...Tiffany Sudarma History of Photography II Anna Lovatt September 28, 2015 Martha Rosler’s Gender Perspective During the Age of War As a form of art, photography expresses documents, personal visions, and memories that can often define images as very powerful and iconic. In the series Bringing the War Home: House Beautiful (1967-72), Martha Rosler, an American artist specializing in video, performance, installation and photo-text about art and culture, compiles ten photomontages from different magazines in order to convey the controversial issue of war during the early second part of the 20th century. Rosler uses a variety of mediums, but her most recognizable medium is photomontages and photo-collage. Constructed during the peak of U.S. military engagement in Vietnam and an outgrowth of Rosler’s self involvement with anti-war activities, these photographs are a response to the artist’s “frustration with the images we saw in television and print media, even with anti-war flyers and posters. The images we saw were always very far away, in a place we couldn’t imagine.” Through her choice to use colored images, she assembles photos together from homemaking women’s magazine such as Life Magazine and images from war. She accentuates the dominance of domestic representation and intersects it between war imagery by juxtaposing in a brutal and sometimes incongruous way. Rosler’s montages reconnect the two sides of human experience: the war in Vietnam, and the everyday-life in...
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...Never before had the public seen what an actual war zone looked like. After viewing the graphic photos of Anteim a reviewer wrote, “If he has not brought bodies bodies and laid them in our dooryards and along streets, he has done something very like it.” Brady’s photographs drew massive attention from Northerners who felt disconnected from the war. Though Brady’s photos were staged staged and mainly consisted of post battle scenes they marked a turning point in how the public viewed war. Brady’s method of injecting himself into a battle and staging scenes inspired future war photographers. The images below titled “The Dead of Antietam” (1862) and “Civil War Harvest of Death at Gettysburg” (1863), depicts the aftermath of two of the Civil War's most famous and deadliest...
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...Social Changes Through the Decades Showcased Through Fashion Photography Fashion photography started in the late 1800’s and has become one of the most highly respected types of photography in todays’ society. Many people look towards fashion photography as a way to express themselves. This type of photography is showcased all around the world. Fashion photography is a complex process that shows the revolution of social changes through the decades. Fashion photography started in 1839 when photography was first introduced to the world. The earliest ever recorded fashion photography was in 1850 or 1860, for documenting fashion for the Parisian fashion house. Fashion photography is all about capturing what is within the photo from the clothes that...
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...FA 1041 Black & White Photography 12/18/2012 Ethics in Photojournalism Photojournalism is a way of telling a story that can often be more effective than a 1,000-word article. The images that are captured can change the emotions quite vividly of those who are viewing the picture. The best photojournalists will not only capture an image that tells the story, but the images also have to be aesthetically pleasing, include some action and take in emotion. Photojournalists take their images from interesting angles, and they provide depth of field that catches the eye of those who are viewing it. But there is more to being a photojournalists than just a storyteller and an artist, they also have to decide when taking a photo is going too far, and when it is necessary to telling a story. The artistic elements only scratch the surface of the complexities of being effective photojournalists. These storytellers must look out for touchy subjects and taste, and they look to balance effective journalism with good taste. Ethics is a major part of journalism. The images are extremely powerful, as they get to a lot of people and are responsible for shaping culture in various ways. The types of judgment calls that occur with photojournalism are represented through images such as those that were captured when people jumped off the side of the World Trade Centre when the building was on fire after the terrorist attacks. Other tough calls include the Vietnam war, when a naked girl walked...
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...all dread, the end of the world, but instead of using realistic scenarios such as nuclear wars or a plague individuals use fictitious zombies instead, which allows us to witness the end of the world, while still being able to separate ourselves from real problems and our responsibilities to those problems. We can thank Haitian Voodoo culture for our modern day zombies. According to Haitian folklore Bokors, Voodoo Priests, could use black magic to raise people from the dead creating Zombies or as the Haitians called them Zombis. Zombis, unlike their modern day counterparts, were neither cannibalistic nor could Zombies create other Zombies through a bite or scratch. Instead Zombi’s were slaves, mindless and obedient to they creators. “They remain under the Bokor’s power until the Bokor dies”(“Zombi”). Early Zombie movies including the very first Zombie movie from 1932, White Zombie, were strong based on these legends. These movies focused more on the fear of being cursed and becoming a Zombi rather than the collapse of society. However the fear of being a slave forever was not all that outlandish for the people who practiced the Haitian Voodoo culture because they were in fact slaves. Their biggest fear was being a slave forever and Zombis reflected that. It wasn’t until 1968 that our modern Zombies were introduced and the Zombie Craze officially began. Both the Cold War and Vietnam War were well underway when Night of the Living Dead was released on October 1st, 1968. Night of...
