important elements appearing larger than less important elements. This difference in sizing makes a statement about what is more important, and what is less important (Peters, 2014). The benefits that graphics offer, as opposed to text-only material, is that visual material grabs a person’s attention, and is encoded into memory quickly (Peters, 2014). Attention is also tied to emotional experiences; thus, a visual stimulus can evoke an emotional response that a text-only stimulus cannot. On example
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I’ve decided to analyze Your body is a battleground by Barbara Kruger, which is a photographic silkscreen on vinyl created in 1989, and a poster by the Guerrilla Girls called Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?, which was produced in the same year. Both of these pieces use a combination of images and words to show and express each one of their individual meanings and purposes. The year 1989 was filled numerous protest against new anti-abortion laws that arose from the 1973 Roe
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In this pedigree project, I followed the trait of the widow’s peak within my family. I chose to follow this specific trait because of a funny conversation between my mother and I. I had wanted to have bangs, but my mother wouldn’t let me. She said, “That won’t work with our hair.” Curious with what she meant, I decided to investigate more about my hair and my family’s hair. I discovered that I had a widow’s peak, which is a V-shaped strip of hair found in the center of one’s forehead. The history
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Afghan Girl, one of the most iconic photographs ever, was taken in 1984 by Steve McCurry. McCurry was visiting refugee camps along the Afghan-Pakistan border, and he chose a student in the camp of Nasir Bagh.i In his words, “I saw this . . . girl who had this really kind of haunted look in her eye. So I got permission to photograph her.”ii The girl had moved from Afghanistan because of the Soviet invasion of December 1979. To McCurry, “her look . . . summed up the horror, because her village had
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professional photographer our whole exitance is to capture the beauty of an image. And while I appreciate, Brandon Stanton vision I strongly disagree with his excessive use of sentiment to attract his audience. At his best his images are ‘street photography’. And his capture is fetishized. Author, Photograph, Blogger- Brandon Stanton started this journey with the attempt to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers. He took his success to Facebook posting, pictures of men, women, and children with sentimental
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Albrecht Adam (1786 - 1824)—How did a German Confectioner who made sweet deserts and cakes became a military artist that paints portraits of battles? Albrecht Adam was born in Nördlingen in the Bavarian region of Germany. As a young man he began as an apprentice for a confectionary in the nearby town of Wallerstein. Adam also played the Oboe, but was known not to be a good player. Eventually, Adam took on another form of art, but through an unusual path. In 1803, Adam went to Nuremberg and began
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Kirsten Johnson’s sense of framing has produced several pioneering documentaries such as “Citizenfour,” showcasing the life of Edward Snowden prior to the massive leak of national security documents; “The Invisible War,” about sexual assault in the military and several others. These documentaries span a whole spectrum of persistent, contemporary issues that hinder the progress of society. The “Cameraman” is a skillfully woven tapestry of snippets from 24 of Johnson’s projects. Testament to the significance
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The photograph ‘Kent State Massacre” taken by John Filo was taken during the kent state massacre on may 4, 1970 is an important Photo. IT was the focal point of a nation divided by the Vietnam war. In the photograph the feeling of grief or sorrow is easily emitted from the painstaken face of a young girl kneeling next to the body of young student. The body is lying face down and motionless on the pavement. The bystanders are not really paying attention to the body but looking off to somewhere with
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Question 14 Do you see different images if you look right to left versus left to right? Did you share perspectives with someone else? Did their views increase your ability to see the whole picture? In picture 3 I can see a difference when changing my view angle. I seem to make out a rabbit when looking at it differently. Through sharing this image with someone else my ability to see the change in the object became decreased, this was as it became harder to see the duck that I originally saw when
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According to the artist’s website, Stephen Shames is an American photographer and photojournalist who has made many award-winning photo essays on social issues, particularly children in poverty. While it is mentioned that his efforts have been towards the promotion of social change through raising awareness, I selected one photographic example of his non-profitable projects in the line with the Sontag’s argument about “looking at the suffering of others” and its relation to the commercialization
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