Photography With Natalie

Snapshot images as both personal artifacts and cultural documents 'Because the "social life" of snapshot photography resides in both the private and public realms - in that tis images are intended for family and friends, yet are consumed through conventional codes - the genre uniquely lends itself to a sense of communal belonging, and thus has the potential to aide the construction of alternative group identities.' (Zuromskis) Snapshot as a photograph taken by an "amateur" and "made for use within the private sphere of the... family" Zuromskis attempts to define snapshot photography not by its “essence,” but by that which undermines its perceived qualities, reinforcing Roland Barthes’s notion that “the photograph shows us everything and nothing” Andy Warhol and Nan Goldin’s uses of the “snapshot aesthetic,”- the genre can be used to form communal alternative identities.  Snapshooting was performative, a “social” act that allowed them to doc...

Flickr: sharing photos leads to collective perspectives, experiences and memory 'sharing' - exchanging views in order to have the same viewpoint - same perspective on the world Motto: "Share your photos. Watch the world." - sharing pictures leads to a collective experience. Individuals upload photographs documenting their lives - become part of a social community. This shapes how they watch the world. Flickr functions as a collective memory. It invites users to contribute photos, comments and information Culture of connectivity: a culture where perspectives, expressions, experiences and productions are increasingly mediated by social media sites 3 concepts: The technological unconscious Connectivity instead of collectivity The continuous present of the mediatized age Two theoretical approaches: socio-technical ensembles affordances "Some researches have lauded Flickr's potential as a platform for individuals to develop and shape their a...

'Whatever it grants to vision and whatever its manner, a photograph is always invisible: it is not what we see.' (Barthes, 1980: 6) 'Light - both natural and artificial - can thus be perceived as a custodian of truth. Seeing has become a cultural form of believing.' (Thomas 1996: 148) Photography became the means for which to observe the world, to describe its properties, and most importantly, to prove things existed within the relationship of space and time. New technologies have fundamentally transformed the way photographic images are produced as well as perceived. Digital photography is a medium that 'privileges fragmentation.' (Mitchel 1992:8)  Digital photography has so deeply penetrated current image culture. Lev Manovich indicates that what is lost however, is not realism, but only photographic realism. 'Manipulation is integral to photography." (Rosler 1991: 53) (source: Digital photography and the question of realism, Antonia Bard...

Digital technology allows for greater ease in editing than analog photography, because it transforms photographs from objects into data. Marshal McLuhan - "the medium is the message" --> "medium" is any extension of the human senses. McLuhan's "message" explains the way a new medium affects a culture, "for the 'message' of any medium or technology is the change of scale or pace or pattern that it introduces into human affairs." Digital technology allows for greater ease in editing than analog photography, because it transforms photographs from objects into data. Digital photography challenges the historical belief that photography is representative of reality. Roland Barthes describes the relationship between object and image and time as "that-has-been" Photographs are perceived to represent reality in their reference to a subject in time Digital images are translated into code The process of reading photographs ...

female seen as a passive object of adoration or the gaze and sometimes seen as a castrating bitch meat is murder the body seen as a crucial site for the exercise of power and pleasure with respect to sex, gender and identity "fashion photography plays with our own desires and fears and appreciates how the discursive body appears" (Barthes 1990: 257) "Fashion magazines come on rather like pornography; they indulge the desire of the "reader" who looks at pictures, to be each perfect being reflected in the pages, while simultaneously engaging erotically with a femininity (and increasingly a masculinity) that is constantly being redefined." (Wilson, Elizabeth 1985: 158) We live at a time when we are simultaneously encouraged to take care of our bodies through dieting or exercise while we are offered the opportunity for uninterrupted consumption through fast-food multinationals like McDonald's and late-night supermarkets. "Capital accum...

representation  is the meaning through language 2 systems of representation 'system': objects, people and events are correlated with a set of concepts or mental representations which are carried around in our heads how we might form concepts for things we can perceive - people or material objects Meaning depends on the relationship between things in the world - people, objects and events, real or fictional - and the conceptual system, which can operate as mental representations of them we 'belong to the same culture': we interpret the world in roughly similar ways, we are able to build up a shared culture of meanings and thus construct a social world which we inhabit together. --> 'culture' sometimes defined in terms of 'shared meanings or shared conceptual maps' The meaning is constructed by the system of representation. It is constructed and fixed by the code, which sets up the correlation between our conceptual system and our language sys...

Cultural imaginaries: a theory that came from different concepts in Latin America imagined community  It was put forth by Stuart Hall The meanings of photographs are not fixed and can depend on the background of the person cultural landscape : consisted of dual framework - objective (original meanings) vs subjective (interpretations) Landscape photography captures nature and man-made features  source: google images Esteban Pastorino Diaz Takes photos from a bird's eye point of view and focuses on specific points conceptualisation source: google images He reflects the work of Fransisco Salamone (architecture) Lauren Marsolier perceptual photography exploring senses rather than the immediately visible images present mental landscape Mishka Henner photos that pre-existed on the Internet images from Google Earth source: google images Misha takes photo from Google Earth but doesn't show the person's face. ...

"Lifestyle photography is relaxed, comfortable and approachable. It strives to capture real moments that you will recognise as part of your life." - Jeff Haggin and Bjorn Kartomten not posed doesn't show superficial images of success 'a slice of life' that's real photographer becomes a third person that models are told to ignore shooting on location is a big help in creating a sense of naturalness (source: the how and why of lifestyle photography, Jeff Haggin and Bjorn Kartomten) This text will help me when taking the photo and how it should be. I'll try to make my subject feel comfortable and feel like i'm not there with a camera taking a photo of them and therefore I will capture moments of everyday life in order to show the reality.  Related artist: Kate Abbey source: morganlockyer.com  Kate's images continue to 'connect' us to the moment. Over the last 15 years she has refined the art of capturing these dist...

For my project I was inspired by lifestyle photography that captures lifestyle and the everyday life. However, what I noticed is that most subjects, specifically looking at female subjects, are represented as luxurious, beautiful and the stereotypical female. However, in my project I want to challenge these stereotypes and present reality by focusing on a girl's daily life. Inspiration: Haas and Haas Photography source: haasandhaas.com David Bean source: visualreserve.com   Nader Khouri source: naderkhouri.com

source: google images battery pack: power supply for flash heads that is charged by mains electricity but which works independently and can be used in the field guide number: a number used to describe the maximum coverage distance of a flash unit for a given lens aperture and film speed/sensitivity hot shoe: camera accessory shoe with electrical (hot) contacts for triggering flash when shutter is released slave flash: independently powered flashgun that is triggered by flash of main unit, often of lower power and used as effects light flash synchronisation: ( sometimes called 'sync' or 'synchro') flash synchronisation is the correct timing of the flash to illuminate the whole film frame or digital sensor / timing brief burst of light from flashgun to appear between the opening and closing of the camera shutter focal plane shutter: camera shutter that operates close to the film/sensor in the plane of focus of the lens - common in digital SLRs and 35mm cameras....