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A Biography of Joel-Peter Witkin, an American Photographer (938 words, 2 pages)

Section I Beginnings Joel-Peter Witkin was born on September 13, 1939 along with his twin brother, Jerome, in Brooklyn, New York. Artistry seems to run through the veins of these brothers, as Joel-Peter is a highly acclaimed photographer and his twin Jerome is a well-known painter. Witkin's father was Jewish ... Read More

A Biography of Gary Winogrand an American Photographer (1550 words, 3 pages)

Garry Winogrand was born in New York City in 1928 he became interested in photography in the late 1940's when he was in the United States Air Force. When he was done his term of duty, he went on to City College in New York City to study painting. A ... Read More

A Biography of Gail Goodwin an American Photographer of European Decent (372 words, 1 pages)

The Artist Project Gail Goodwin One artist that I would like to investigate is Gail Goodwin. Gail is a photographer who captures the innocent beauty of children by using black and white photos classical and timeless effect with the incorporation of pastel colors to detail certain distinct images. Gail Goodwin ... Read More

An Analysis of the Work in Rangos Research Laboratory at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (1674 words, 3 pages)

I-Search Paper - Final Copy Like many students last year, I kept hearing that the class of 2003 would be required to complete a senior project in order to graduate. Difficult as I thought that would be, I reminded myself that it couldn't be too much of a struggle because ... Read More

Will the Mayor of Pittsburgh End Up Hurting the City’s Economy? (672 words, 1 pages)

For the past few years Mayor Tom Murphy has been trying to improve Pittsburgh's economy. He has been working to bring people back into the city. For example, the city of Pittsburgh has been highly advertising for events such as Light up Night, the Regatta, and the Forth of July ... Read More

A Summary and Response to The Boston Photographs by Nora Ephron (572 words, 1 pages)

Summary of "The Boston Photographs" In "The Boston Photographs," writer Nora Ephron writes about three very controversial pictures taken of a rescue attempt that failed. The photographs were taken by Stanley Forman of the Boston Herald American. He was using a motor driven camera, which allowed him to take three ... Read More

A Biography of Margaret Bourke-White A Photographer (564 words, 1 pages)

Margaret Bourke- White Margaret Bourke- White never thought she would be a famous photographer. In 1921, when Margaret was 17, she went to college to study herpetology, or the study of snakes and reptiles. That same year her father died leaving her family with little money. To stay in college ... Read More

A Student’s Thoughts on Imaging and Photographic Technology Program (291 words, 1 pages)

Bob DuranMay 15, 2001 Imaging and Photographic Technology This year was my first year at RIT. I am a student in the Imaging and Photographic Technology program and to be honest, this major has challenged me throughout the year. I have learned a lot about photography, and I have enjoyed ... Read More

A Brief Summary of a Visual Journey of a Photographer (892 words, 2 pages)

Journey Visual Representation Responses With an artistic eye and skilful mind, the anonymous photographer has captured the essence and immensity of the physical human journey. The first moments of life is contrasted to the last in this black and white shot. The picture shows just how much one can change ... Read More

A Biography of W. Eugene Smiths the Photographer and the Dream Street Photograph of Pittsburgh (942 words, 2 pages)

Dream Street W. Eugene Smiths Pittsburgh Photographs Born in 1918, Smith began his professional career at the young age of fourteen as a stringer for newspapers in Wichita, Kansas, his hometown(Beauret et al. 4). His worked earned him a scholarship to Notre Dame University, but Smith left after only a ... Read More

A Biography of David La Chapelle the Photographer (670 words, 2 pages)

David La Chapelle began taking photographs in high school. At the age of 18, at the end of the 70s, he moved from North Carolina to New York's Lower East Side. After a chance meeting with Andy Warhol, he began shooting for Interview, the place he calls "art school." He ... Read More

An Analysis of Photographs Representing Phillippines (1037 words, 2 pages)

The photographs in this chapter were used at the time to show the people of America, that imperialism was needed in the Philippines. Although, they convinced the American people of this by casting a negative light onto their culture. Making all of the Filipino people something they aren't by using ... Read More

Many Find Relief From Cindy Sherman’s Satirical Photographs (1753 words, 3 pages)

Artist Cindy Sherman has taken modern society by the bullhorns. Appalled and disgusted by the media myself, I find relief in Shermans satire use of the camera. Shermans work is unique in the way that her ideas challenge the notion of innate, female sexuality exposed as the fiction of a ... Read More

A Report on the Pittsburgh Penguins (2110 words, 4 pages)

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.Introduction.p.2 2.Method of research...p.3 3.League History..p.4 4.Team history..p.5 5.Significant events..p.7 6.Playersp.8 7.Coachesp.11 8.Predictionsp.12 9.Conclusionp.13 10. Bibliographyp.14 INTRODUCTION Pittsburgh penguins are a team that interests me mainly because of my brother. As I was talking to him one night about my this report, I asked him if there ... Read More

A Summary of the 1997 Film “Photographing Fairies” (528 words, 1 pages)

Photographing Fairies is one mans search for what is real in a world that has horribly disappointed him. After losing his wife the day after their wedding, the main character, Castle, losing all hope and all lust for life. During World War I, he is indifferent to imminent danger and ... Read More

