Author Archives: Lorena Bonilla

I believe that Richard Whelan’s arguments are very convincing.  Apart from believing in the integrity of Capa’s photographs, Whelan sought the help of Captain Robert L. Franks, “the chief homicide detective of the Memphis Police Department and a talented sculptor and … Continue reading →

I believe that Bill Rancic said it best, “art is in the eye of the beholder.”  I think people who believe that sleeping is a form of art have gone a little overboard.  It almost seems like a joke.  Perhaps … Continue reading →

While looking at Katchadourian’s pictures I kind of got the feeling that she was mocking the Flemish portraits.  I didn’t think she was being very creative when reenacting these Flemish portraits because they already existed and so she just immatated … Continue reading →

Throughout the short film there are times where some of the earlier practices of photography relate to that of the film.  For example, there are multiple scenes in the film.  Although the subjects in the film move, the camera doesn’t. … Continue reading →

Personally, I find spiritual photography to be very bizarre.  Shannon Taggart has made this a profession for herself and I don’t agree with it.  I don’t agree because most of what she documents are during vodu rituals.  In my culture … Continue reading →

I thoroughly enjoy Evans’ approach to photography.  I think it was genius of him to take pictures of a certain group of people during a certain time: in trains.  He captured candid photos of commuters during their ride to work … Continue reading →

Having friends and family members in the military I may have a biased opinion on the matter.  As pointed out in the article, war is changing, the front line is changing, women are there and they’re getting shot at so … Continue reading →

  I believe that the reason as to why photographers have returned to the 19th century of processing photographs is because of how easily things can be altered digitally nowadays.  With programs like Instagram, Photoshop, and Pixlromatic, (App for Apple … Continue reading →

As stated before by my other classmates, I feel that in order to capture the emotion during a certain moment, the picture has to be candid.  As if taken by surprise; otherwise, things wouldn’t seem real.  They’d seem posed.  However, … Continue reading →