An Embedded Photographer Empowers the Poor

Top 5 Pictures:

1. Picture #9: Boats on Water
2. Picture #3: Net in Water
3. Picture #5: Wheat and Hands
4. Picture #30: Fire and Water
5. Picture #22: Girl Studying

Multimedia Poster 2

1. Our Multimedia Festival poster is good because our background is a unique blend of two colors and two pictures. It's appealing to viewers and its vibrancy makes it stand out. The picture accurately portrays the event details. We made sure that our subject's camera matched the background we chose, therefore, giving it a more professional touch.  Also, we decided to make this poster horizontal so it would stand out from the other posters.

2.  Our new poster is much better than our previous one because we took advantage of the new Photoshop techniques we learned to make the poster better.  We worked more cohesively and therefore, the outcome was much more to our liking.  The new poster is also better because the background is a blend of two gradients with an abstract design on the corner, instead of the simple red background on the previous poster.

3. First, we spent a lot of time making the background of the poster. We decided that our new poster would be horizontal instead of vertical to stand out from the other posters. We then blended a white gradient with a red gradient, giving it a softer view. Then we searched for a nice abstract piece of artwork to put in the top left corner to further diversify our poster. Next , we experimented with various fonts to find which one looked best on our poster.  Finally, we typed up all of the required information on to the poster and left justified most of it to give it a professional feel and look.

Movie Monday- Photo League

1.) What was The Photo League's credo?
The Photo League's credo was that social change could be achieved through documentary photography and emotional connection with one's subject.

2.) What organization did The Photo League separate from?
The Photo league was separated from the Film and Photo League which broke up into the Photo League and Frontier Films.

3.) What was the workshop?
The workshop was a class taught by Sid Grossman as a part of the Photo League. These classes were important to the Photo League because the classes were affordable and offered to any photographer who had a working camera.

4.) Who taught "the workshop"?
Sid Grossman taught the workshop.

5.)If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?

 If I were to devote one year of my life to a project, I would devote it to travelling around the world and learning about new people and their cultures. 

6.)What was The Harlem Document?
A portrait of black urban America and the people, culture, and lifestyles of Harlem that was initiated to try and tell the world about the poor living conditions hoping for improvement.

7.) Who started The Harlem Document?
Aaron Siskind started the Harlem Document from March 8, 2014 and carried it out until July 20, 2014.

8.) A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a _____ painting. Who was the painter? 
The painter was Caravaggio.

9.) Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter? 
The photograph looked like it was painted by Caravaggio because the boy in the photograph was illuminated by the sunshine and looked special. Many of Caravaggio's works are dark but have the main focus of the painting very well lit.

10.) Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)
Lewis Hine was an American sociologist and photography. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States

11.) Who was Weegee?
Known as Weegee, Arthur Fellig was a photographer and photojournalist that was known for his stark black and white street photography.

12.) How did The League change when The Nazis took power?
When the Nazis took power, the Photo League received many talented refugee photographers who had escaped from Europe.

13.) How did The League change during WWII?
Photo league members used their cameras to support the war effort in America. Many female members of the League took over operations of the organization at home while many of the Photo League's men photographers were sent overseas with armed forces.

14.) How did Siskind change after WWII?
Aaron Siskind brought the concept of abstract expressionism to photography, a far cry from the sociological realism from the Harlem document. Siskind was criticized for his conversion to abstractness.

15.) What was the Saturday Evening post?
The Saturday Evening Post was a bimonthly American magazine that published weekly. Many of the photographs used in these magazine articles were taken by members of the Photo League.

16.) Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?
barbara Morgan was an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. She was a co-founder of the photography magazine, Aperture.

17.) What eventually undermined the Photo League?
Angela Calomiris an FBI informer testified that the Photo league journalists were supporters of Communism and the League as a whole was accused of being anti- American.

18.) What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?
The growing menace was the suspicion mounting on the League by the nation who questioned their ideas about society.

19.) Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?
Eugene Smith agreed to serve as President when the League was under investigation.

20.) What happened to the league?
The league disbanded in 1951.

Multimedia Festival Poster

Concert Poster

Recreation of THIS Poster

Period 2 Semester Final

1. My favorite photo from this slideshow is picture #2 because:

• Despite the chaos in the background, the woman and her children are the focus of the photo.
• It portrays how different people react to the same situation.Everyone in the picture has a different emotion. The woman looks worried, the men are relatively calm but are busy working, and the children are terrified and crying.
• It is intriguing. The caption says that the woman and her children have just crossed the Turkish border, and the picture shows with what little belongings they have escaped. Also, despite her freedom, the woman does not look happy. She is instead worried about the future.

2. The best photo in this slideshow is picture #6 because:

• It clearly demonstrates the rule of "space to move" by showing the car in the far left and filling the rest of the space with the road ahead. The way the picture is taken makes it look like the car is moving.
• The distinct contrast between the yellow dirt and the blue makes the car pop out.
• There is nothing in the picture but the car and the road. It's simplicity makes each element of the picture stand out. 

3. I believe my best work this semester is this picture because:

•  It perfectly demonstrates the rule of thirds and the rule of patterns.
•  There is a stark contrast of colors which makes the subject and her camera really stand out.
• The subject looks almost symmetrical, and her arms frame the rest of her body below her neck.

If I had more time, I would have added brighter colors that would stand out against the white background and I would have also added shadows.

4. My three rules of composition are: the rule of thirds, the rule of color, and the rule of texture. 

5. My picture below demonstrates the rule of texture (in the texture of the leaves) and the rule of color (in the leaves as well as the contrast between the leaves and the black boots).

6. Mr.Farley's first rule of composition is "get closer". 

7. The benefits of working in a group include:

• Group members can provide concrete feedback and are a constant group of people you know you can turn to when you need help understanding something.
• Being in a group can help inspire you if you are stuck on a project.
• Group work gives students a chance to learn how to work with people who have different personalities and how to communicate with different types of people.
• Group work helps students learn how to compromise and effectively settle arguments.
• Group work also prepares students for the future, when they will be forced to work with others.

8. The difficulties of working in a group include:

• People work and learn at different speeds.
• Some people may not put in enough effort causing others to make up for their lack of work.
• Students can easily get off-task.
• Some people may not participate causing frustration among their group members.
• Creative differences between students can hinder their ability to communicate and work together.

9. My favorite project produced by another student is Marissa's album cover recreation. 

10. My master photographer was Andre Kertsz.His main contributions to photography were his war pictures, which focused on the lives of soldiers away from the fighting and the battlefield.

11. Dorothea Lange's most popular photo is "Migrating Mother", taken in 1936 in Nipomo, California. At this time she was working for the Resettlement Administration. 

12. Life Magazine was first published on November 23, 1936.

13. Elvis was born on January 8, 1935.

14. Robert Capa was the founder of Magnum Photos in 1947.

Album Cover

This is a recreation of the album cover of Bruce Springsteen's Darkness on the Edge of Town. 

Original Picture