From January 31 to June 5, 2016, The Instant as Image : Moments of Action in Photography from the Permanent Collection at the Neuberger Museum of Art at SUNY Purchase exemplifies the simplicity and beauty of motion. Curator, Chelsea Spengemann incorporates works from fourteen different artists as a response to Barbara Morgan’s motion images of modern dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. It features the works of Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Harry Callahan, Larry Clark, John Cohen, Elliott Erwitt, Lee Friedlander, Andre Kertész, Danny Lyon, Mary Ellen Mark, Hans Namuth, Nicholas Nixon, Edward Steichen, and Andy Warhol. everyday life is captured and transformed into art; making the mundane a demonstration for the appreciation of everyday actions.
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As a South Bronx native, this image captures the intensity and hardship living within the poverty stricken, run-down South Bronx through the stare and body positioning of a young woman into the camera due to a time of much turmoil and change within the community. These two girls are the representation dreadful history of “The Bronx is Burning”. Her stare is sharp into the lens as she is slouching within the graffitied train cart as the woman next to her has various markings and dark spots on her face, disheveled hair and looking into the distance of the cart. Due to urban decay in the 1970’s, landlords in the South Bronx resorted to burning down low property-value to collect insurance money rather than attempting to sell the property for it was distressed sections which ultimately led to the rise of Section 8 housing and the creation of Co-Op City as a way to help displaced residents find housing in the northern section of the …show more content…
The image itself it of young pre-teens dancing and jumping mid air, which is representing the innocence and naiveté of a child. Again although, the image is in black and white, the expressions on their faces especially the girl on the far right and all of them having their hands up in the air gives the image life. One may argue that having the image in color would be better as a way to add flare but having the image in black and white not only makes it atheistically and visually appealing but allows for the viewer to explore deeper into the image for that is where the true life of it
As a South Bronx native, this image captures the intensity and hardship living within the poverty stricken, run-down South Bronx through the stare and body positioning of a young woman into the camera due to a time of much turmoil and change within the community. These two girls are the representation dreadful history of “The Bronx is Burning”. Her stare is sharp into the lens as she is slouching within the graffitied train cart as the woman next to her has various markings and dark spots on her face, disheveled hair and looking into the distance of the cart. Due to urban decay in the 1970’s, landlords in the South Bronx resorted to burning down low property-value to collect insurance money rather than attempting to sell the property for it was distressed sections which ultimately led to the rise of Section 8 housing and the creation of Co-Op City as a way to help displaced residents find housing in the northern section of the …show more content…
The image itself it of young pre-teens dancing and jumping mid air, which is representing the innocence and naiveté of a child. Again although, the image is in black and white, the expressions on their faces especially the girl on the far right and all of them having their hands up in the air gives the image life. One may argue that having the image in color would be better as a way to add flare but having the image in black and white not only makes it atheistically and visually appealing but allows for the viewer to explore deeper into the image for that is where the true life of it