...Martha Rosler likewise stands for the considerate and gentle creative reaction from photographers. Lucy Soutter in her Documentary Dilemmas essay brings up Martha Rosler’s argument on documentary Photography and her critique of the social-documentary agenda, which Rosler considers to be intensely defective and severely faulty. (Soutter, 2013). The motive behind this statement appears to be Rosler’s belief in the need to help the victims of the documented pictures rather than achieving goals of taking them. Goals that are normally involved around supporting personal objectives of the photographer while producing stereotypical war imagery and forgetting the victim’s needs in front of the lens “She argues that rather than helping its depicted...
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...no important aspect is left out. Step 1: Introduction – basic information • Your introduction should answer the following questions: • Where is the image from? Who made it and when? • What type of image is it? • What does the image (roughly) show? • Why was it drawn/taken? Step 2: Description Look at the picture carefully, then describe it systematically, e. g.: • from the centre to the corners • from the foreground to the background • from the left to the right (or the other way round) • from the top to the bottom (or the other way round) Don’t forget to look at details: • the setting (place and time) and/or the situation • the quality of the picture (clear or blurred, realistic or abstract, etc.) • the striking features of the objects • the characters, e. g. their appearance and body language (facial expressions, gestures, postures) Step 3: Analysis • Does the image transport a message/have an intended effect? • Which pictorial elements are used to get the message across/to produce the effect? • How do the different elements interact? Step 4: Evaluation • Do you think that the image is effective in getting the message to the target group? • Does it use suitable means for doing so? • What effect does the image have on you? 2. Photographs, paintings and drawings Pictures include drawings, paintings and photographs, but of course each of these categories can be specified...
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...Sturken claims that “camera images ... are central to the interpretation of the past ... [and] are often perceived to embody memory” (11). Photographs are commonly thought of as confirmation that real people and objects existed, and that real events took place. However, photographs are incapable of being accurate reflections of the “real” world and always have meaning imposed on them by their creators, whether consciously or unconsciously asserted (Sontag). In addition to the reading of the photographer, it is crucial to examine how an image is interpreted by its consumers. Photo-viewing and -sharing has reached a crescendo in the twenty-first century, with increased public accessibility to images resulting in more public dialogues about their...
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...Upheld By Character Character is built upon strength and compassion. To be quite honest, I happened upon this photo as I was rummaging through the mountains of pictures my mother has collected over the years. To my knowledge, I have never seen this before but I feel as though this photo gives an extremely detailed overview of my life. The fate of most photographs usually consists of being overlooked and cast into the attic, yet every picture is a reminder of an important memory. However, photos such as school pictures, which can be seen throughout my house, seem useless to me. Often times in these pictures emotion tries to be built or controlled. A moment deserves to be captured when the subjects in it find themselves unable to hold back a smile or a prideful smirk not when one is forged. What good is a memory if it lacks emotion, the backbone of a picture? It is obvious that in my picture we are not overtaken by joy, however, emotion engulfs this photo. Determination and faith can be found in this mirror of a memory. My father has his hands around mine, preventing me from falling into the abyss. Maybe to an average person it would be called a swimming pool, but convincing the 3 month old version of myself that that was true would be quite a feat. This second nature act of protection is not what drew me to this photo. It was no great accomplishment to stand on the first step of the pool, true. A father has an innate desire for the well-being of his child, also true. But the...
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...This is about my still image analysis of my pictures I posted on Facebook. On Facebook I have posted some pictures that are semiotic. Semiotics is the study of signs. This may includes signs devised to convey meanings “....language, badges as well as 'symptoms' as in that’s the sign of swine flu'”. (Branston 12) Potency involves the strong or weak signs of semiotics that appear in the image. The sign in this image is that of me wear a suit with a sign of economic stature, which is the definition of symbolic sign. Most people where suit like the one I have in the picture and have some type of corporate job and make very good money. This makes the image a connotative image it represents an idea or mental image of a thing rather than the thing itself. The denotative meaning of the image is a guy in a nice suit poses to get his picture taken. The definition of denotative is the literal meaning of what you see in the picture. When I post this picture on Facebook the audience for whom the picture was for was my Facebook friends. My mom somehow saw it and she doesn’t have a Facebook account. Then I realize some of the people who are my Facebook friends are also her co workers and they commented on the picture. I don’t really care who sees the picture because it’s my own personal count with some friends and family members. What I hope people get out of this is that I look nice in a suit and tie. I look at it more like a professional selfie form a distance as it was shoot by a photographer...
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...Research Essay 1 This essay is to be no less than 2 pages long. Susan Sontag’s essay Regarding the Pain of Others brings forth many atrocities of war. I would like you to choose an atrocity mentioned in the essay which will be the basis of your research paper. As you research you will come across pictures and photographs that are suppose to “show” you what was occurring during the time of the atrocity; however as you view such photographs I would like you to address ONE of Sontag’s ideas below which will become your essay topic: 1) Photographs do not assist in the comprehension of a situation, that is up to writers to create narratives that help in understanding 2) Meanings from photos are free floating, and can only be grounded by words 3) The photograph is not an objective mirror, but an expressive medium capable of portraying multiple realities. 4) Intentions are not inherent in photography, meaning is situational and in flux – this is in keeping with the previous key idea. The photograph itself is capable of “speaking” for itself only so much. It requires an interpreter. And it is the agenda of this interpreter that the photograph assumes. The photograph itself has no agenda; it takes on the one of who is interpreting for it. Part Two You are to create a power point presentation of the atrocity you discussed in your research paper which is to include both pictures and text. You may also choose to streamline videos...
