Photography

In today’s digital world, photographs are commonly described with rudimentary adjectives such as pretty, beautiful, or other well used terms to depict how they appeal to the viewer. Years ago, when the world appeared to spin a tad slower and life looked as if it were a little less complicated, people had more of an opportunity to look around and not only see, but feel the beauty of Mother Nature. One better known photographer of this time who portrayed not only beauty, but also emotion in his…

Eliot Porter’s photograph, “Sunset on Colorado at Kane Creek, Glen Canyon, Utah, October 1960, appeared at Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas. The intended audience of this photograph is anyone who enjoys art but more specifically those who have a love for nature and all its splendor and beauty. The photo contains many different elements of nature including mountains, a rainbow, a body of water, and clouds. In my opinion, the main purpose of this photograph is to present…

“Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have the film.” In this quote by Stephen Wright, he mentions the rare phenomenon regarding photographic memory. The technical term, eidetic imagery, is so much more than having a really good memory. Eidetic imagery is defined as the ability to retain images in memory that are almost perfect photographic quality. A person who has eidetic imagery can simply look at any image including a map, drawing, or essay, and mentally recall it later.…

A crime scene photographer plays a very important role when it comes to a crime scene and the pictures taken at the scene. All of the picture taken could be considered evidence and must be taken in as such because it could mean the differences because an innocent or guilty verdict. However, it has to be done in a timely manner because there are a lot of moving parts at a crime scene which means that a crime scene photographer has to get there and get to work as quickly as possible but making…

and used her own body as a main focus of her art. Her first major performance piece was Hannah Wilke Super-t-Art in 1974, which also became one of her most iconic photographic works. Her use of her body in her art also took off in 1974 with her nude photographic collection S.O.S — Starification Object Series. This work introduced her signature use of chewing gum vulva mini-sculptures stuck to her body and reflects her frequent use of the self-portrait. Wilke coined the term “performalist…

The pinhole camera was one of the first known camera to ever exist. It was first discovered in 5th Century B.C, in Beijing China. the Mohist philosopher anya mentioned the effect of an inverted image forming through a pinhole. The image of an inverted Chinese pagoda is mentioned in Duan Chengshi’s book “Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang" written during the Tang Dynasty which occurred in the years 618–907. A Philosopher by the name of Mo Tsu was then the first known person on record to record…

For my creolization project I wanted to do images from back home so I decided to do a couple images that I had took when i was back at home in Hawaii. I will be going 3 images, for each image I will be talking about how I think it reflects an element or theme that Ivor Miller went over in his graffiti article and how it reflects to one of the Creative Spirit goals for class.What I got out of Miller’s article is that creolization is the concept of being able to bring two different aspects…

The form of artwork is a photographic silkscreen on vinyl. The size of the work is 112 x 112 inches or (284.48 x 284.48 cm), a perfectly square framed piece. The general composition of the artwork includes a closeup shot of a young woman 's profile (with a very neutral emotion) from the chin up, in front of a plain, bare background. The axis of this piece is vertical, since all lines in the framework go straight up and down. In regards to elements in this artwork, there are several forms. There…

Like many people across the world, I am a visual person. When I flip through the pages of a newspaper or magazine, the very first thing I notice on the pages are the pictures. From there, my eyes wander to the caption, the title of the article, and finally the article itself. While reading the passage, I go back and forth between the text and the picture or pictures that go with it. I try to imagine myself being a part of the whole, standing somewhere in the background where I will most likely…

Have you ever contemplated that something may be so close yet so far? As such saying that goes by, “Good from far, far from good.” Truth be told, this is in fact in unity with what is Poetry and the Visual Arts. Therefore, the two are something that you can value, you can feel within yourself and understand more than life itself even if you don 't have it at arm 's length. Poetry could have its many controversies and its meanings between being deep, life touching, mind consuming and realistic.…