So of course every photographer shoots within a certain historical context, which ultimately affects their work and how it is received. That seems fairly obvious. However, it was still shocking for me to read about photographer Leni Riefenstahl’s close relationship with Hitler and her influence in Nazi propaganda. Even more fascinating to me was the … More Olympians, Nazis, and Divers
Annie Leibovitz’s photography intrigues me inexplicably. The Disney photographs in particular really caught my attention. Disney movies have such a nostalgic childhood connection that mostly everyone associates with. It’s that staple of youth that persists even to this day, and through which people create fun, happy bonds of intimacy and shared experience. Annie Leibovitz enhances … More In Search of Prince Charming
So first things first… the animation collaboration process proved to be more difficult in action than in theory. My music partner was extremely flexible though which was helpful, especially when I had no idea what direction to go in. It did not necessarily seem like a collaboration though. He left the visuals completely up to … More Thoughts on Animation and Portrait
Peter Turnley’s “The Unseen Gulf War”: http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0212/pt_intro.html When I was browsing through various photographers in search of a Gleaning topic, I randomly clicked on Peter Turnley’s general site. Browsing through his work, I was struck by his open and often dramatacized portrayal of people in many different contexts and emotional states. Intrigued, I googled his … More War Photography: Questions and Comments
I have personally never heard of lomography before but am amazed at this cult following of a particular photographic style. It seems almost like a communist ploy by the Soviets and pure marketing strategy to derive a profit. But whatever it was it the beginning, it worked enough to prompt a popular photographic movement. Judging … More Lomography: “Don’t think, just shoot”
Errol Morris’ article raises several questions on the ideology around photography and the moral and ethical issues within this ideology. What we believe to be false depends on what we believe to be true. According to Hany Fanid, a photograph supplies visual information that the human brain processes differently than textual information. Because of this, … More Photography as a Weapon? Issues of photojournalism
“It’s not simply right or wrong, it’s a whole new way of thinking”- Edward Burtynsky This quote stood out to me the most when watching Jennifer Baichwal’s film, Manufactured Landscapes. Burtynsky’s photographs presented visual evidence of the remains and waste of our consumer culture which have become a consuming and prominent landscape itself. Like Baichwal … More A new way of thinking
This project was an extremely fun and rewarding photographic excursion that also culminated in a satisfying mastery of photoshop dodging techniques. I was really bummed about not being able to make it to Kent Island. Seeing the photographs of my classmates from that weekend only increased my regret for opting out of an incredible experience. … More thoughts on final landscape
Reading about Pascal Dangin’s work made me mildly uncomfortable considering the current issues surrounding body image and health. If the retouching of fashion photography is positioned as subjective manipulation by an artist, then it should not be so controversial. I see no problem in warping “reality” during and after a picture is taken. However, the … More pixel perfect response
How does one approach landscape? Looking at other photographers interpretation of this subject makes me believe there are numerous approaches. I asked my friends what they would photograph as a landscape and the responses were very typical: “flowers”, “mountains”, “waterfall”, “meadow”. However, browsing the work of Arno Minkinnen and Ray Metzker, a different type of … More defining the undefinable
Kirsten Captures 