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Professor Sandra Cheng
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- Filmmaking Plan on Discussion Topic: Photography and Special Effects in Early Film
- In the Spotlight Archive: Fall 2013 | The Open Road on Discussion Topic: Is a Selfie Art?
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SELFIE
The controversy over whether or not selfies are art depends on one’s perspective. From my perspective, selfies are art. Since it incorporates similar elements when taking any regular photo. The definition of photography is “the art or practice of taking … Continue reading
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Is a Selfie Art?
Social media today has allowed many people to take photos of themselves and post them on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Every day millions of selfies are taken and posted through social media or sent through emails or text messages. However, … Continue reading
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Is a Selfie Art?
I believe that a “selfie” is not art. If you look at past self portraits of photographers and painters, they tell something about the individual. With a “selfie” it is just generic fad that has specific types of “selfies”. Even … Continue reading
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Is a Selfie Art?
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
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Is selfie art?
I think this can go either way. In one way I think that taking photos of oneself with different facial expression or different people is just a way of having fun and to “share” on those apps like instagram and … Continue reading
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Early Photography and Film
Watching the film from this weeks post, I saw multiple similarities between photography and film. From this past weeks lecture, we uncovered what gave the movement to the film. Essentially it was a storyboard with multiple photos on it. Essentially … Continue reading
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Is a Selfie Art?
I have pondered this thought and in my opinion selfie can be an art. In general, photography is essentially an art. The thing about a selfie is that you have the ability to manipulate the content of that photo. As … Continue reading
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Views from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans
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
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Robert Polidori Photographs Hong Kongs Rational Planning
Robert Polidori seems to be a passionate photographer who is truly dedicated to what he does. Polidori likes to capture the aftermath of natural disasters and other major events. After viewing his photographs I believe that his work is quite … Continue reading
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The Civil War Tintype and Modern Soldiers
After watching the news clip on The Civil War Tintype and Modern Soldiers, I have gained an admiration for Ed Drew. Being a soldier in Afghanistan and pursuing a degree in Fine Arts has lead Drew to use the tintype … Continue reading
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