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Just a couple photos/activities I did this semester that had an influenced my class work:)
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Formy final project I decided to focus on the holiday season and one of the important traditions that my family has for the holiday. Specifically pierogi making. The recipe has been passed down from generation to generation. This piece was meant to depict my family in a moment where there is constant smiles and love. Wars with rolling pins, flour being thrown, and the metaphorical passing those rolling pins down to my cousins and I. The next generation of pierogi makers. I was trying to focus on this aspect while taking my pictures. I was also more focused on the hands of my family members, not as much the faces. The young and old, seeing the tradition physically being passed down. This is a really important topic to me, and I feel like I did not do it justice or push the limits far enough.
If I had the opportunity, I would go back and redo this project with my own camera, and I would have focused more on the taking pictures part. I kept getting pulled into helping to make the food so it was hard to have that ability to focus solely on my pictures. As an overall I feel like this project was one of my most unsuccessful in terms of what I went into it trying to accomplish. In the end
some of the pictures came out nice and I am happy with that.
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Thoughts on Ossip
What The Eye Does Not See by Ossip Brik challenges his readers to view photography as not an altered and staged vision by the photographer, but instead he asks them to demand that they see their true reality, in a new format. Ossip writes about the use of props in photography and movies, how they are two different formats and how they should be used sparingly. He claims “the monotony of form in the cinematic landscape has inspired some people to seek an answer in movie decorations, props, and displacements, or to prevail upon…”(90). When the author says this he means that the world of [hotography has grown too bland for some viewers. The work has become repetitive, similar, and unoriginal. The photographer then thinks to use props or stage photographs, which Ossip believes is not the answer. “Then we will see our concrete reality rather than some kind of theater prop, and we will see it as it has never been seen before” (91). What he wants is for his fellow photographers not to create artificial pictures, rather find new perspectives on taking pictures of the real world.
I both disagree and agree with Ossip's argument. I think that photography was made to capture real life, real hardships, and real triumphs. That photographs were made to capture historic moments for future generations to interpret, the main goal of photos should be to show something that evokes some kind of emotion. This can be done by telling a true story, or by fabricating one. I also believe that it was made to have fun and to provide relief from life's hardships, or to help others feel what the artist wants them to feel. Sometimes props or the staging of photographs are needed for that.
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I chose to tell the story of our colleges through the buildings on campus since the architecture on campus was one of the first things that I noticed when considering going to Hobart and William Smith. I only used pictures of academic buildings since they seem to have the biggest variety in architecture. I am opening the series with a picture of the chapel on campus which was built in 1883. Then a picture of the president's office in Coxe hall which was built in 1901. Followed by Smith hall which was erected in 1907. Then the Napier sciences building built in 1994. Finally the Gearan center for arts constructed in 2015. I chose these sites because I felt that they showed the biggest variety in architecture across the campus. They also increasingly show the campus expansion to different academic paths. The colleges were originally affiliated with the christain religion, and at first was focused solely on literature and liberal arts. It then slowly added more sciences and performing arts.
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This second gallery all about water and its numerous effects and shortages around the world. I found this gallery very interesting to walk through because much of it was almost interactive. Walking through and around the art was really cool to see and do.
Once again art takes a political form with the boards that protestors used to protect their water sources and fight for their right to clean water. The artists main focus was to create something light yet durable for the protestors to be able to use for their protests. The reflective paneling is what makes their protests all the more meaningful because it makes the people who were trying to stop them, stop themselves and look in the mirror. Realize that clean water is a necessity and a basic human right.
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I took this photograph during the galleries first show this year. I liked these works of art the most due to their composition of color. I find the way the first photograph so contrasting very interesting. The light blue background mixed with the vivid orange and reds in the foreground make the piece more captivating. The progression of the pictures getting progressively less contrasting it feels like, make these pieces more interesting.
Another work of art that I did not get a picture of that was in the gallery was the gun made out of baby diapers. Upon first gaze I didn't think it was baby diapers, just cloth and cotton. But I think the artists choice of baby diapers makes the work all the more original and a big conversation piece. As an international relations major, I think that this is an incredibly powerful and political work of art. The usage of diapers makes the viewer question the use of guns in places where children are being hurt. Such as school shootings, or in places of war where civilians are being killed too.
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Some in progress shots of Project number 2. Contact sheets also
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The process of taking, picking, and developing these four prints was no easy feat. I had trouble finding ideas around Geneva that sparked a good theme for this project. After a couple weeks passed by and the season had officially changed to fall weather, the decision was then simple. I would try to capture my favorite part about fall, the leaves. Fall is also my favorite season because the way the world just starts to seem to fall after the hot and exhausting summer seems magical. The leaves changing from green to all sorts of bright reds, vibrant yellows, and burnt oranges, has a magical feel around it. Even though there is a valid scientific explanation, I still choose to feel the magic in the cool brisk air that surrounds fall. For these reasons I chose to focus on autumn and its beauty. Each picture was taken with the hope to capture the leafs individuality during this season.
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Thoughts on Flusser
Vilem Flusser wrote “This space and time peculiar to the image is none other than the world of magic, a world in which everything is repeated and in which everything participates in a significant context. Such a world is structurally different from that of the linear world of history in which nothing is repeated and in which everything has causes and will have consequences” in his book Towards a Philosophy of Photography. I found this quote to be very intriguing and controversial, and it also relates to the film assignment we are working on. Flusser writes about the magic of photography throughout his whole book, emphasizing how it changes from viewer to viewer and on how their individual selves perceive and follow the photograph with their eyes. He really focuses on the things that come together from our world that is 4D to form an appealing 2D picture. The magic in how all of that flows together and happens was very interesting to read about. I agree with the idea that every photo is looked at differently and has a different sense of “magic” to it depending on the viewer and their background and biases.
Specifically to the first line of the quote, “space and time peculiar to the image”, I found this very strange. I had to read it over a couple times to fully understand the use of the word peculiar in this instance and its relevance to the magic mentioned later. Using this idea and relating photography’s timeline to that of the world was also done in an interesting and unique way here. I would like to further ask questions in class about it such as; what does he mean when he says “ in which nothing is repeated” in this context? History in known to repeat itself, it is how we learn from it.
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The three women in all of these images are all connected by the fact that when they were alive, pearls were a staple piece of their wardrobes. The first image is Marilyn Monroe, followed by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and then Audrey Hepburn. Pearls are a symbol of sophistication and grace. An ideal these three women tried to uphold and maintain in their lives. Marilyn was fearless in who she wanted to be and embraced her womanhood in every manner possible. Jackie took the role of the First Lady to a whole new level and had a say in her husband's politics. She was a woman who did not accept the idea of men being in complete control and fought to help other women feel powerful too. Audrey Hepburn was both an actress and a humanitarian. She used her fame to do good deeds for people in this world that could not speak for themselves, or people whose voices could not be heard above all the other noise of the world.
These three women have added to the concept of pearls in my mind,. By living lives of grace and status they helped other women to empower themselves, even today. In their deaths Marilyn, Jackie, and Audrey all still influence the movement for the empowerment of women.
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