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Final Project Proposal

For my final project, I plan to explore how we interact with photographs by encouraging people to do exactly that. Instead of the typical way a panoramic photograph is displayed, I plan to display mine in a circle, surrounding the head of the viewer, hanging from the ceiling. It will also be rotating by means of some small motor. I plan to repeat this process with a rotating square of a woods scene, and a diamond of buildings. I haven’t seen this type of work before, but I guess you might say a baby’s mobile would be somewhat of an inspiration to me. They will be roughly 3x2 feet on each side. I plan to explore different printing papers such as tissue papers and other translucent materials. This will challenge me in that I have never worked in a 3d medium before.

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Gifs and Cinemagraphs for Project 5

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Yes my fountain water DOES glow

Project 4 Proposal

I will take a panorama of the downtown Pittsburgh area. From living in the city, I know a lot of the homeless areas (which are hidden under bridges and along the shores). The picture will be a bright touristy shot, with the areas I know of as commonplace for the homeless completely removed from the picture, leaving a blank grid behind.

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On Photography

What I found most intriguing about this writing was its discussion on photography as an object. It spole about how film disappears, theres a beginning and end to it. But with photos, there is no end, there is just a moment that the photographer decided was worth capturing. It has become an essential part of travel, and the way we go about doing so. Travel has been more about capturing a moment than remembering a moment!

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Body Exclusive

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Lightroom vs Bridge

Adobe Bridge seems to  be a more diverse tool for a wider crowd. As they refer to it in the article, it’s the “bridge” within programs in the creative suite. It’s meant to improve effieciency between these programs. Lightroom, on the other hand, is meant to deal with photos for the use of professional photographers and their work. Another key difference is how they store files. Lightroom has a storage base within it’s program, while bridge does not. 

The Politics of Looking

Representation is important to humans in that we are able to reconstruct a simple scene into something that is beautiful. It may also be used to provoke thought in how we might look at a certain object and how that relates to it’s name, which is nothing more than a word to some people. It’s intriguing to think about what is truly considered artistic photography and what’s not based on if someone set it up or not. Whether or not a photo tells a true story was also and interesting thought, with the idea of truthfulness and trust in the creator of the image. The idea of entrusting photographs to display history is a somewhat interesting idea because any photograph could be staged to recreate a historic event, but we as viewers assume that they aren’t. 

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Project 3 Proposal

For this project, as a self portrait I want to capture the essence of my thoughts on egocentrism. I think many people (including myself) forget how small we are and need some time in a big open space looking at the stars. I plan to make an extended shutter speed and play with glow sticks, light painting under the stars. For the image that doesn't include a part of my body, I want to take a picture of a mirror, my shadow and a gold and purple painted portrait of myself. I want to put my own shadow onto this portrait as it was painted in 10th grade, and I want to emphasize how our shadow, good or bad, is always reflecting on us.

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Cotton Ch. 1

I think the most essential part of this reading is the discussion of the popularization of conceptualization within photography. It discusses how photography was not only primarily an art form but a way of speaking to a purpose. The idea of making a statement by setting up a photograph such as Melanie Manchots "Gestures of Demarcation" in order to move the viewer not only aesthetically but emotionally or politically. Many of these messages are subliminal and take a moment or two to pick up on.  This reminds me of the movements in painting and other mediums at similar times.

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