of the film still but i do not know what movie the film still came from so i am not sure.
Evaluation: Good Contrast. good lights and darks. window has good exposure. part of window blown out add just the right amount. background is good as well especially with the walls angling in on the subject.
Extension: Lines and people. Silhouttes. exposure pieces. Maybe day dreaming pictures since she is looking out the window. maybe working more with the movie aspect.
Film Still Close Up:
Interpretation: Good next to the previous piece but kind of hard to interpret by itself. Get more of an understanding from it when it is next to the piece that is a view farther out.
Evaluation: Like i said in the interpretation, people thought this piece was not as successful by itself. The details in the background or lack of details kind of takes away from the piece.
Extension: This piece could go along with the following piece as far as ideas that could be done.
Flowers attacking sister:
Interpretation: Looks like she is being attacked. Interesting that the background and flowers are similar. Blurred. Good illusion. Blending into the background makes her head seem a little distorted. Somewhat of a hippie vibe.
Evaluation: Could increase contrast a little bit more in the piece. Other than that seems to be balanced somewhat in composition. The textures that the background and flowers create is very intriguing.
Extension: This could be a jumping off point for people being attacked by things you might not expect like fake flowers. Maybe even creating distorted heads would be another.
Blogs #11-15
#11____Memory of a Place: Try to imagine a place from your past. Do you have pictures of this place? Describe this place as you remember it. What might a photograph look like of this place if you were to go back and photograph it? What would it look like in the past? What would it look like to you today? Where are you standing in this place? What other items are in this place? What colors do you see? Are there other people or are you alone? Make a “written photograph” of this place using words/description.
The place that i am coming up with is the old house that i lived in. I lived in this house for most of my childhood. We rented this house since we could not afford our own. Given that it was some what of a bad house. It was a very old house from the early 20th century if not older and it was starting to fall apart when we were living in it. It is a red house with panels along all of it. It had a front porch. The front yard was very small but the backyard was very long. My old house was located on a street called La Prairie. This always made me laugh because of the show, The little House on La Prairie. I always like that's my house. Since we moved out it has some what been fixed up a little bit since they wanted it to still be rented out to people. For the most part it still looks the same as it did besides things on the porch that now belong to the current renters/owners. Most pictures i have of the house are the house by itself.
#12____Memory of a Photograph: Which photograph from your past do you remember most? Describe this photograph. Describe how it makes you feel when you remember/think about this photograph. How have you changed? How has the place in this photograph changed? What would a reenactment of this photograph look like? Would you act or look differently if you reenacted this scene today?
The photograph that i remember from my past the most would be the one of me holding a Kola Bear. I went to New Zealand and Australia a few years back and was given the opportunity to hold a kola bear. Before we went to the zoo our leaders told us that we should wear something bright that day so that it would be easier to see the kola in the photographs. The day that we went to the zoo i wore a bright colorful tie dyed shirt. This picture is such a great picture. Everything is so crisp because the kola bear's Grey fur against my bright shirt created a great contrast. When i think of this picture it makes me happy and reflect on my time over there. I don't know how much this place has changed since i am not really able to go back. If i did a reenacted picture to this picture i might just use a stuffed animal since it is hard to find places that will allow you to hold so to speak wild animals.
Human interaction with nature and the physical land does not seem to happen that often to me. I feel that people just tend to go about there business and forget about all the nature that is surrounding them. I did occasionally see people bathing out on the grass or maybe sitting by the river but other then that people do not seem to interact with nature. I am the type of person that likes to collect leaves especially during the fall. I am thinking about doing a piece that incorporates leaves on the ground creating and image or something like that.
#14____Unknown vs. Familiar Space: When photography was invented, it became a way to document and reveal the specific aspects of both familiar and faraway places. Imagine a familiar place. Imagine a faraway place. How would you use photographs to convey the difference? Can you imagine any places that have been “touched” very little by humans? How might you photograph them?
A familiar place would be my house that i live in currently. A place faraway would be were i spend a lot of my time on vacation which is Virginia. I would use photographs of the places i go there and the places that i go to here in order to convey a difference. Places that may have been barley touched by humans would be hard to find. I think you would photograph them in a different perspective compared to everything else.
