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My photography is biased towards documented the true life of everyday people and focuses on the unnoticed and inappreciated moments and the innate good side of the simple things that we all encounter. The camera started my quest to narrate the world as I saw it; my eyes were opened and I watched Vivian Maier’s street shooting for the visceral storytelling come alive. She masterfully creates snapshots that are much more than what meets the naked eye, this greatly has changed how I think and address photography.

What dominates my shots is my familiarity, namely human beings and the area they live in. Despite the fact that my pictures concentrate primarily on the minor surrounding of the area in which I live—urban landscapes or family gatherings—I manage to perceive the subjects under the closest elusive lens and thus, I am able to reproduce their life story with the required close up view through my pictures. Quite to a great extent, my contemplation has evolved from that initial aim just to register the scenes to a more profound interpretation and expression of ego through the frames as Joni Mitchell does to create pictorial emotional landscapes by her intricate lyrics.

This is the series of images in my final portfolio that I have been working on as you can see the next photograph the street movements and the emptiness in which they fill are not a contrast. Frames are arranged in a way to evoke sensations and make the viewers to pay attention to the detailed features of places where lives of my characters take place. With the help of these images; I want to illustrate not the scenes but their essence — what it feels like — wherein edward Hoppers paintings portray not only the loneliness urban but also its palpability.

Along with being able to preserve images, photographers also have a great power of interpreting information. This portfolio is my expressed impression of this world again challenging us, to not show but to display life to the viewers, so they become part of it, as I do, in view of the numerous insights on art of various periods and forms we have knowledge of this semester.

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Sarah Wilson having being a highly respected photographer in the USA design the elaborate stories and takes the complicated tales of the people who are not represented. Using "Blind Prom" and "Into the Light" for this project she not only raises awareness but also empowers Sehndra's teenagers to stand up for themselves. In this paper the author considers both of these collections of photos, analyzing their relationship to J.R.R. Wilson's photographic philosophy and their contribution into the debate about visibility and the role of the documentary photography in the society. "Blind Prom" is a film about the high school prom through the lens of students who are visually impaired. This film addresses, in a colorful and profound way, the experience of many students who have any variations in their vision. Also, although not deep documented in details, "Into the Light" is probably about personal problems, trials and triumph. Through the comparison of these pieces in my essay, I intend to explore Wilson's artistry in both uniting and dividing, as well as bringing to fore both collective joy and individual resilience which these works elicit or portray respectively; with the wider implications to form her methodology and the viewer’s/participant’s reception of it.

"Blind Prom" is visually poetic and delivers to the essence of the traditional night within a social event for the students at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Through the course of ten years, Wilson has helped to photograph the celebration while wandering far away from the questions of norms and styles. Her photography creates a window into the world of these teens who find and do not find anything same as sighted people because of their visual impairments. Wilson photographs delights like seeing the weather change, a glimpse of a flower, friends coming to visit, or being beside the water—moments which are common to many of us, whether we can see or not. Every frame is deliberately arranged to make them more vivid with all the details showcased that make these experiences remarkable and representative of the students' happy interactions and the celebrations of their diversity. These photos confront the social views, demonstrating that what makes a person young and amusing is universal as it is not ready to waver, even if physical limitations may knock in.

More than an action of simply taking pictures, Look Magazine offers a platform aimed for reaching a broader community. She endeavors to make room for her models’ to be seen and appreciated, designing a scenario that allows them tell their stories through through the pictures. This particular aspect of her photography is very important. It takes more than just recording the events - it’s about understanding and portraying them in the right manner for the individual ("SARAH WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY - Blind Prom").

Emothers and stories, Sarah Wilson’s photographic style stands out with its ethan human and narratives-driven approach. Such a concept can be also observed in her student work, offering virtual prom photographs or medical bill photo shoots - the pictures are full of reverence, closeness, and genuine care that is felt by the viewer. The solution lies in the way she deals with her subjects by not rushing through the process, allowing the stories to unfold, and adding the brightness and darkness to every portrait. The Blind Prom was the example of the cooperation of her talent and ability in reflecting the real world situation through photography, with social commentary and engagement as the purpose.

Wilson is appreciated due to his extraordinary skills in technical work and an intelligent composition which are exactly those factors that can facilitate the viewer to overcome the barriers and get involved in the story. She relies on the lights, the color, and the point of view to add emotive and thematic facet into her photos in such a way that each of her photo breathe complexity and depth of the subject's experience. This skill is in close combination with her high ethical standards of storytelling which pays much attention to decent lives of the people photographed, desisting from narrative sensationalism and centering on real representation (About Sarah — SARAH WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY).

