Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Blog Assignment 9

Fence by Union Station

I chose this picture because I have heard about this fence for a while and I didn't see it until recently. It is at a construction sight by Union Station and it was done by an anonymous knitting group. I loved that it took up the whole length of the fence which was probably about several blocks.


At the MCA

I chose this picture because it was one of my favorite pieces that I saw at the MCA when I went recently. It's a huge knitted piece that is hung from the ceiling and can be seen from all levels of the MCA.



At the MCA 2

I chose this picture because I really enjoyed this piece when I saw it at the MCA. It was a piece that was part of a series commenting on photography through painting and mixed media. This specific piece was about the end of  a roll of film, where the light effects part of the film and not the other that is being protected by the canister.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Blog Assignment 8

This is me!

I chose this picture because I took it when I went on a field trip with my field observation photo classes. This photo was taken at the MCA Denver, it was the first time I had been there and I enjoyed it a lot.


A funny Sign!

This sign was at the MCA Denver when I went on the field trip with my field observation classes. I chose this photograph because I thought it was funny and I added it to my collection of pictures of funny signs.



It's my birthday!!

I took this at my birthday party. I chose it because I had a lot of fun that night and it was the first real birthday party I've had since I was in high school!



It's still my birthday!!

I took this towards the end of my birthday party. I chose it because it makes me laugh!


Thursday, November 4, 2010

Blog Assignment 7

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Sam Wagstaff, 1979, Maplethorpe

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Deana, 2005, Tanyth Berkeley


Both of these artists seem to be addressing photography and the construction of gender, aging or of racial difference in their images. Maplethorpe creates images of all types of people, men, women, young, old. His images highlight the already apparent beauty of the subject by the use of lighting and composition. Berkeley's images deal with gender and what is thought of as "unusual" beauty. Her images depict women in natural and somewhat unflattering light to show their beauty. An example of the "unusual" beauty would be the albino woman she photographed who would not be considered to be beautiful when compaired to society today. This is where Berkeley and Maplethorpe's work seems to become different. Maplethorpe's subjects already seem to be deemed beautiful by popular society and Berkeley's work bring the people who aren't deemed beautiful by popular society into a place where they can be seen as beautiful, or given a second thought.