Monday, April 15, 2013

Written Assignment 2



       I am in love this photograph, it just grabs me every time I see it.  The photographer is a man named Danny Goldfield and the story was about all different children living in New York City.  This was a young boy by the name of Basim from Iraq. So why did I choose a Life magazine cover?  Well, when I was a child my mum had Life magazines from all different decades and I would just sit for hours looking through them at all of the photographs.  It blew my mind that people could capture so much thought and emotion into a photo.  I believe this photo did just that, captured happiness and yet solitude all at once, absolutely amazing.  I also love that the photographer blurred out the back of this photo and made it a closed frame in order to really emphasize the child's face, breath-taking.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Writing Assignment #1



This is a photograph done by a man named Man Ray in 1932 called Glass Tears.  I was looking around for photographs that spoke to me and then it clicked, I love the Dadaism art era, so why not look at images from that specific era?  There are many that spoke to me because many of them are contorted and meant to show the rawness of human beings.  This particular photo does just that; having just broken up with her boyfriend, you can tell that she is very sad and crying “glass tears”.  Although my boyfriend and I are very happy, who hasn’t felt like their tears are magnified and permanent for all to see?  Also, I love that she is looking away as to keep the onlooker of the photograph curious.  Not only do I love the rawness and curiosity of it all, but the amazing detail of her face, the tears, and the mascara, which has tiny little beads in it.  This photo was simply breathtaking and I felt, as though I was in her mind, it’s sad, but very captivating.

Wednesday, April 3, 2013