Ways we move images
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Ways We Move Assignmnet
1) Jillian Frever: Sister's and Mothers Quarantine This image that Jillian Frever took of her Mother and Sister spoke to me because of the closssness observed from the two subjects. In this photo you can see the mother hugging her daughter from behind so closely where her head is resting against her back and her arms wrap around her daughter to where their hands connect. The daughter is pressed againt the banister where there is no gap between her and her mother nor her and the ledge as well as her leaning over facing down. All of these components observed in this image indicates to me that this is a tight embrace shared between this Mother and daughter is what spoke to me in this image because it reflected a bond I feel I share with my mom. My mom is my best friend, my biggest supporter and someone I can turn to alwyas. By seeing this embrace I thought of my own relationship with my mom and I like to think the bond we share can be reflected as it...
Photographic Strategies
(1) LaToya Ruby Frazier: LaToya Ruby Frazier is an American photographer from Braddock PA which is a town outside of the main city of Pittsburgh. She is well known for photography that tells a story and focuses on the ideas of social justice, cultural change, the inequality in America and just the overall American experience. She uses her photography as a way to address topics important to her such as industrialism, human rights, communal history and according to the video she speaks specifically on the steel industry, the environment and the healthcare system can affect communities and humans specifically. She wants to bring awareness to important topics like these and she does it throughout Straight/documentary photography. Earlier in this class we watched a video about different art movements and one of the art movements was straight photography. Straight photography wanted to show what was really there and what was true and do what painting could not. ...
