Photography

Notion Reality The Innocent Eye Test was painted by Mark Tansey in 1981. It is an oil painting picture. It is being exhibited at the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York. We can see in this painting, there is a cow standing and observing a picture of the other cows. While around a cow are a group of well looking men, they all dressed in suits and wearing glasses, look like they are watching and recording a cow’s performance. It can be said a cow that the men are watching is a “real” cow and the…

Film One: Haddon’s earlier film was designed to show to Westerners the curious lives of people around the world; but it was also one the first step towards the creation of ethnographic films today. Though Haddon documented (for only four minutes) the lives of the natives of the Torres Strait, he did it in a way of an outsider rather than immersing himself into the culture; the film was taken as if one was looking into a fish tank at the curiosities inside. In the way however, it does show the…

The Chinese proverb, “A picture is worth a thousand words”, is routinely used when glancing through a group of images. The main purpose of pictures is to forever preserve the moment in time and look back to appreciate the memory. The purpose of preservation can be found through a collection of images taken at a family gathering, or pictures at a museum event, so people could understand what it was like during that time in history. What if the photographer was trying to capture more than a…

As political intentions increase and the focus into personal issues such as Australian identity and mental health gain the mass media’s attention, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia’s National Photographic Portrait Prize 2018 accurately depicts the psychological inner life an individual and the constraining forces that make them into the individual portrayed in the image. The exhibition displays 43 photographs from photographers around Australia, the collections representing modern…

Shirley Cards were used by photo labs to calibrate skin tone, shadows and light during the printing process of a picture (npr.com). Shirley cards date back to the mid- 1950s, when Kodak was the primary company for color film (npr.com). What would happen is a customer would bring in their film to a shop or lab and they would then print the pictures for them In order to maintain clean and precise photos, a Shirley Card would be used to eliminate anything out of the ordinary. So where did the name…

Two seconds or eight seconds? Filter or natural looks?—No matter how you take your selfies on Snapchat, they are all sent the same way. They are all sent through the Snapchat application and will be received by another Snapchat user. You choose to have your selfie last for four seconds and then what? Is it gone forever? The answer to that question is no. Although Snapchat says that you can send pictures for up to ten seconds and then they are gone forever, that is not true. Any Snapchat…

The artistic ability to create an optical illusion within artwork has piqued my interest for years. When there is an illusion in artwork, it grabs the attention of the viewers’ eyes and the viewer may even feel compelled to examine and interpret the artwork more thoroughly. One example of optical illusions in artwork are three dimensional street art. Three dimensional street art is so intriguing because the artist takes an ordinary concrete public space and transforms it into something…

When I was thirteen, my sisters and I tried our hand at filmmaking by entering in Harford County Public Library's book trailer video contest. Our first ever film went on to win second place. With this newfound interest in film, I began spending several hours each week volunteering in the video production department at my church. This volunteer position enhanced my skills and showed me how filmmaking can be used as a powerful agent for social good. When I began my college journey at the age of…

In the article entitled “Shutting down body shaming”, the author, Allison Abrams discusses her views on body shaming and how different aspects can affect it. First, Abrams explains the effects depicted in the media as “reality”. Abrams states that “exposure to photoshopped images of unrealistic body ideals has been linked to low self-esteem, depression, and eating disorders”. The demographic that Abrams mainly focuses on is younger females. Abrams also focuses on some laws that have passed to…

Method Sample I conducted a survey among my peers on a social media account called Instagram, and I asked the question, “Have you ever felt self-conscious about your appearance?” Also, I conducted a questionnaire among people who are enrolled in Amory High School. Both surveys were given to male and female teenagers. The Questionnaire A questionnaire investigating teenagers’ opinions on body image was dispersed throughout the school. The teenagers answered the eight questions on the…