book idea

for the final project, I am going to get a small photo album and stick the photographs in, coupling them up based on color and energy. The set up of a photo album is intentional, as it plays into the idea of how mental illness minimizes and maximizes experiences and therefore, memories. you're an unreliable narrator even to yourself. i'm unsure of what exactly to title the piece but I will get stickers or something similar for that. i might decorate the pages or let the photos speak for themselves. i do want to include words but will use that sparingly so that there's still room to ruminate over what the photos are trying to say.

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Assignment 8

For my project, I initially wanted to focus on teenage girls in the city and their sticky, dramatic lives. How they ooze and lick and stay. However, I have decided to focus on my own experiences with mental illness instead, specifically bipolar disorder. In a way, it still relates to my initial idea because teenage girls are typically seen as crazy. It will be interesting to explore the topic from an artistic point of view. 

I either would like to harbor in on details affected by my illness, whether in my control or not. I've taken a lot of photographs of my apartment, which often changes due to my mood. It stirs or rots as I do. In this case, I'd be focusing on observations. 

Or, I'd do the opposite and curate photographs with great intent. This would include portraits and setting up scenes in specific ways. 

I think, ultimately, I'd like to merge both the observational - the details I don't touch - with specific, focused images that I am in control of. I think that would be more accurate as to what it's like to live with a mental illness - being in and out at the same time. 

Assignment 7

For my presentation, I'd like to focus on Francesca Woodman. I love all of her work but these photos below really strike me as summing up most of what she aimed to make:

Assignment 6

hard light 1/60 f4.0 iso1250

soft light 1/50 f4.0 iso1600

 from front 1/60 f4.0 iso400

from side 1/60 f4.0 iso320

from above 1/60 f4.0 iso400

from behind 1/50 f4.0 iso800

Assignment 5

• soho photo gallery
• IMMIGRANTS
• Artists Involved: Jon Lowenstein, F. Emmanuel Bastien, Pierre-Yves Linot, Leslie Licari, Diana Uceda, Ellen Jacob, Peter Turnley, Sarah Corbin, Cathy Wilson Ramin, Marc Hors, Paul Stetzer

• Describe: When I arrived at the doors, I was expecting a wall of photographs.
• Instead, it was a quiet maze of deep corners with an accompanying upstairs area.
• The floors creaked as we walked around, pausing to notice all the photographs and
• descriptions. The upstairs section was narrow and a bit claustrophobic feeling but
• I believe that physical sense of being trapped heightened the emotion of the pieces
• which, at their core, were about being trapped by a country that does not want you.
• The photographs were most inkjet, though some were printed upon pieces of fabric
• central to that artists' home country. Most of the photographers seem to focus on
• social justice and equality in their other work. The ones featured were already
• deep in their career. This was not a first show for any of the artists.
• The photographs as a group: The photographs were all centered on the immigrant experience.
• From life before moving, to after, they all depicted the way immigrants are treated in America.
• It all felt very neat and complete. Especially in the social climate we live in now, every one of
• the photographs felt important and relevant.
• For each artist/photographer:
• Evaluate
• How does this work compare to the work of other photographers/artists?
• These photographs stray from what I normally gravitate towards. Instead of pastel
• pink cellphones and teenage girls sprawled out across lawns, the work presented
• wasn't dreamy or pretty. It was beautiful. It felt momentous and purposeful. It was
• biting and made me flinch. Compared to other photographers, the show was not
• afraid of being un-instagrammable. It had something to say rather than show.
  
• Did it evoke any feeling or response from you as a viewer? The show made me realize that
• art is not about looking nice but about making somebody feel something they weren't already
• feeling. It helped me with my other assignment, focusing less on aesthetics and more
• on narrative and drive.
• Choose a particular image from the show that stood out to you
• 
  

  

  This photograph was from a series called Mujados focused around the slur, wetbacks. It featured a series of Mexican people,
• dressed in traditional clothing, drenched and soaked in water. I thought it was incredibly interesting because it can be
• analyzed in so many ways. When you're wet in clothing, everybody can see through your clothing. You're visible. When you're
• wet, you're also very vulnerable. You're heavy, as well. I think it was a very effective way to showcase the weight slurs have.
• I think this fit in with the other photographs and even was one of the best of the ones shown. It was complex and interesting
• to look at.
• Summary
• Your overall impressions of the show as a whole
• As a child to immigrant parents, I thought the work presented was exceptionally striking. I was moved by the images and
• the images stayed with me for days afterwards. I thought that in this social climate, this show was neccesary as it was
• telling of where we are as a nation. I believe the artists were, collectiveley, saying "listen! we are humans who need to be treated
• as such! you cannot ignore us anymore!" The show was an emotional, solid, strong stand against people who do not believe
• in immigrants. The way the show was orchestrated was perfect. From the photographs chosen to the physical landscape of
• the gallery, it felt right.

