Photography With Natalie

Walking around Brighton on a rainy was challenging in order to take photos of the buildings and people but if was fun. I captured this photos of the buildings but I've also tried to include people while they were walking in order to make it look normal but also to show the streets of Brighton and how busy, or not busy it was on that day, especially on a rainy day.

To gaze is to look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise or thought. Three perspectives: the person behind the camera the characters within the representation the spectator Why does gaze matter? power relations impulse to gaze inequality --> links to male gaze (Laura Mulvey) - women presented as objects of male pleasure vs female gaze Gender "the state of being male or female" Feminist art and history emerged in the 1960s. Otherness "the state of being different from alien to social identity of a person and to the identity of the self." us vs them The 'other' becomes the spectacle, the unknown, the weird. source: google images Diane Arbus She took photos of things people hadn't done before She was criticised for being controversial Sarah Maple Artworks that challenge notions of identity, religions and the status quo She uses female characters that 'exist to serve men...

Spelling My Name These images were produced using shapes found in the surrounding area at Stanmer Park in order to resemble letters and therefore spell my name. I have to admit that some letters were a little bit challenging for example, like the letter 'E' as I had to use my imagination in order to create it as I used the bench but it was fun trying to think 'outside the box' and use the imagination to create letters. Stanmer Park and Stanmer Village I took many photos in order to show the lifestyle of the village - the people, work, animals, etc. but I only used these 4 images as I've felt they represented the lifestyle of the village the best. The first photo has to do with work and it shows that even though the village is quiet and surrounded by nature, trees and greens, it can be distracted by some work done on the roads and so I used this photo to represents the work done which is not expected at this village. The third photo is more traditiona...

keywords: representation, Barthes' myth, 'them' vs 'us', binary opposition, difference, Stuart Hall stereotypes, 'type, hegemony (Gramsci), orientalism (Said),  Representation is a complex business and, especially when dealing with 'difference', it engages feelings, attitudes and emotions and it mobilises fears and anxieties in the viewer, at deeper levels than we can explain in a simple, common-sense way. Difference signifies. It 'speaks.' A meaning of a photograph can carry more than one meaning thus a picture is worth a thousand words. So the same photo can carry several, quite different, sometimes diametrically opposite meanings. "frequently, it is the caption which selects one out of the many possible meanings from the image, and anchors it with words. The meaning of the photograph, then, does not lie exclusively in the image, but in the conjunction of image and text. Two discourses - the discourse of written language and the dis...

Vernacular photography  is the creation of photographs that take everyday life and common things as subjects.                                                                                                (source: wikipedia) source: google images Walker Evans He took up photographs in 1928 He documented the Great Depression and worked for FSA (Financial Services Authority) His goal was to make pictures that are 'literate, authoritative, transcendent.' Vernacular photography doesn't focus on people. Ordinary places can be artistically framed too. source: google images In his photography he addresses the impacts of the Depression like big government take over and loss of individual purchasing power and independence, even t...

source: google images The way we see things is affected by what we know or what we believe in We only see what we look at. To look is an act of choice. As a result of this act, what we see is brought within our reach - though not necessarily within arm's reach Images were first made to conjure up the appearances of something that was absent The more imaginative the work, the more profoundly it allows us to share the artist's experience of the visible When an image is presented as a work of art, the way people look at it is affected by a whole series of learnt assumptions about art. Assumptions concerning:           o Beauty           o Truth           o Genius           o Civilization           o Form           o Status           o Taste, etc. Mystification is the process of explaining away wh...

source: theultralinx.com Bokeh Photography Bokeh, in photography, is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-fofucs points of light."                                                                                                                                  (source: wikipedia) source: the ultralinx.com Bokeh is also known as "Boke" and is one of the most popular subjects in photography. The reason why it is so popular, is because Bokeh makes photographs visually appealing, forcing us to focus our attention on a particular area o...

Source: google images The key to creating a great picture is not the equipment you use; it's about finding your own way of seeing things using photography What makes a photograph? Creating a photograph involves the consideration of lighting, focus, colour, contrast, quality and what can be seen sharply. Controlling these elements is what makes an image photographic. Photographs get the essence of things They have the power to evoke, inform and inspire Photography is a democratic medium – global, inexpensive and accessible Photographs are seductive, they feed our imagination about what we want to look like and how we want to live. They fire our aspirations Also allow us to treasure things – ‘you don’t lose anything again’ – Nan Goldin ‘ photography has image impact – a single image can say things beyond words, carrying meaning and feeling.’ – Vincent Lee, photographer camera obscura: a small hole in the wall of a darkened room, acts like a lens and project ima...