A Photograph by Grace Dawson: Art or Pornography? (866 words, 3 pages)

Grace Dawson Artist or Pornographer? Mountmonk College has always held very high standards for students and staff. Mountmonk likes to consider themselves better than the other schools at maintaining principles of traditional values as the alumni has done in the past. As the school nears its alumni weekend, we must ... Read More

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the National Hockey League (1567 words, 2 pages)

Down in the Pitts It would be easy to say that the Pittsburgh Penguins are quite simply the personification of everything that is wrong with the National Hockey League right now. And that wouldn't be too far from the truth, either. But if you were to mull over why, in ... Read More

A Biography of Photographer and Artist Lewis Wickes Hine (1092 words, 2 pages)

Photographer and artist Lewis Wickes Hine, was born in 1874 in the town of Oshkosh, Wisconsin in America?s Midwest. Following the death of his father, he worked at a furniture factory to support the family and from here began to see the hardship and sufferings of working class Americans. In ... Read More

An Analysis of the Photograph Entitled City Colors by Sandra Baker (350 words, 1 pages)

This piece of artwork is a print of a photograph entitled "City Colors" by Sandra Baker. She has taken an almost clich picture of the statue of liberty and completely transformed the mood and the statement of the figure. The photograph is taken from the lower left side of lady ... Read More

An Examination of the Impacts of Images: Photographic Languages (2282 words, 4 pages)

The Impacts of Images Photographic Languages It has been said that words make us think, and pictures make us feel. Every photograph is a means of communication in that a message is delivered from the photographer to observers. The purpose of such message is to tell, in visual form, something ... Read More

The Life and Works of Weegee, an American Photographer (1899 words, 3 pages)

The Great Weegee A.K.A. (Arthur Fellig) The year was 1945 the sun was slowly lowering over New York City. Most people were just settling down for the night. That is, if they weren't planning to go out on the town. New York was a hot spot for after hour nightclubs. ... Read More

An Analysis of the Life and Work of Raymond Carver with the Examples of a Poem Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year and an Essay My Father’s Life (2053 words, 3 pages)

Poetry is a form of writing that usually gives a reader some type of story that has a much deeper meaning than what is simply stated in the text. Most poetry reflects on the authors own personal feeling and experiences. In some cases, an author may take on the persona ... Read More

The Picture of Pittsburgh in Vollmer’s Poetry (381 words, 1 pages)

Much can be said about Pittsburgh. This city best know for its industrial boom prior to the 1980s when the after effects of Reganomics took the jobs of thousands and sent the working class out of the city. Judith Vollmer is a Pittsburgh poet. She gives an explicit look at ... Read More

A Report on the Photographs and Videos Taken during the 9/11 Terrorist Attack in New York City (791 words, 1 pages)

The day of 911 is a day that will be in the back of everybodys minds for lifetime. On that sorrowful day four passenger airplanes were highjacked and ultimately crashed. Two of the airplanes crashed into each of the Twin Towers located in New York City. After the buildings burned ... Read More

Comparative Review of John Berger’s Ways of Seeing and W. J. T. Mitchell’s The Photographic Essay (422 words, 1 pages)

Ways of Seeing" Both John Berger and W.J.T. Mitchell have written essays on perceptions, and views on paintings and pictures. John Berger wrote Ways of Seeing, and Mitchell wrote The Photographic Essay Four Case Studies. Both Mitchell and Berger have some of the same ideas, and some different ideas. Both ... Read More

A Paper on Marianne Hirsch’s Essay Projected Memories: Holocaust Photographs (736 words, 1 pages)

The essay Projected Memory Holocaust Photographs, by Marianne Hirsch, is about postmemory. Postmemory is a term that Hirsch has coined. It is memory that is not the product of direct or lived experience but that is produced by the stories and images that circulate from one generation to the next, ... Read More

Analysis of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Painting Puberty by Edvard Munch and a Photograph by Anne Geddes (1412 words, 2 pages)

The first artifact I have chosen to discuss for my final exam is the Great Pyramid at Giza. This pyramid, the final resting place of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops) is, as one of the seven greatest wonders of the old world, one of the most amazing pieces of architecture of which ... Read More

The Use of Photographs as Evidence in the Abu Ghraib Scandal (1251 words, 5 pages)

A photograph takes a permanent picture of a situation. The reliability of the picture depends on whether tampering is evident within the metadata. Metadata shows information about a photograph such as the model of camera used, the time taken, and the date taken. There are rarely opportunities to describe or ... Read More

An Analysis of the Photograph in Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others (725 words, 2 pages)

Most people wouldnt think about how interesting a simple photograph is and where it comes from. After reading Susan Sontag article Regarding the Pain of Others it discusses what photography is and the meaning of photographs. A photo involving a West African little boy holding a riffle gun that is ... Read More

Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Manu Brabo (847 words, 3 pages)

Life, the most beautiful gift anyone can have. To simply wake up each morning and breathe the air that keeps us alive is something glorious. We cherish the lives of our loved ones as well as our own, but what happens when a terror such as war threatens the substantial ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013