just some images i've taken

-Stephanie

project four in progress

just a screen shot of what I've been working on.

-sarah

Really excited to see how this turns out Sarah!! Glad you were able to incorporate your interest in travel photography.

Project 4.

Current progress... but I'm still experimenting. /:

Questions CH1

#1 What does Barthes mean when he says "Whatever it grants to vision and whatever its manner, a photograph is always invisble; it is not it that we see"? (P.20)

#2 If self-awarness makes one more uncomfortable in front of the camera, how can we disconnect with ourselves in order to create a better self portrait?

#3 Can the photographer really control the "sentiment" created in a photograph? Do we not all see what we choose to see?

#4 Why is the photograph pure "contingency" if we have control to construct meaning from anything we see?

#5 Is the human inclination toward nostalgia what makes old photos feel so meaningful? Or is it something else?

Erin Scott

How does creating a self-portrait of yourself affect the meaning of the photograph?

Why is the idea of the “original source” so often questioned in photography?

Why does Barthes see photographs, and not any other medium, as an object?

How do Barthes views fit in with post-modernist ideas of originality?

Compare Barthes views with that of Native Americans.

Cool Shit

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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?