#15____In-Camera Collage: Collage brings together two or more items that were previously separate. The resulting piece usually visually references the fact that they were once separate entities. Imagine an important place in your past. Imagine an important place in your present. Imagine who you were in both of these past and present places. Describe how you might use a slow shutter speed and/or double exposure to capture two moments in one image that tell a new narrative about these important places and how they relate to who you are and were.
An importance place in my past would be when i was playing my violin and i was originally a music major. Now i am an art major so i am always working on art now instead of working on my music. If i was going to combine the two of them it would be two images. One showing me who i was and kind of still am and one that would show who i am now. i would try to find a way to overlap them in a certain way if possible.
The place that i am coming up with is the old house that i lived in. I lived in this house for most of my childhood. We rented this house since we could not afford our own. Given that it was some what of a bad house. It was a very old house from the early 20th century if not older and it was starting to fall apart when we were living in it. It is a red house with panels along all of it. It had a front porch. The front yard was very small but the backyard was very long. My old house was located on a street called La Prairie. This always made me laugh because of the show, The little House on La Prairie. I always like that's my house. Since we moved out it has some what been fixed up a little bit since they wanted it to still be rented out to people. For the most part it still looks the same as it did besides things on the porch that now belong to the current renters/owners. Most pictures i have of the house are the house by itself.
#12____Memory of a Photograph: Which photograph from your past do you remember most? Describe this photograph. Describe how it makes you feel when you remember/think about this photograph. How have you changed? How has the place in this photograph changed? What would a reenactment of this photograph look like? Would you act or look differently if you reenacted this scene today?
The photograph that i remember from my past the most would be the one of me holding a Kola Bear. I went to New Zealand and Australia a few years back and was given the opportunity to hold a kola bear. Before we went to the zoo our leaders told us that we should wear something bright that day so that it would be easier to see the kola in the photographs. The day that we went to the zoo i wore a bright colorful tie dyed shirt. This picture is such a great picture. Everything is so crisp because the kola bear's Grey fur against my bright shirt created a great contrast. When i think of this picture it makes me happy and reflect on my time over there. I don't know how much this place has changed since i am not really able to go back. If i did a reenacted picture to this picture i might just use a stuffed animal since it is hard to find places that will allow you to hold so to speak wild animals.
#13____Human-Made Space: In the past, photographers who were interested in how humans impacted the natural landscape grouped together to form the New Topographics. “"New Topographics" signaled the emergence of a new photographic approach to landscape: romanticization gave way to cooler appraisal, focused on the everyday built environment and more attuned to conceptual concerns of the broader art field.” http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibTopo.aspx
In addition, at the same time in history artists created (and still do create) “land art” in which they use materials found in the landscape to make sculptures that remain in the landscape. Many of these works now only exist as video recordings and photographic documents.
Human interaction with nature and the physical land does not seem to happen that often to me. I feel that people just tend to go about there business and forget about all the nature that is surrounding them. I did occasionally see people bathing out on the grass or maybe sitting by the river but other then that people do not seem to interact with nature. I am the type of person that likes to collect leaves especially during the fall. I am thinking about doing a piece that incorporates leaves on the ground creating and image or something like that.
#14____Unknown vs. Familiar Space: When photography was invented, it became a way to document and reveal the specific aspects of both familiar and faraway places. Imagine a familiar place. Imagine a faraway place. How would you use photographs to convey the difference? Can you imagine any places that have been “touched” very little by humans? How might you photograph them?
A familiar place would be my house that i live in currently. A place faraway would be were i spend a lot of my time on vacation which is Virginia. I would use photographs of the places i go there and the places that i go to here in order to convey a difference. Places that may have been barley touched by humans would be hard to find. I think you would photograph them in a different perspective compared to everything else.
#15____In-Camera Collage: Collage brings together two or more items that were previously separate. The resulting piece usually visually references the fact that they were once separate entities. Imagine an important place in your past. Imagine an important place in your present. Imagine who you were in both of these past and present places. Describe how you might use a slow shutter speed and/or double exposure to capture two moments in one image that tell a new narrative about these important places and how they relate to who you are and were.
An importance place in my past would be when i was playing my violin and i was originally a music major. Now i am an art major so i am always working on art now instead of working on my music. If i was going to combine the two of them it would be two images. One showing me who i was and kind of still am and one that would show who i am now. i would try to find a way to overlap them in a certain way if possible.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
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