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A Critique of Digital and Analogue Photographs (289 words, 1 pages)

Criticizing PhotographsPhotographic theory is important to me because it helps me understand that photographs, including mine, are taken for specific purposes, and I can use it to give reasons to why I am taking this class and taking photographs. I can use photographic theory to simplify and analyze my photographs ... Read More

An Examination of the Photographs The Brown Sisters by Nicolas Nixon and The Bling Ring by Sofia Coppola (1431 words, 4 pages)

This paper will examine two photographs with two different groups of people. The first is The Brown Sisters, taken by Nicolas Nixon in 2015. It is located in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. However, it was taken in Wellfleet Massachusetts. The second picture this paper will look ... Read More

An Analysis and Interpretation of a Photograph (438 words, 2 pages)

Describe A description of this picture would be of a front yard and the tree covering half of the picture with shade of the tree. The description would a view of the street and it is being lead by the light from the sun. I would describe this picture more ... Read More

The Use of Imagination and Coming to Conclusions in Cracked Glass with Boy, a Photograph by Elliot Erwitt (513 words, 2 pages)

Elliot Erwitt Cracked Glass with BoyWhat was Elliot Erwitt thinking or feeling when he captured the famous photograph Cracked Glass with Boy? Your attention automatically goes to the young boys eye being covered by the center impact point of the crack in the car window. This could be showing that ... Read More

The Life and Fashion Photography of the American Photographer, Irving Penn (366 words, 2 pages)

Irving Penn Research PaperWith the development of photography starting around 1840, the art has been explored by countless artists. Photography back then was extremely limited compared to nowadays and was mainly black and white until about the 1960s. The new technology of photographs and cameras led to progress in society. ... Read More

The Devastation Caused by War in the War Photographs (849 words, 3 pages)

A B-17 is suspended in time. Below, smoke swells up from the Earth and veils the damage that has been done. Another factory has been left in ruins by the Army Air Forces. Two of the assembly buildings are gutted, boiler house destroyed and every building damaged. This photo is ... Read More

Diversity in Personality and Experience in Lifeguard’s Dream, a Photograph by Joseph Szabo (1080 words, 4 pages)

Lifeguard's Dream, by Joseph Szabo, is, superficially, a playful photograph. Taken on Jones Beach in 1972, the photograph depicts a humorous contrast between the young and the aging. It is a beautiful day at the beach. Fresh-faced teenage girls are giggling, gasping, and relaxing in each others company. Meanwhile, a ... Read More

The Simplistic Complexity in Silueta Series, a Photographic Artwoork by Ana Mendieta (624 words, 3 pages)

The pieces that I selected for the artwork for the museum visit was untitled pieces from the Silueta series by Ana Mendieta. The reason I was drawn to this artwork was because of the simplistic complexity the pictures held. I found the pictures to be interesting and I have always ... Read More

The Art Movements Pictorialism and Straight in the Works of Such Photographers as Szarkowski, Cappa and Plotnikova (780 words, 5 pages)

Critical Issues in Modern and Contemporary Art Midterm Essay 1Photography finds itself in the duality between expression and capture. A camera can capture raw reality or an impossible fantasy, the history-making moment or an emotional communication. Photographs can be documentation but also art, something unique to the media, but this ... Read More

The Life and Work of Paul Nicklen, an Adventure Photographer (1713 words, 7 pages)

Ive discovered Paul Nicklen when I saw a story about him recording and photographing leopard seals. What really caught my attention was that while he was in the artic. He seemed to befriend one of the seals and after doing some threat displays it looked at him and started to ... Read More

The Issues Accompanying the Photographic Movement: Realism, Feminism, and the Male Point of View (1207 words, 5 pages)

While movements such as the avant-garde, expressionist, and surrealist involved the transformation and evolution of the meaning of art in modern society, the mediums used were more or less the same as theyve been for centuries. New concepts and methods were spotlighted, but artists were still painting, drawing, and sculpting ... Read More

An Analysis of a Photograph of a Boy from Aleppo Depicting the Consequences of the Civil War in Syria (1451 words, 6 pages)

We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom. Mohammed ... Read More

A Biography of Ansel Adams, an American Photographer and Environmentalist (2923 words, 12 pages)

Ansel Adams Legendary Photographer and Environmentalist Ansel Adams was one of the most famous photographers in his day. He was born in 1902 in San Francisco, California. Growing up, Adams was high-strung and shy. He did not perform well in school due to his behavioral problems and an earthquake accident ... Read More

An Analysis of a Photograph of a Woman Being Raped (624 words, 2 pages)

Viewer The photograph creates a negative atmosphere for the viewer. We see that one man who is a soldier is on a woman (in the explanation part we learn that he is raping her) and the other man is watching them and obviously waiting for his turn. This situation creates ... Read More

An Analysis of Children, a Photograph by Yildiz Moran, the First Educated Female Photographer of Turkey (904 words, 3 pages)

When I first saw this photograph, I was getting a lump in my throat. I will try to explain the reason of lump in this essay. There is 3 person in this photograph. One baby and two children. We see that a girl is holding a baby. She looks like ... Read More

