Monthly Archives: October 2012
Documenting Religion
Religion will always be a delicate issue to discuss and especially to document and photograph. It has been the main reason for so many wars and bloodshed in the 20th century. Isn’t god suppose to unify people and promote peace … Continue reading
Evans’ Subway Portraits
After reading the New York Time article, my opinion on Evan’s approach to photography is to capture people’s emotions while riding the subway. As he said in the article “He wanted to do nothing but look at the people”. It … Continue reading
Spiritual Photography
It is difficult (if possible at all) to know for sure what goal Holland Day was trying to achieve, when he made his famous “Crucifix with Roman Soldiers”. Was it an allusion to high art? Or maybe it was an … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Documenting Brooklyn Vodou
In class, we briefly touched on the beginnings of spiritualist photography. The contemporary photographer Shannon Taggart has photographed the world’s largest Spiritualist community in western New York. Her photographic projects seem to focus on alternative types of religious experience. Taggart’s … Continue reading
REMINDER: Midterm on Tuesday Oct 16th at 10 AM
This post is to remind you that our midterm is on Tuesday, October 16th at 10 AM SHARP. Please ARRIVE ON TIME (come early!) because we will begin with the slide identification section and if you miss it, there will … Continue reading
Can an App be Art?
Nowadays anything can be art! In museums, one kind of color on a firm is consider a master piece. So if the is called art why can an app be art! An app can be art, it is just the matter of how the … Continue reading
Can App Be An Art?
Can app be an art? Nowadays, I feel like anything can be an art. If you would’ve asked me this question 10 years ago, I would have said there is no way an app on an electronic device can be … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Old Processes, New Advertising
Well, there are a couple of reasons why today people are returning back to “wet-plate collodion.” According to the sources (video ad and newspaper article) the quality behind this technique is unique and cannot be compared with today’s smart phones … Continue reading
RE: Can an app be art ?
This questioning of art reminds me of what we learned at the beginning of the semester; where in the mid 1800’s photography as a form of art was being questioned. Look how far we’ve come and now question mediums of … Continue reading
True Human Nature
When i walk in the subway i notice that i have spare time all of a sudden due to the fact that i no longer have control of my time. I soon notice that i’m not alone and that everybody … Continue reading
