Questions

Does studium imply subjectivity?

Is the audience to which photographs speak most important?

How can photography give someone a sentiment? Or all viewing the photo?

How can photography act in opposition to the cinema?

How does photography make people uneasy that traditional mediums cannot achieve?

Roland Barthes

1. How/why do these questions of the original source not come up in other mediums?
2. Relates to ideas of the signifier/signified
3. How do photographs help us bridge the gaps created by history

Roland Barthes - Camera Lucinda

1.) Does Barthes idea that the photograph exists as a duality, as something we can conceive but not perceive, help you to identify with the photographic image as an object?

2.) After reading Barthes experiences with being photographed, I believe that the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of image making in photography are foreign to the way in which we think of the ingenuity and originality of making art.

3.) I think that by Barthes identifying himself with an object as his way of reacting to being photographed is relate able to some of the notions of post-modernist photography and identifying what constitutes and image and authenticity.

4.) I enjoyed this article because it focuses on some of the same issues and experiences I have had with being photographed and photographs. Do you think that Barthes would feel the same about being photographed if he himself was taking, processing and creating the image?

5.) Why do you think that Barthes was able to find the "authenticity" of the photographic image in the old photo of his mother, rather than in the other countless photos?

SHOW POSTER!!!!!

THE BLOG

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/picture-perfect--2/stefan-ruiz

Just kidding.. this is the proposal...

"We are the land" showcases the final pieces of the figure ground photography class. This collection explores the digital image and its role in post-modern photography and how it functions as a mode of artistic expression. Each image works in this way as a self-portrait in the form of a digitally altered landscape. The practice of creating an image digitally to validate our roles as not only artists, but as photographers, explores the roles of the image in our digital age and culture.

This show is a final installment showcasing the 2D photos of the figure ground class. The 14 pieces will be installed by the class on April 12th and de-installed the 19th. We will be hosting a reception April 14th from 6-8pm in the gallery space.

The proposal... (*drumroll please*)

"We are the land" showcases the final pieces of the figure ground photography class. This collection explores the digital image and its role in post-modern photography and how it functions as a mode of artistic expression. Each image works in this way as a self-portrait in the form of a digitally altered landscape. The practice of creating an image digitally to validate our roles as not only artists, but as photographers, explores the roles of the image in our digital age and culture.