The Impact of the Boston Photographs in Implementing Safe Fire Escapes (829 words, 4 pages)

burning building there stood three figures a woman, her two year old goddaughter, and a fire fighter. They were cowering as far away as they could from the intense heat of the burning building, waiting as a ladder was raised fifty feet up to the top of the building where ... Read More

The Biography and Works of Paul Caponigro, America’s Foremost Landscape Photographer (1686 words, 4 pages)

Paul Caponigro Americas Foremost Landscape PhotographerFamous for the unique meditative quality of his work, Paul Caponigro once said, Photography is a medium, a language, through which I might come to experience directly, live more closely with, the interaction between myself and nature, (Paul Caponigro). These roots in nature have been ... Read More

Capturing the Emotions of Young Adults Through the Photographs of Different Regugees from and in Syria (641 words, 2 pages)

Cultural Event EssayThe Global Cultural Event I went to was called Putting a Face on Syria and was hosted by Tina Manley. The people who attended the event were shown photographs of different refugees from and in Syria and the photographer, Tina Manley, gave a lecture about them. In this ... Read More

The Work and Accomplishments of Adam Elmakias a Music Photographer (425 words, 2 pages)

Anyone that is a fan of bands such as Pierce The Veil, All Time Low, Yellowcard, and many more, have most likely seen at least one photo done by Adam Elmakias. Due to the bands that Elmakias has worked with, he has been featured in magazines such as Alternative Press ... Read More

The Life and Work of Jerry Uelsmann a Photographer (516 words, 2 pages)

PhotographyJerry Uelsmann is a Detroit born photographer. Uelsmann earned his bachelor of fine arts degree in 1957 at the Rochester Institute of Technology along with his master of science and master of fine arts in 1960 at Indiana University. Later, in 1960, he began teaching at the University of Florida ... Read More

An Analysis of the Photograph Outside Looking In by Gordon Parks (575 words, 2 pages)

In the photograph titled Outside Looking In by Gordon Parks, there are six young African American children gazing upon something that they cant be a part of because of racism and discrimination. These children are clinging onto the idea that they have not hurt anyone, they are no different, and ... Read More

A Personal Account of Visiting the Photographic Arts Museum in San Diego (1326 words, 4 pages)

As being a resident in San Diego for almost all my life, I had absolutely no idea that there was a Photographic Arts museum located at Balboa Park. I was first introduced to photography during high school. My senior year, I decided to take a photography class because it sounded ... Read More

A Description and Analysis of the Polaroid Photograph in the Torsos Series of Andy Warhol (2304 words, 8 pages)

Art Critique - Torsos, Andy WarholAndy Warhol has been called one of the most prolific and popular artists of all time. Dabbling in almost every medium of art, including performance art, filmmaking, writing, painting, drawing, mixed media, and photography, Warhol was a very well-rounded and well-versed artist. Warhol is most ... Read More

Hope and Optimism in Tami Chapell’s Photograph from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland (832 words, 4 pages)

In todays world, news consumers are constantly bombarded with reports of war, natural disasters, poverty, and violence. Reporters highlight the tragedy of these stories because it is the immediate response to these events or circumstances. Tami Chapell, a photographer, captured what seems at first to be just another tragic news ... Read More

An Analysis of the Photograph, Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Workshop View, Paris by Albert Fernique (504 words, 2 pages)

Albert Ferniques photograph, Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Workshop View, Paris, is an Albumen print done in 1880. The image depicts a busy industrial workshop filled with workers contrasted by the large copper figurine. This photo serves as historical context, as well as documentation of the creation of the ... Read More

A Report on the Boston Photographs (1038 words, 4 pages)

As a human being most of your time is spent stumbling around this tiny rock in the universe, trying desperately to add your own personal brushstroke to the intricate mosaic of life. It is simply human nature to avoid the frightening topic of death, however unavoidable and relevant it may ... Read More

An Examination of the Images of Gadawan Kura in the Photograph of Pieter Hugo (1420 words, 5 pages)

Background, as well as intention, play a key role in viewing andinterpreting Pieter Hugo's series featuring a group of men in Lagos whokeep hyenas as companions. The images themselves are striking, and almostseem like a high fashion editorial. The images are composed so the men areframed in the center of ... Read More

We Went Back: A Review of Exhibit of Chim’s Photographs from Europe 1933-56 (591 words, 2 pages)

We Went Back Photographs from Europe 1933-56 by Chim Having never seen much of David Seymour's (who originally publishedunder the pseudonym Chim) work, I was immediately impressed upon enteringthe space comprised of around 100 breathtaking images. I have always beendrawn to documentary work, but war photography has always come up ... Read More

Photography as Performance: Characteristics of Chris Burden’s and Other Photographers Art (2565 words, 13 pages)

Photography as Performance Photography and performance art have always been very closely linked.From Roland Barthes concept of the "imitation of self", suggesting that allphotos (even those that are supposedly candid) are in essence a type ofperformance as long as the subject is aware of the camera, to performanceartists who use ... Read More

A Review of Photographer Man Ray’s Portrait Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (623 words, 2 pages)

The exhibition I visited at the national portrait gallery was portraits by the photographer Man Ray. Man Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, USA in 1890. In the beginning of his career Man Ray was exclusively a painter he began with cubism, and after meeting Marcel Duchamp in 1913 ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013