Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Final Project Idea
Automatically when I think of transformation I think of a caterpillar turning into a butterfly or flowers blossoming. But what if a transformation took place that turned an object into something completely different? What if a human transformed into a butterfly or vice versa. Knowing I don't exactly have the best technological skills, I don't think I could make a smooth transitional piece like how I'm envisioning right now, but for the final project I want to confuse my viewer by transforming something into it's opposite or something else unexpected.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Photographic Truth
"We're not here to capture an image, we'r e here to maintain it. Every photograph reinforces the aura. 'Can you feel it Jack? An accumulation of nameless energies.'"
To understand Photographic Truth, we have to understand what photography is and what is encapsulated in it. Photography can be a documentation, a distortion, or a person's
view on life or a subject. Some photography is meant to provoke a feeling from the audience. For example, in one of John Cassavetes short films in 1984, a mother tries to do everything to make her husband and daughter laugh from a pie in the face, squirting water in their face, twist up teeth, and jumping in the pool. This led the audiance through many emotions and in the end we just felt kind of sad for her.
You have to wonder if people would still take pictures of things if they weren't labeled or marked as specific sites. If you saw the Grand Canyon and it wasn't a landmark, would you still want a picture?
When talking about Photographic Truth, you have to consider the line in which photographers manipulate the subject to a point where it' no longer true. A true photo is a documentation, it' objective and decorative. Sometimes photographers choose to manipulate the photo and they construct a different image. Constructive images begin to be simulated, more subjective and connotative.
We talked about dreams in class and how they provide sentry to construction of a narrative and meaning because they are entirely in our minds. If a photo is constructed to represent a dream, is it a truthful photo or fully constructed photo? If dreams are the subconscious story of life, are they true?
To understand Photographic Truth, we have to understand what photography is and what is encapsulated in it. Photography can be a documentation, a distortion, or a person's
view on life or a subject. Some photography is meant to provoke a feeling from the audience. For example, in one of John Cassavetes short films in 1984, a mother tries to do everything to make her husband and daughter laugh from a pie in the face, squirting water in their face, twist up teeth, and jumping in the pool. This led the audiance through many emotions and in the end we just felt kind of sad for her.
You have to wonder if people would still take pictures of things if they weren't labeled or marked as specific sites. If you saw the Grand Canyon and it wasn't a landmark, would you still want a picture?
When talking about Photographic Truth, you have to consider the line in which photographers manipulate the subject to a point where it' no longer true. A true photo is a documentation, it' objective and decorative. Sometimes photographers choose to manipulate the photo and they construct a different image. Constructive images begin to be simulated, more subjective and connotative.
We talked about dreams in class and how they provide sentry to construction of a narrative and meaning because they are entirely in our minds. If a photo is constructed to represent a dream, is it a truthful photo or fully constructed photo? If dreams are the subconscious story of life, are they true?
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