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...This photograph is meaningful and remarkable because it holds true historical significance. In the time period of 1970, the country was experiencing political turmoil because of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was a long and costly conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and its ally, the United States of America. The president at the time, Richard Nixon ran a campaign promising to end the war through his decision to invade Cambodia which evoked students on college campuses nationwide to protest against the Cambodia Invasion. The National Guards had been sent to Kent State University prior to the shooting because there was conflict between student protestors and police officers. On May 4th, student protest leaders called for another...
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...directors. When this transitional film first premiered in 1968, renowned film critic, Roger Ebert found it as “an expression of acute nausea”. Ebert was disgusted and wondered how someone could make such as horrifying movie (Hoberman and Rosenbaum, 1991, p. 123). In 1960’s, the scary monsters or evil villains such as the Frankenstein were typical in the horror films but this Romero cut has been associated with the term of “splatter film” used to describe horror genres that depict graphic violence and gore for many years (Williams, 2003, p.21). After the end of Civil War, 1968 was the most violent year in American history (Hoberman and Rosenbaum, p.125). It was in a time of very high tensions in both international Cold War politics and social turmoil; domestic racism, gender stereotypes and patriarchal nuclear family. Also the civil rights movement was beginning to blossom along with the protestation of the Vietnam War, which many believed was unnecessary and entirely avoidable. Romero has successfully delivered a “message” in this political film, highlighting the frustration, anger and attitude of the late 1960’s American society by employing chiaroscuro lighting, hand-held camera work and many hidden symbols to indicate the fate of his characters (Hoberman and Rosenbaum, 1991, p. 121). In order to emphasize humanity’s nightmare alienation from itself, Romero shot this film in...
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...The photographer I have chosen to research is Annie Leibovitz. I chose Annie due to her amazing photographs of celebrities I am familiar with from my lifetime. I think that Annie’s photographs have captured amazing sides or poses of celebrities like Michael Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Miley Cyrus and more. But before Annie was capturing these amazing talents she was just a normal teenager with an interest in photography. She was born on October 2, 1949 in Connecticut with her parents Sam and Marilyn Leibovitz. Her parents named her Anna-Lou Leibovitz but she is often known as Annie. She is from Jewish decent along with her five other siblings. Her father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force while her mother was a dance instructor. Annie’s...
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...of the surrounding dead bodies, abandoning comrades to survive the battle with the unawareness of the danger at every step can never be truly comprehended through visuals. Military nightmares from horrendous war experience create a psychological corruption which only the affected can remenice. Images poorly represent dreadful events as the images only provide a brief insight, shadowing the realistic fear and therefore remaining clueless regarding genuine experience. The constant risky decisions and the desperation to survive during warfare creates a rational traumatic event. The film Born on the Fourth of July heartbreaking scene during the Independence Day demonstrates Kovic unable to finish a speech due to post traumatic stress order caused by the battle in Vietnam. As outsiders, movies continuously expose heartbreaking visuals, however, viewers remain unaffected mentally. They continue to live freely from perceiving anything to be life threatening such as misinterpreting a loud bang as bombing or explosions, including frequent vivid terrifying memories. As a result, images can never mimic the realistic mental issues, much less the agony of remaining paralyzed for his lifetime. Moreover, the emotional...
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...What make a photograph so captivating that it actually moves people? Some of the world’s greatest photographs captures extraordinary humans rebelling the government or people getting hurt by their own government. Two photographs in particular, have captured this; the Tiananmen Square picture, also known as the “Tank Man,” and the Kent State Shootings. These photos caught acts of bravery, courage, pain, and emotion. Even though photographs don’t say anything, they tell us everything. In 1970, the United States was in the middle of the Vietnam War. Many Americans believed that we should have never been involved in the war in the first place. President Richard Nixon promised the American people that he will get US troops out of Vietnam. But, in 1970,...