assignment 4

1. Line: 1/60 f5.6 iso 400

2. Shape: 1/60 f5.6 iso 400

3. Repetition: 1/60 f5.6 iso 400

4. Contrast: 1/1000 f5.0 iso 100

5. Texture: 1/60 f5.6 iso400

6. Rule of Thirds: 1/60 f5.6 iso 400

7. Complementary Color: 1/60 f5.0 iso 400

8. Monochromatic / Analogous Colors: 1/60 f5.6 iso 400

Assignment 3

f11 1600 iso

f11 1600 iso

Assignment 2: Part One

1/125

1/30

Reading 1

1. What is the author’s thesis?
   "Descriptions are answers to the questions: "what is here? what am I looking at? What do I know with certainty about this image?"
2. What examples does he use to support the thesis?
   "Either Richard Avedon used an 8 by 10 inch Deardorff view camera or he didn't. Either he exposed more than 17,000 sheets of film or he didn't."
3. In your own words, how does Barrett define: 
1. Description: verifiable by observation and an appeal to factual evidence.
2. Subject and Subject Matter: Subject is synonymous with theme or meaning and is more of an interpretive than descriptive endeavor.
3. Form: refers to how the subject matter is presented.
4. Medium: refers to what an art object is made of.
5. Style: indicates a resemblance among diverse art objects from an artist, movement, time period or geographic location and is recognized by a characteristic handling of subject matter and formal elements.
4. In your own words, summarize what Barrett means when he refers to:
1. Comparing and Contrasting: spot the similarities between artwork.
2. Internal and External Sources of Information: xxxxx
5. In your own words, summarize Barrett’s position on the relationship between:
1. Description and Interpretation: one cannot exist without the other
2. Description and Evaluation: xxxxxx
6. Write a concluding paragraph that includes:
1. Summary of at least two other points you think the author was trying to make:
2. Two things you learned from this reading
3. What is the author’s conclusion?
4. Your reaction to the material

Your response for each item (e.g. 1a., 1b., 1c. etc.) should be 3-5 COMPLETE sentences long. 

Assignment 1: part two

the first photo is by artist Mary Ellen Mark. it is the first in a series called Ward 81, in which Mark went to Oregon Psychiatric State Hospital and documented the life of patients there, all women. Her style is simplistic, focusing on the space of the ward rather than the cruel intimacy. Her photographs are wide and spacious, funny and beautiful. As someone who has also been hospitalized due to mental illness, I found these images important and this one especially striking. 

the second photo is by hailed young photographer, Petra Collins from her series titled The Teenage Gaze where she looked to explore the details of being a twenty first century teenage girl. The photos are fluorescent and colorful, capturing girls in mirrors or reflected among each other. I chose this photo because though it is not as aesthetically pleasing as her other work, it is possibly the realest. I imagine the call a teenage girl, buzzed at the party, ignores. I know guilt will follow. 

the last photo is one from photographer Chadwick Tyler from one of his two series, God's People. It focuses on the drama of nothing. The portraits are gritty and untouched. I saw this photo a few months ago and find myself coming back to it. It is a perfect portrait of America. The escapism is evident and almost overwhelming. It gives me a sense of longing. Is there anything else? What else would there be?

Assignment 1 part one

                                                                   1/125 f5.6 iso: 6400 meter at +

1/125 f8.0 iso: 3200 meter at 0

                                                                 1/125 f11 iso: 1600 meter at -


what is bracketing and what settings did you manipulate on your camera, by what increments (in stops) in order to achieve it?

Bracketing, in its simplest terms, is the technique of taking the same photograph with different settings. When taking these photos, I manipulated the ISO, f-stop and due to these, the meter. I started at f5 and went up 1 stop to f8 and then 1 more to f11. It took a bit of testing but the results are evident of these changes.