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Sleeping as Art
I don’t think sleeping is an art form to be honest, seems pretty boring and nothing interesting about it. But if you add the theme was trying to bring awareness of poverty and homeless people then it does make sense. … Continue reading
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Street Art, Photography, and the Inside Out Project in Times Square
I think what Jr is doing is pretty cool. I saw the trailer and noticed how they were putting the pics in different countries and even on trains, i thought that was pretty sick. I don’t think there’s anything wrong … Continue reading
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The Greatest War Photograph and Robert Capa
I think Richard Whelan analysis on Robert Capa were pretty convincing. Especially when he showed that the 2 men in the falling pics were actually the same, as least they look exactly the same. I also start to think about … Continue reading
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Photography and Special Effects in Early Film
The film “A Trip to the Moon” by Georges Méliès does have some aspects of practices that early photographers used. There was a lot of editing and special effects that photographers used to make their photos how they thought would look perfect, in … Continue reading
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Rooms from Versailles to post-Katrina New Orleans
I think Robert Polidori photographs do aestheticize the settings of catastrophe especially in the photos of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. You can tell in that photo that something horrific had happened by just looking at how horribly maintained the … Continue reading
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Subways Portraits by Walker Evans
I think Walker Evans clandestine approach to photography was pretty surprising. He took those pictures in a really cool way, makes me wonder if there is any photographers that do that now and days on the subway. He caught people … Continue reading
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A Woman Photographer on the Front Lines
I think it’s dangerous for any photographer male or female to be working in war zones. They’re putting their life at risk, but I have the upmost respect for them for putting their lives in risk to take photos and … Continue reading
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Old Processes, New Advertising
I think some reasons for the nostalgic return to nineteenth-century processes is that most photographers think it’s boring to just add a filter to a photo on programs like Instagram. The photographers most likely wanna be more in-touch with the nineteenth-century … Continue reading
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Opinion on Photography and Tragedy
I think the photographer, Emmanuel Dunand, should of at least asked Aline Marie for her permission to be able to publish the picture. Aline should of also knew they’d take a picture of her since there were so many photographers … Continue reading
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