Blog #5-7

#5 Give your thoughts on one or both of the following quotes.
“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.” ~Edward Steichen



“I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.” ~Mary Ellen Mark




As far as the second quote i feel like i would want the people i am photographing to know why i am taking it. If the person chooses to not know why i am photographing them i guest that it there choice but otherwise i would tell them. I dont think that i am taking some of their soul but rather maybe capturing there soul.
 
#6 In your opinion, when is it beneficial, ethical, or appropriate to digitally alter photographic portraits? When do you think it is inappropriate or ethically wrong?
i think that it is ethically ok to altar a photograph to any degree as long as you have that persons permission to do so. I mean that is if you are using people in your photographs. I do not think that it is okay for you to alter a piece without there permission becuase they might not be okay with it.


#7 Pay close attention to the types and number of photographic portraits you see in one day. Where did you see them? How do you think that the content of the portrait changes based on the context in which you see the image (news, facebook, magazine, advertisement, television, youtube, etc)? In other words, what is the difference between the portraits you see on facebook vs. those on the news? What is the difference between the “viewpoint” of the photographer in each situation? What is the difference between their “intents”?

Most of the photographic pictures i see in a day are either on facebook or the ones that are around my room. I think that portraits in the newspapers are not always depicting things how they are. I feel that images that are on facebook might be more realistic of the persons personality or something like that. I think that the intents are very different yet at the same time similar. Newspapers try to capture things in a way that will connect to people who see it. whereas facebook pictures are often just taken as a way to capture a memory. i mean newspapers do that to but they are more set up compared to pictures put onto facebook.