I really appreciated all of the images that were chosen for this presentation, I think they are wonderful examples of how motion can be captured by using the photographic process. It is interesting that you can look at an image that was created by Muybridge or Marey over a hundred years ago, when photography was in it's infancy, and see how they did what some contemporary photographers are trying to do today. Capturing the motion that is occurring in an image can be a daunting task at times, some people get very frustrated by unwanted motion and dispense it as an exposure problem, others attempt to purposely do it and have absolutely no success at all. I personally enjoy images that have had motion intentionally added to them, especially when they are done well and aren't too gimmicky, taking an image that would otherwise be completely static and making it appear to be almost animated can be a really effective aesthetic or compositional choice.
I completely agree with the description on the seamonkey site; that when blurred motion or stop motion is used in a photograph that it can serve as an aide for creative interpretation. The juxtaposition that is created is quite powerful and it definitely helps the viewer to "pull more than just aesthetics from the work, but and understanding of the meaning." I am really excited to see the final images, I'm sure they will be very dynamic.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Abandonment: Potential in the Ruins
Kim-
I believe that you have a really good subject to work with, I have always found abandonment to be a fascinating subject; how can someone or people just up and leave a person or place and not give consideration or understand the impact that it's going to have on that person or place. I believe that you are fortunate to have our great city of Detroit at your access for this project because it is an excellent example of abandonment. Having personally spent a great deal of time in the city, I have seen the abandonment first hand and am astonished that such a once amazing city can be in complete ruins. When people or places are abandoned they always have the appearance of emptiness and convey sadness because we know that there was once life there and Detroit is a perfect place to document those emotions. I agree with you and think that it is very important to not just skim over the matter, paying attention to the elements that are often overlooked is what people need to think about and I'm looking forward to seeing how you address it. A lot of people think that Detroit is a lost cause because of the condition it's in now, however it's projects like this that can bring things to light and restore some hope for the city.
I believe that you have a really good subject to work with, I have always found abandonment to be a fascinating subject; how can someone or people just up and leave a person or place and not give consideration or understand the impact that it's going to have on that person or place. I believe that you are fortunate to have our great city of Detroit at your access for this project because it is an excellent example of abandonment. Having personally spent a great deal of time in the city, I have seen the abandonment first hand and am astonished that such a once amazing city can be in complete ruins. When people or places are abandoned they always have the appearance of emptiness and convey sadness because we know that there was once life there and Detroit is a perfect place to document those emotions. I agree with you and think that it is very important to not just skim over the matter, paying attention to the elements that are often overlooked is what people need to think about and I'm looking forward to seeing how you address it. A lot of people think that Detroit is a lost cause because of the condition it's in now, however it's projects like this that can bring things to light and restore some hope for the city.
Friday, January 20, 2012
artist presentation
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| Kumi Yamashita question mark, 2003 |
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| Chinese shadow puppets shadow puppetry originated in the Han dynasty to help console an emperor mourning a lost concubine. The performers brought the image of his beloved back to life with two elements: leather shapes and light! |
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| http://www.timnobleandsuewebster.com/ Tim Nobel & Sue Webster HE/SHE, (Diptych) 2004 He: 96x148x185cm She: 100x186x144cm |
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| Norman Rockwell Shadow Artist cover of country gentleman magazine. 1920, oil on canvas collection of George Lucas Smithsonian art museumhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128360139 |
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Personal Style & Personal Traits: the Reality of Identity.
Alexandra,
I think you're off to a good start and your choice of topic is something that you can truly find a lot of references and information on in order to help you develop your project. Fashion is and probably always will be something that people use to identify themselves with; even though all of it is borrowed from somewhere or someone else, in some way. I think that people use fashion as an identifier all the time, it has always been a cliche that you can tell a lot about people by how they dress. However, I personally believe that to be an untrue statement. People are just like books; you can never judge them by the way they are covered. When I was younger, I was always very conscientious about my clothing and the way that I looked when I went out into public, or anywhere for that matter, because I was always concerned that if I didn't present myself in a certain fashion that some people (the people I was trying to impress or belong with) wouldn't take me seriously or would think I had bad taste; obviously, I cancelled my subscription to that years ago. I think that the fact that fashion is such a media based and driven form of representation is the problem, as you pointed out on your page people look to movie stars, pop stars, magazines, web pages... for their identity because they think that if they emulate those people or what they see looks good on others that people will think they have the same characteristics.
I'm curious to know if this is something that troubles you about yourself or if it is something that you recognize in others and it bothers you or raises questions about the validity of their choices.
I think you're off to a good start and your choice of topic is something that you can truly find a lot of references and information on in order to help you develop your project. Fashion is and probably always will be something that people use to identify themselves with; even though all of it is borrowed from somewhere or someone else, in some way. I think that people use fashion as an identifier all the time, it has always been a cliche that you can tell a lot about people by how they dress. However, I personally believe that to be an untrue statement. People are just like books; you can never judge them by the way they are covered. When I was younger, I was always very conscientious about my clothing and the way that I looked when I went out into public, or anywhere for that matter, because I was always concerned that if I didn't present myself in a certain fashion that some people (the people I was trying to impress or belong with) wouldn't take me seriously or would think I had bad taste; obviously, I cancelled my subscription to that years ago. I think that the fact that fashion is such a media based and driven form of representation is the problem, as you pointed out on your page people look to movie stars, pop stars, magazines, web pages... for their identity because they think that if they emulate those people or what they see looks good on others that people will think they have the same characteristics.
I'm curious to know if this is something that troubles you about yourself or if it is something that you recognize in others and it bothers you or raises questions about the validity of their choices.
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