Assignment 3

f11 1600 iso

f11 1600 iso

Assignment 2: Part One

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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.