Monthly Archives: December 2013
Beauty in Decay-Photos of Detroit
I really like these photographs. They were beautifully cropped and framed. There are two sides of beauty in each of the photographs. First and most obvious was the placement of the photograph. The skills used to create such imagery is excellent. … Continue reading
Walker Evans’s Subway Portraits
Seeing Walker Evans’s photos of the subways during the depression share similarities with today’s train riders is almost uncanny; seeing as both times had nothing for the rider to do except read the newspaper or a book. In both eras, … Continue reading
The 2013 Year of Photography
The second photograph stood out to me the most. There are so much emotion within the photograph. It is sad to see the corpse of the dead. In this photograph the dead couple held onto each other dearly. What strike … Continue reading
The Art of Food Photography
I think food photography has already implant itself in our everyday life. Whenever we have food on the table, someone would pull out his or her cellphone or camera and capture an image. It is almost second nature for this … Continue reading
Robert Capa and the Greatest War Photograph
Yes I think the argument was convincing. The part about the left hand closing was enough fact for me to believe the photograph was real. It is human nature for the body to adjust itself to protect the person. So … Continue reading
Is Arne Svenson’s Neighbors series an Invasion of Privacy?
I think the series of photograph in Arne Svenson’s Neighbors was very interesting. The photographs themselves feel very abstract in a way. I can see the division within the frame. The placement of subject in space worked beautifully. As far … Continue reading
The Art of Food Photography
Food. Who doesn’t have an involvement with food. We love it. We may hate it but we have to consume it to stay nourish. Some people even eat food in a sit down restaurant to pass time. This is our … Continue reading
Is Arne Svenson’s Neighbors series an Invasion of Privacy?
I find Arne Svenson’s photographs to be somewhat interesting; it displays everyday life which is something that many people like seeing as everyone can relate to one another in some shape or form. However I believe that this may be … Continue reading
Walker Evans’ Subway Portraits
Walker Evan’s Subway portraits clearly highlighted the day-in-the-life of an average subway rider. These portraits clearly showed how not everyone was happy during these times. Especially since this was post-Depression era and the side effects of this tumultuous period still … Continue reading
2013 in a Photo-Istanbul
Even though this was the photo which was on the front of the assignment page, I figure that this photo applies to multiple events which occurred in 2013. 2013 was the year of social protest and people standing up for … Continue reading