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...Mashell Chapeyama Topic: Art History Year 2012 Level: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration The French revolution and Painting The French revolution had a big impact on art. It brought in new themes to art. The following are some of the themes that emerged: • Democracy • Reconciliation • Patriotism • Rising against unfair rulers • Battle-scenes Some paintings that emerged from the French revolution heightened the need for democracy. Before the revolution most nations were ruled by dictators, most of whom were monarchies. For example there were some paintings that showed the democratic legacy of Greece and Rome. Patriotism was also portrayed. For example the picture entitled the Coronation of Josephine. This was a great piece of art. The painter wanted to illustrate that Napoleon was the legitimate ruler of France. The earlier paintings related to this showed the sketches of Napoleon crowning himself. On the other hand the picture of Gericault showed how people can attack the government. It has some revolutionary connotation. It seemed like inciting people to fight mistrusted rulers. Some pictures showed what happened in wars. One painting shows Napoleon crossing the alps on his horse. This showed his victories in wars. Napoleon was a successful fighter. The other pictures show the people fleeing from battle fields. Some were refugees fleeing their homes. One painting of David show what happens in revolutions. It was entitled, “Oath of Horiatis”. It also...
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...the left side of the brain, there will be a jump in amplitude where the lesion occurs, something like: 3. Ultrasonic B-scans are used to create 2-D cross sectional images of the structure of interest. A solid ball would create merely a filled in circle; a tennis ball filled with air would create an image of a outer rim with empty space inside, as shown below: 4. The three controls that a technician uses on an x-ray machine are the voltage adjustment, mA control and the exposure timer. The voltage adjustment is used to control the penetrating power of the beam. A greater penetrating power will decrease the contrast of the image. The mA control is used to determine the current which flows through the filament in the cathode. This changes the number of photons produced, which affects the blackness of the image. Finally, the exposure timer is combined with the mA control to manipulate the darkness of the image. 5. Grids improve the image sharpness when a relatively thick body part is being imaged by maximizing the number of primary photons to pass through to the film, and interacting with the secondary photons to decrease the chance of secondary photons hitting the film. 6. CT scans use multiple x-rays or the rotation of a single x-ray rather than a single straight-forward x-ray to create the final image. The rotational motion of the scanner makes the target area...
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...the picture and helps me make the story flow. What have you learned about structuring and developing a visual interpretation of a piece of writing? It’s easier to visualise what is happening and make it easier for the audience to interpret what I am trying to say through my words, song and pictures Why did you select the piece of music that you did? I selected a piano cover; I believed that the best song to help my story flow was to include a piano cover sound track. Explain how the overall impact of your piece has been affected/ enhanced by the images, music and narration? The photos involved in the photo story were a mixture of black and white photos and coloured pictures, the black and white pictures I used to make it back my message of it being something bad and the coloured ones are use to represent the things that were happening at the time. What do you believe you will need to do to ensure that the impact of the images, music and narration are conveyed in a piece of imaginative or personal reflective writing? To make sure they all are combined to make the perfect dish and also involve the right music, photos and speech to keep my story on...
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...problem under discussion. * Photo Editors Photo Editors are those software that are used to manipulate, enhance, and transform images on a computer. With the advancement in technology, now a huge number of photo editors are available online i.e. there is no need to download photo editing software. There are hundreds of such software available and they all provide almost same functionality. Some basic features of such software are crop, resize, merge, and liquefy, adding texture, changing color and so on. * Adverse Use of Photo Editors * Photo editing can be used to destroy company’s reputation. Edited pictures, with fake results/effects of the product can be used to displease their consumers. * Edited pictures such as attaching someone’s face to someone else’s body can be used to give threats. The victim can be forced that way to provide money to the editor or obey his orders. * Companies can use it for fraud. They might show fake pictures to the customers and convince them to use their products. * Sometimes people use editors to display fake story. That story might get viral over the internet and bring fame/satisfaction to the person who created it. * Photo editors can be used to easily remove the water mark from pictures, documents etc. and steal someone’s work. * Effects of Edited Images on Society * Such images change the mind set of people. Extreme use of editing in fashion industry to show models slim and flawless is making millions of...