The "Blind Prom" and the imagined themes of "Into the Light" is a challenge that pertains to, exactly, the diverse thematic brusques that Sarah Wilson covers in her photography. "Blind Prom" uses a more - somehow collective - approach, focusing on a common, joyful moment; while "Into the Light" ones tend to be - maybe - more individual and possibly concentrating on consequently isolated situations of overcoming problems. In this case, however, the combination manifests Wilson's flexibility and the ability to see uniqueness of different people in despite similar situations and emotions.

"Blind Prom" creates an atmosphere that is both universally familiar and bubbling with individuality. It presents a coming-of-age experience and the rite that is always shared with friends in laughter. The images transcend recording an event; instead, the viewer is made to realize that aside from being disabled, they are equally stand a chance to be interested as well as happy even under challenging situations. There is a good chance that "Into the Light", just as suggested by the title, went through a path that ended in a breakthrough from bondage and darkness to the light of freedom. While the precise set up about this series still remain unknown to us, but there must be some sense of individual stories as a whole. Thus, the series show the triumphant stories of resilience, through the lens of a film that embodies the depth of the strength and bravery.

The precision demonstrated in both series in terms of technical execution is one of the important ways Wilson shows us art!In "Blind Prom," vivid colors, and fluidity of images are used to represent the cherished freshness of being in prom. On the other hand, "Into the Light" can reach for the powerful and persistently reoccurring colors in the centers of consciousness that are characterized by the internal, isolated nature of personal progress and strife. This aesthetic difference represents Wilson's versatility and her talent of adapting the photo-technic to fit the plot parts of each project.

Sarah Wilson’s projects "Blind Prom" and "Into the Light" prove her photography to be exceptional. Not only she is capable of capturing images but also telling stories that would be otherwise totally unknown. The medium is known to be a story teller capable of not only capturing but telling stories that would be otherwise totally unknown. The movie "Blind Prom" offers a colorful, equalistic perspective to the night that blind people can call their own and have this to be the place for them where both their appearance and achievements will be appreciated. Although less narrows is more known about "Into the Light," it remains a compelling pursuit into human triumph over adversity. Thus, it serves as a further confirmation that a human spirit can overcome any challenge.

Through the projects, the accomplishment of Wilson in brining narrative and feelings in her photography and engaging the audience in a way that it gives both respecting and strengthening their stories become visible. Such work presents documentary photography as a tool that allows to discern and realize how we see the world, which provides both a wider understanding and deference for the people and human experience around us. With her own eye, Wilson, on the one hand, does not record the facts only, but at the same time, she lets the audience mull over the greater issues of life and survival.

Bibliography

Sarah Wilson Photography. "Blind Prom." Retrieved from https://www.sarahwilsonphotography.com/blind-prom

Sarah Wilson Photography. "About Sarah." Retrieved from https://www.sarahwilsonphotography.com/about-sarah

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Reading responce: Tina Barney's current exhibition "The Beginning", which is a review of her works prior to 1976, lets her observe and recall the moments in between 1976 and 1981. These images, shot on 35mm film, are presented by archival pigment printing, and one may draw the conclusion of Barney's early days of influential photography. The symposium is held at Kasmin Gallery, where a compilation is presented, focused on routine scenarios and private settings. By these seminal photos, one can follow the progress of the artist in the field of elaborate color photography where the play of incisive colors and human relations are highlighted as well.

Tina Barney's talent in creating photos which possess a strong blend of candidness and planned composition might explain the power of her work to attract viewers. Her photographs, particularly for "The Beginning," show the viewers in the rooms where they can feel accurately the sense of personal and public spaces that feel, sometimes, surprisingly complex and familiar. That Barney presents the intricacy of social interactions and emotional undercurrents within the families from his masterly expertise, the story becomes a multilevel narrative which is truly interesting and engaging. Through her pictures, not only does she document but also she analyses the characteristics of the sociocultural setting of the people considered for the snapshots. Each of her photos is a masterpiece of the art of scrutinizing the human connections in a creative manner. This exhibition thus highlights her ability to advance this style further and serves as an evidence of her serious talent among current photographers who aim to explore the intimate side of life and portray social images.

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