From workbook feedback i found out i needed to do a lot more writing about artist models , what i like about the images, what i can use for my own work, how to expand on the ideas.
also need to do some background research and look at different ways to show my images,
Class Feedback
need to add more emotion to my images, add more human interaction and make the animals doing something.
Play around with more background and make it a bit more concsistant through out
Changing some layouts and starting to play around with different background collages, also trying to add a story , emotion into my images, make it have more meaning and showing my idea stronger
Questions to consider about ‘The New Face of Snapshot Photography’ Jonas Larsen and Mette Sandbye
1.
Why did Larsen and Sandbye write this article? (Not ‘What is it about?’ but what is the point of it? What does it do? Consider where it comes from, you may need to read the whole thing before you answer this question).
Photography is not dead, it is just changing with time and technology.
studies how we use photography today
2.
What is this article about in a general sense – sum it up.
What is this article about in a general sense – sum it up.
measures the shift in the photo status as a static document to record a past event
to a form of immediate communication.
digital photography has changed the way images are produced, and the way the are used circulated and communicated, there are now many social forms and use of photography
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critical awareness to everyday amateurs - greater depth in “art” photograph - purpose seek
-materiality
impact of amateur photography
- on consumption, production and value
- products - selling ideas - photographic quality
- communication
- technology - wireless
- honesty - context
-habit
social - sharing speed
loss of intimacy control, authorship - history of medium , critically towards medium - self - man-ululation
images that lack soul - conceptual , pictorial - paid to take photo
knowledge of subject
aesthetics
mindless consumption
credible
3.
What difference do the authors draw between analogue and digital photography on pg. xvi?
What difference do the authors draw between analogue and digital photography on pg. xvi?
analogue photography was directed to a future audience (they tend to be a record of a pass event)
digital photograph makes photographs images instantaneous and mobile
4.
What effect has the era of Web 2.0 had on photography? (p. xvi – xix)
What effect has the era of Web 2.0 had on photography? (p. xvi – xix)
Web 2.0 is the era of new digital technologies ,social networking sites and photo communities which has allowed a open online participatory culture which allows individuals to surf and also make there snapshots products through editing, updating, blogging, posting, sharing and tagging
5.
What do the authors mean on page xx when they say ‘Increasingly, everyday
What do the authors mean on page xx when they say ‘Increasingly, everyday
amateur photography is a performative practice connected to presence, immediate communication and social networking, as opposed to storing memories for eternity, which is how it has hitherto been conceptualised’?
there is now a shift from photos being a means of storing memories/events for future reference to run where images , where images become messages to be widely circulated
6.
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photographs need to be understood, everywhere and always, in relation to the societies in which they are embedded’. What aspects of our society might influence how photographs are read?
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photographs need to be understood, everywhere and always, in relation to the societies in which they are embedded’. What aspects of our society might influence how photographs are read?
photography is not a uniform practice but is a complex and diverse practice across time and space and therefore will be influenced by different social and cultural values
narcism
- keeping up with “jones”
pop culture - value
who to believe
open minded
de-sensitised
-image bias
-honest image
- images we trust. truth
establishing credibility as a photography
agenda
- provide: information scandal, degrading others/self
- any pub good pub
7.
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photography must be understood simultaneously as a social practice, a networked technology, a material object and an image’, what do each of these four things mean?
On page xxiii the authors state ‘Photography must be understood simultaneously as a social practice, a networked technology, a material object and an image’, what do each of these four things mean?
social practice -
how we use images to present our views or msg
network technology -
how we use technology to disseminate our views or msg
material object -
the subject matter
an image -
its a snapshot of a certain event in time
8.
What do the authors mean on page xxiv, when they state ‘Photography as a practice has been discussed relatively rarely’?
What do the authors mean on page xxiv, when they state ‘Photography as a practice has been discussed relatively rarely’?
analogue photographs have been used as texts (recording a pass event) and studies about photography have been about method to analysis these photo. with digital photography and its convergence with technology and media means we need to look at why we take photographs
9.
What ideas raised in the discussions of the different sections of the book interest you? Could any be used for your assignment?
What ideas raised in the discussions of the different sections of the book interest you? Could any be used for your assignment?
mobility of photographs, influence on mobile phones
Japanese purikura photography , Photo Booth photography
Digital doctoring , ordinary people with basic cameras can manipulate there images
Questions to consider about ‘Truth and Lies; On Digital Visions’ Mariëtte Haveman
Why did Mariette Haveman write this article? (Not ‘What is is about?’ but what is the point of it? What does it do? You may need to read the whole thing before you answer this question).
writer might be a photography/ digitisation academic
argument around digitisation
2.
What are some of the common concerns of theorists writing about the digitization of photographs in the 1990’s (pp.46-50).
What are some of the common concerns of theorists writing about the digitization of photographs in the 1990’s (pp.46-50).
3.
How does Haveman counter these arguments?
How does Haveman counter these arguments?
a. What are some of the ways photographs could be ‘manipulated’ prior to digitization? (Pp. 50-51).
before digital photography. photography could still manipulate them but it took time to do in the dark room. now a days photography can edit them at a computer anywhere within in a few minutes
4. How does digitization impact on different branches of photography?
digitization imapcts on all areas of photography as it gives us more control of our vision and the way we want our photos to be read. in its self it creates a new art from or digital manipulation images creating a surreal aspect of work
digitization imapcts on all areas of photography as it gives us more control of our vision and the way we want our photos to be read. in its self it creates a new art from or digital manipulation images creating a surreal aspect of work
5. What effect have digital cameras had on the archiving of photographic images? (p.52)
digital cameras have had a huge impact on archiving as they cut down the amount of images taken over history. when film was the only photography source many contact sheets were made showing all photographs taken and archived. now with digital images only the best images are put forward showing a huge drop of documenting images leading to a drop in historic images of our world
digital cameras have had a huge impact on archiving as they cut down the amount of images taken over history. when film was the only photography source many contact sheets were made showing all photographs taken and archived. now with digital images only the best images are put forward showing a huge drop of documenting images leading to a drop in historic images of our world
6. What is Haveman’s argument about the effect of digitization on images in the press?
Havemans argument is all about time. digitization speeds up the viewing of photographs to public by days. photographic evidence of events is shared before the full story is told before the final score is reveals and before the crimes and riot is sorted. These photos have a strong voice on an incomplete story.
7. What other interesting points does Haveman make?
He makes many interesting points but i feel she has strong educated viewpoint that i dont feel i am educated enough to fully understand and follow at this certain point.
He makes many interesting points but i feel she has strong educated viewpoint that i dont feel i am educated enough to fully understand and follow at this certain point.