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Documenting Brooklyn Vodou
Spiritual Photography is basically attempting to capture the images of ghost and other things having spiritual characteristics. Shannon Taggart, a contemporary photographer, did a photo series in which she focused on different types of religious experiences. On of these experiences … Continue reading
Photo vs Movie
Early cinematography certainly had a good footing with the help of the early photography. Judging from the way camera was used, cinematography was considered to be just an extension to the photography, and not a distinct enterprise it is today. … Continue reading
Discussion Topic: Documenting Brooklyn Vodou
The F. Holland Day photo of the Crucifixion with Roman Soldiers is a photo that I particularly as a Christian did not like because that photo to me did seem a bit intrusive to Christianity. The reason I see that … Continue reading
Walker Evans’ Subway Portraits Response
I think Evans’ approach was very effective and successful as it can clearly be seen in the photos he took. It shows the raw emotion of everyday subway riders that are being transported from point A to point B. Riding … Continue reading
Walker Evan’s Subway Portraits
I feel like Evan’s idea to secretly take pictures of subway passengers was great. Taking photos of people when they are not noticing and not acting nor posing for the shot makes the photo more real. He got to capture … Continue reading
Basement Vodou
Documenting a religious experience can be possible, and this is nothing new to us because we’ve seen in photographs (“Crucifix with the Roman Soldier, 1896 by Holland Day). Â I think that one of the reasons of documenting religious photographs is … Continue reading
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
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
