The local photographer I chose to write about is Alexis Figueroa. He is a local photographer here born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho. He is a self-taught photographer. He started photographing in 2012 with a his first camera (a Canon Rebel XS) and used it to get a feel for this hobby he decided to pick up while going to local car shows and looking at car forums and pictures other photographers would post online. It didn't take long for him to pick up how to use programs like photoshop and Lightroom.…
People have access to capturing special moments according to their preferences. However, not all the pictures can be listed under the artistic photography. Instead of taking images, photographers do make images, showing people light and shadow, color and outline, as well as personal contemplation and imagination. In addition, the process of turning negatives into photographic papers requires some technical supports to polish those images, such as the dye transfer and darkroom techniques. Telling its own story, photography describes the subject itself, then conveys the personal visual experience, and above all it can create the imagination and arouse resonance with audiences, finally moving it into fine…
– A 15 year old girl watches through her schools computer screen and begins to feel tears welling up in her dark brown eyes. Those tears begin to streak behind her black rectangular glasses and down her cheeks. She begins to cry. The video she is watching displays hundreds of pigs packed together so tightly that they can barely move.…
Rohan Gajjar First year seminar Fall’17 Summer Read Paper “It’s What I Do-A photographer’s life of love and war” by Lynsey Addario is well written and briefly describes not just her life but also the life of the other photographers, journalists, the writers, the local interpreters, the militants and the victims of the war. She briefly describes how she was treated in a male dominant society in the middle east where the women are not allowed to work and they needed to be accompanied by their husband or a male companion all the time if they want to go out. They can’t go to school, neither go to work. They need to stay at home all the time and take care of their children. They can’t even talk eye to eye to any male and if they do so,…
Hine’s was a photojournalistic artist. He used photojournalism to tell his stories. Photojournalism is the art or practice of communication news through newspapers, magazines, and more. He used photojournalism while trying to get the message that child labor was negative across. Hine’s amazing work that was produced by his talent was the face of the National Child Labor Committee and what they stood for as a community.…
’s quote “photography takes a moment out of time, altering life by holding it still”, we see that the main goal of being a photographer is having the ability to capture all the moments we experience. While capturing these stories, photography allows me to stay active on hikes and roundtrips, create stories within all my photos, and…
The Shot I Didn’t Take “You can’t give up before even trying,” said my dad very often. My dad, Matt Matuska, is a firm believer on not giving up. My decision on not going out for basketball was somewhat hard on him because he really enjoyed watching me play. He also didn’t want to see me give up on something that I was “good at”. I didn’t think that I was good at basketball, and to be completely honest, I didn’t enjoy playing the game either.…
This week was overwhelming. I live in Seminole, FL. and lost power very early Monday morning of September 11 and my power and cable was just restored yesterday, September 17. My support system is a friend and she and her husband were evacuated as they live by the water. I was a little concern at first having to deal with the storm by myself as my family is nowhere near by. Glad to say my daughter and I may it through the storm and only had to deal with the heat.…
The paradoxical role of photography in contemporary life is explored by Teju Cole in his essay “Memories of Things Unseen.” When a photograph is the last trace we have of a destroyed work of art, it becomes something more, or so it seems. Photography in its purest form is simply a method of storytelling without the need for words. Many factors go into taking a photo. You don't simply take a photo using just your eyes, but rather with your emotions, experience, and heart.…
What is the true purpose of photojournalism? Is it to show the beauty of the photograph in itself, or to show the devastating disasters of life? Nora Ephron, in her essay, “The Boston Photograph,” is able to distinguish between the two. She believes photos should disturb the reader, causing evocative thoughts. What other purpose do photographs have?…
Placing the pen on paper, I commit to a series of ideas that are unknown to me. Placed before me, the prompt rests on the desk and a pencil erases away my mind, static fills the void in my head. I read and I read. I read the prompt; I read the context; I write my notes and a bundle of ideas blossom in my mind. I struggle to transfer my thoughts into comprehensive sentences that will fully encompass my understanding of the subject.…
Prompt #1 I work with this girl named Nicole; she is pretty, has really nice clothes, and is great at her job. When she first started working at my job, Elizabeth’s Pizza, I thought of her as the stereotypical rich white girl. She seemed kind of rude and like she could not care less about much besides partying, which she briefly spoke with me about after I tried to talk to her about personal aspects of her life to get to know her better. She would talk to me about one of our co-workers, who I was somewhat friends with, and would brag on and on about how they were great friends and hung out all the time. This did not make me jealous, but did bother because I knew that was her purpose.…
I have loved music and singing in front of people my whole life. I took voice lessons and sang in recitals since I was in grade school. I tried out for every solo opportunity in music class. In 8th grade I decided I wanted to try singing in front of a larger crowd of people so I signed up for the school talent show. The day of the talent show I was a complete mess of emotions.…
The photograph itself does not narrate; it is the storyteller that formulates what will be said. In Berger’s book, he states the following: “The formal arrangement of a photograph explains nothing. The events portrayed are in themselves mysterious or explicable according to the spectator’s knowledge of them prior to his seeing the photograph” (Berger 25). This is significant because it shows that while a photograph captures and preserves a specific and detailed moment in time, we don’t necessarily know what story it intends to tell. Berger argues that a photograph delivers two messages: one regarding the time the photograph was taken, and one about the time of the photograph’s viewing.…
Photographs are used to convey messages without having to say a single word. That is how strong a single photograph can be. Photography is a beautiful skill that can document events, natural scenery, and can be used for artistic projects. First, one of the many reasons about the importance of photography is the fact that it slows down the rapid pace of life. Every day there is something worth remembering whether it be an event that occurred or a first time meeting a valuable friend.…