Author Archives: Natasha Jaikaran

Documentary photography holds a vast amount of power. The power it holds is delegating, riveting and awakening. It has the power to dig into your soul based on what you are seeing. Out of TIME magazines top 10 photographs my … Continue reading →

Food photography is great! I personally love food so why wouldn’t I love to see pictures of food. I enjoyed the pictures of food but I think food photography is all about the artists “eye” and how they want to … Continue reading →

Whelan made some good points about Capa’s photographs being staged but it is not enough to convince me that they are. When I first saw this photograph, I did not think it was staged and I still do not think … Continue reading →

As I looked through Arne Svenson’s Neighbors series, the photographs are quite artistic. They show everyday life but in an artful vague way. I can not agree that it is an invasion of privacy because they reside in a glass … Continue reading →

At most, the facial expressions of subway riders today are highly comparable to 25 years ago. This is something that has not changed. What is admirable about Evans photographs are the fact that they are not staged.  Many photographs today … Continue reading →

In the film there are many aspects of film that recall the practices of early photography. In the beginning of the film the men are posing wearing hats for an amount of time. This is seen in early photography when … Continue reading →

In answering this question I am on a fence in between both answers. A selfie can be art because its depicting your personality which is art. Selfies can document yourself and what happening but at the same time, anyone can … Continue reading →

Like Polidori, I agree that sometimes photographs do not need people in them to get across a message. A photo can convey a message with whatever is being shot. I do agree that his works are powerful statements. I admire … Continue reading →

I feel that with this tintype you’re able to look into the soul of the soldiers. You see not only a soldier, but the underlying emotions of these heroes. You see the triumph, struggle, pain, fear, courage, hope and strength … Continue reading →

I think some of the reasons for the return to the nineteenth-century processes are that the picture from this process is more in depth. You’re able to really capture a moment in depth and get something that is deeper in … Continue reading →