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...enterprise • Eliminate workflow challenges and decrease report turnaround time in cardiology department • Consolidate cardiology and radiol ogy PACS into one archive for easy image access via their EMR SUCCESS WITH MERGE • Customizable real-time worklists have improved results delivery and speed to treatment • Went from up to six days to one day for report-turnaround time with cardiology digital reporting • Consolidated silos and centralized storage so cardiology and radiology images could be accessed via their EMR and reliably stored in one location Since 2003, St. Mary’s, who performs about 100,000 imaging procedures per year, has selected five Merge solutions to help them address workflow challenges, improve report turnaround time, speed critical results delivery, and better execute image storage and management. “We believe that working with Merge for all of our enterprise imaging and interoperability needs helps St. Mary’s be a better provider. We have one number to call for any question, any issue. That simplifies my busy days and to be honest, I look at Merge as our partner…we’re in this together and they haven’t let me down yet,” said Brian Duncan, Manager of Radiology Services and PACS Administrator at St. Mary’s. Faster Results and Easy Image Access St. Mary’s originally installed Merge PACS to...
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...Faith or Materials I chose to analyze the first image because it related to my thoughts and beliefs as a Christian. I found this image to be quite interesting; being so it is not like any other ordinary image, it is an image with a hidden message. In any picture, things lie intently in front of and behind one another. It's a basic, pretty well unavoidable pictorial device. It may be a matter of shape over shape, texture against texture. The near thing may appear to be interacting with the far thing -touching it, hitting it, being bisected or overwhelmed by it. There may be something more puzzling going on. In this case, the first image, which caught my eye, was the woman holding the balance. Balance, pearls, and the judgment all in one photo, there must be a purpose to this image. There is a delicate transition between areas of light and shade created by the color relations from the scene. The woman’s blue jacket is so loud on the table compared to all the other materials with such mellow yellow and orange toned colors. The young woman’s concentrated expression and the geometry of the composition, alternates in such a way, the horizontal and vertical lines created by the light entering from the window are all elements which contribute to the creativity of this painting. The young woman is portrayed standing quietly in front of a mirror. On the wall behind her hangs a picture of the Last Judgment, which signifies the spiritual side and the judgment of Christ. The table scattered...
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...The Last Supper As a child whenever I would visit my grandfather’s house there would always be a picture of The Last Supper. In fact he had two, one was in the dining room and the other was hung in the family room. He considered himself a very religious man and believed every family should have one because it symbolized faith and unity within the family. Up until recently I believe the painting was an recreated image of Jesus and his disciples of what the painter felt they should look like and not actual members of the Da Vinci family posing for a photo. Some images shows Jesus with his head bowed slightly while his eyes appear to be close as if he’s blessing the food. Growing up as a child it was taught that everyone sat and ate dinner at the same time and my father gave grace. Even as an adult, whenever I attend family gatherings whether it’s cook-outs, family reunion, birthday parties or dinner at home we all sit to a table and someone blesses the food. I believe that giving thanks or grace as some call it is a simple act of appreciation to God for being the source of all we have, including our food. This is a tradition I follow as a Christian because it was instill in me when I was young and I’m instilling it in my children. The significance of coming together at mealtime shows a sense of unity within the family, every one being of one accord. I believe civilization was created around the dinner table even the Pilgrims and Indians put aside their difference for a Thanksgiving...
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...The input interactions are creative directors or art directors toiling on particular publicity electioneers. Event photography proposes chances to photographers who relish sprouting images of populaces. The main marketplaces are weddings, anniversaries, graduations, celebrations and business proceedings such as symposiums or award ceremonies. The contacts for this kind of toil may be the specialties themselves or event organizers, such as conference coordinators, hotel managers or wedding planners. Sports photographers shoot live action at games and vend their images to newspaper and magazine publishers, or to the social establishment compering the games. Sports photographers may work on obligation from a sports editor on a separable publication, or they may find an event and proffer the images to an amount of publications. The main contacts are sports editors or art directors at newspapers and magazines, or marketing and municipal dealings managers of sports clubs. The word "photography" was coined from the Greek pedigrees “phōtos”, genitive of “phōs”, "light", and “graphé”, which is "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", mutually meaning "drawing with...
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...A photobomb is defined as a spoil of a photograph. Many people believe that photobombs ruin photographs, but they can sometimes make the photo better. Megan Rion, who is a photographer at Imagine Photography, captures magical movements on camera all the time. She recently captured what many people would consider the perfect photobomb. Megan was taking a picture of Tiffany Gill-Rogers' son named Connor. Connor is one month old. The photoshoot was quite a memorable experience. A curious deer decided that she was going to wander onto the scene to see what was going on. Connor was being photographed at Sam Houston Jones State Park, which is located in Moss Bluff, Louisiana. Tiffany laid her sleeping baby on a bale of hay prior to the photo shoot. A deer named Maggie decided that she wanted to be a part of the photo also. She wandered onto the scene when Megan was taking the photo of baby Connor. Tiffany captured the moment on video and posted it on YouTube. In the video, you can see Maggie walking up to baby boy. She looks at the boy, and it appears as though she is watching over him while he is sleeping. Megan is happy that she was able to capture such a special moment on camera. According to Megan, Maggie frequently visits the area during photo shoots. In fact, many people request that Maggie be a part of their photos. However, Megan tells people that she cannot guarantee that Maggie will come out of the woods. Megan had her assistant with her during the photo shoot. They...
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