Author Archives: Freddy Castro
Beauty in Decay-Photos of Detroit
It’s difficult seeing the pictures of the once stable city of Detroit. Now Detroit is in bankruptcy and in a state of decay. The photographs captured what Detroit was before it all went down hill. It had what many other … Continue reading
The 2013 Year in Photography
The photo I liked the most was the one by John Tlumacki during the day of the Boston Marathon bombing. It shows the tragic even that took pace during that day and just how quickly the police and emts, and … Continue reading
Robert Capa and the Greatest War Photograph
To me, it seems that Robert Capa’s photo of a falling soldier may be faked. The one thing I noticed immediately was the fact that there were no other soldier with him and how he did not seem to wear … Continue reading
Arne Svenson’s Neighbors Series
I think Arne Svenson had no right to photograph his neighbors without proper consent first. His photographs are a violation of their privacy and he should have been found guilty of whatever charges the neighbors filed on him. Although people … 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
Photography and Special Effects in Early Film
The film “A Trip to the Moon,” has definitely aged quite a bit with its early use of props, actors, and use of settings. All of these are still used by modern day films along with the use of jump … Continue reading
Selfies an Art?
I do believe that the selfie is an art. It makes the person who’s taking the photo be creative, and that’s what art is in essence. As the article has mentioned, self-portraits have been around since the first days of … Continue reading
Views from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans
Not all photographs need people in them to get their message heard by the viewers. As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words” and Polidori truly does make this saying true. As an artist, his job is … Continue reading
The tintype and modern soldiers
Ed Drew’s photographs truly bring a sense of beauty to the viewer. When looking at the slides, one can definitely feel like looking back to the past where tintypes were very common. For Ed, it must be very accomplishing because … Continue reading
Rolling Stone Glamorizing a Terrorist?
Seeing the picture of Tsarnaev on the front page of a Rolling Stones magazine definitely brings up some controversy considering you’d see a picture of a celebrity on the front page instead. When the article mentioned that the same picture … Continue reading