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...This can either be seen through photography, music, literature, and/ or painting. These are examples of an art form that is used as a tool to understand the human condition. Cinema, to this day is a powerful influence in the media landscape where the combination of visual, literary and auditory is intricate in one art form. Men, women, and children can use this medium as a form of escapism from reality, where its imagination has no boundaries. However, film is not only created as an entertainment tool, it can often also mirror society and its changing values. A film can be a communicator of ideas whether it is reflecting political perspectives or challenging cultural issues. This is the case in 1976, when Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Paul Schrader had created the modern film classic Taxi Driver. During this time America had undergone a lot of fluctuations in its economic and social movements. This film takes place in New York City through the perspective of the protagonist Travis Bickle, who is played by Robert De Niro. Through Bickle's eyes the city appears to be corrupted and struggling. Furthermore this iconic thriller takes place when America is facing new wounds from the post-world war two eras. From the main character’s perspective, the film examines the theme of loneliness that influences the protagonist’s character development in an urban society. On the surface, the film is based on the life of Travis Bickle who was once a Vietnam vet that finds the means to survive...
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...little boxes. The art of photography became a device for that. ‘On Photography’ by Susan Sontag successfully captures the elusive effect a photograph can have on a human being, and the true nature of the supposed knowledge it imparts on those who experience. The age old phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words”, is a lie, and Sontag’s essay assures us of that. Words can carry knowledge, an ability to assure understanding in a reader, and photographs, as Sontag so astutely points out, act in the opposite manner - they eliminate understanding. Our society, as the essay to astutely points out, often takes photo’s as unassailable proof of...
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...February 9, 2012 University of Phoenix Material Music Appreciation Chart For each time period, fill in the required information. Please see your instructor’s syllabus for the weekly schedule of completing this chart. | |BAROQUE PERIOD |CLASSICAL PERIOD |ROMANTIC PERIOD |EARLY TWENTIETH- CENTURY | | | | | |PERIOD | |LIST 3 COMPOSERS |JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH |Ludwig van Beethoven |Vincenzo Bellini |Samuel Barber | | | | | | | | |George Philipp Telemann |Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin|Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy |Luciano Berio | | | | | | | | |George Frideric Handel |Christoph Willibald Gluck |Eliza Flower |Benjamin Britten | |For each Composer, list 3 |Johann Sebastian Bach- Wie |Ludwig van Beethoven- |Vincenzo Bellini- |Samuel Barber- Dover | |compositions |schön leuchtet der |Symphony No. 2, op. 36 (D |Adelson e Salvini...
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...Music in this picture also plays a big role. In the background of the picture seems to be a container on the left. The background of the picture was taken in Chicago on August 11th 1966 when John Lennon was there. This picture is fake, because Che Guevara on August 11th 1966 was travelling to Bolivia. However, the meaning of this picture is huge and that’s why I chose this picture to write about. John Lennon was an English musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member of ‘’The Beatles’’. He is a symbol of peace, who lived and loved. He believed everyone should be equal: men, women, black, white, gay, and straight. Also, he wrote some of the best songs of all time and he used his music to change political views. During the Vietnam War John Lennon wrote the song ‘’Give Peace a Chance’’ which...
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...influenced it, but truly changed how an entire genre of film was perceived. Like no other before him, Stanley Kubrick forged a path that no other had treed. He had an eye for a story and a way to retell it in a manner that was uniquely different and memorable. On the quiet evening of July 26th 1928, in the Bronx of New York City Stanley Kubrick was born. At a very young age he showed a passion for music and especially photography. This same passion was not seen in his basic school work though. By the time he graduated High School he only had a 67 average. This low score made it very hard for him to find a college to attend. So instead he moved on to become a freelance photography for the magazine Look. As a photographer he was able to travel a great deal, an experience that helped in opening his eyes to everything around him. It created a thirst for knowledge and the desire to learn more. This desire brought him to the doorsteps of Columbia University where he enrolled as a non-matriculating student. While attending Columbia he became even more influenced by photography, which turned into a growing passion for the understanding of the film process. Often times, he would sit in during classes taught by Lionel Trilling, Mark Van Doren and Moses Hadas (SK-TMF, 2008). All three men were considered some of the greatest minds and authors to have taught at Columbia, and thought to be Kubrick’s greatest influences. Yet this would not be enough for the often deep and unending mind of Kubrick...
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