A picture is worth a thousand words

The first known English use of the idiom “a picture is worth a thousand words” was in a 1918 newspaper ad for the San Antonio Light. Since then, the phrase has taken a life of its own, becoming sage advice for everyone from professional photographers to the casual Instagram user. However, just because the picture is worth a thousand words does not mean they will be the right ones. In this exercise, I analyzed Corbin Oritz’s argument which centered around the Confederate monument controversy. Corbin argues that no matter how far society seems to progress, there is always a chance for the progress to be destroyed. Unfortunately, not only is Corbin’s argument true with regard to the Confederate statue controversy, it is also present in many other…

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. Photography is the ability to freeze time without disturbing life. What is meant by that phrase is that when a photo is taken, that precise moment is forever captured to be revisited at the viewer’s leisure. When a photographer takes an image it is very different than when a friend tells you, “ Lets take a selfie!” Although, both a photographer and one capture that moment in time, a photographer tries to tell a story or a message as to look who I’m with;…

Photographs have become a powerful tool to spread the news that the everyday person cannot see at first hand, yet pictures can lie. Images have a role to portray the raw truth. Yet, when an image is retouched it no longer tells the original story; it tells the story with more extravagant details that were not there in the first place. Thus making it a false reality the photographer wants the observer to see. Pictures are meant to be used to give context to certain aspects words cannot fully…

minutes after the pentagon attack a catastrophe turn for the worst was made in New York when one of the towers collapsed in a cloud of dust. 30 minutes later another tower collapsed in a mountain of smoke. 3000 people where killed during these attacks out of these causalities firefighters and medical staff where among the few killed. These attacks made would become the catalyst in our modern history that shaped the world into this oncoming threat. After this horrific event a series of photos and…

Art is a way to express yourself, whether it 's through feelings or trying to say something without saying anything. That’s why the saying go 's “A picture is worth a thousand words” but I like to think so can food. I love and prefer my mother 's cooking more than anybody in the world. If food was a canvas, my mom would be Picasso or Van Gogh. I would say there 's probably hundreds of food choices that can either express our identity or aspects or even both. Out of that long list of food…

“A picture is worth a thousand words.” However, media does not transmit the appropriate thousand words that they should in their images. The different broadcasting forms have corrupted the perception of beauty into something surreal, incredible, and, very often, unhealthy. It is no secret that beauty standards portrayed in pictures from magazines, and other similar mediums, make adolescent girls vulnerable to these false representations of beauty early in their age. Beauty fabrications are…

Human beings are by nature, more visual learners than anything else. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that’s true. Visuals are seen everywhere in the media and on the internet to grab the audience’s attention and to draw emotion needed in order to be effective. Effective visuals must contain the right combination of argument, purpose, and tone. A powerful and effective visual is the one that grabs at the audiences heart strings or emotion and makes them sympathetic to the…

Apple. As you read the word “apple” your brain makes an association between the five calligraphic symbols strung together into a word that produces a mental image of a fruit. Precision of language is often essential in communication because another suggestion of those five letters is the multi-billion dollar computer company founded by Steve Jobs: *APPLE. Everyone has heard the cliché: “a picture is worth a thousand words.” The question is: what words? Every word represents a unique idea or…

It’s a simple word with a million layers. It’s something I’ve grown to appreciate and understand, but if I am fortunate enough to go on this service trip I know that this appreciation and understanding will only grow. I thank Gwynedd for bring me joy, showing me who I really am, and helping me grow everyday. This merciful community has given me so much and I know by going on this service trip I will be able to give something back. I’ve received mercy from mercy, and if I get to go on this…

Words and images have been used in multiple ways throughout history. They’ve been used to convey ideas, express emotions and produce opinions. Words can be used to get the point straight across whilst images can be interpreted in different ways. Though some images-- when used in certain contexts-- have a large effect on people, words have even more of an impact due to things such as tone, diction and literary devices. In the beginning of Lincoln movie trailer, the images showed war, people…