Wednesday, September 5, 2012

3 images i appreciated

As i read the assigned reading i first skimmed through the pictures, 3 automatically stood out to me. i read through it and the idea of them stood out even more.
 The first one, was the two pictures by Charles Cohen, (12b, and Andie 04) these archival inkjet prints take pornographic images and remove what would be considered the main attraction. this just blew my mind. first of all i still blushed just thinking of what could be there, but once i got past that i was able to focus on the other things like the blue bed or the wall paper orr even the bowl of fruit on the table. to me its like hes trying to tell people to appreciate the main things, but dont forget the little things as well.
the second picture (my favorite of all) was by Ken Donzales-Day. (ramoncita at the cantina) i thought it was beautiful the way that everyone in the picture was slightly blurred and in bland color where the woman was in a beautiful almost teal dress and she looks like shes in fluid motion. and i thought it was because she was the only woman but if you look closer then you notice a woman sitting down, this makes me think that my teal dress woman may have had some kind of importance. the man beside her also has a light shading of the blue on his chest making me think that they were connected in some way.
lastly the images by Annu Palakunnathu Matthew. (bollywood satirized) i like the way he too the dreamlike images we associate with an escape from reality and brings reality into it. when i go to the movies i look for an escape from whats going on in the real world. im probably not the only one who thinks this way. He takes things like current events such as the nuclear crisis, to your escape. then he throws the truth into it writing things on the characters such as "Casanova"  or "don juan" telling you that real life isnt like these movies. life is no fairy tail.

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  1. Thank you for sharing your thoughts regarding Chapter 1. I am also really intrigued by Charles Cohen's work...

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