Gottfried Helnwein Response 2

My interpretation of the image changed a lot because it shows how cropped inside the image was and how easy it is to assume the picture wasn’t zoomed in and was taken how seen.

The image shows a young girl with a very pale skin tone, red lips that are very chapped and look irritated, green eyes, natural eyelashes, and a golden blonde hair with wavy curls. The location of the image is more rural than urban. The image is cropped at her mid forehead, and both sides of her head are closed in with curls, but is obvious to see she had a head of thick hair, and was cropped out. Her chin isn’t all-visible, it is also cropped out to see only a fraction of her face. I don’t think anyone is intended to see the image, since it is in the country or an abandoned building. The location may also be a billboard, which has yet to be up.  The location of this photo is near water, which can be seen at the lower end of the image. The girl looks very unamused and hazy to her surroundings. She looks like she knows what is going on, but is wondering upon her surroundings. 

Gottfried Helwein response

In the image, a person who seems to be a girl is looking at the photographer. She has a green eye with no mascara. It appears she is wearing a lot of makeup, foundation, and wants her appearance to look natural.  Her skin tone is very pale. A small man is climbing on her nose, stopped right on the bridge. He is attached to a skinny rope that goes up her face and down following her nose and mouth. The picture is a crop from the end of her right eye, up about halfway of her forehead, to the end of her left nostril, and down to see a small portion of her lips.  This image is obviously photo shopped due to the man on her nose. The interpretation I have after seeing how small the man is compared to the girl is different than if I would have seen the image without the man. The photographer’s intent of this image is to show perspective and how it can affect the human brain by photoshopping a smaller image into a real life woman. 

Motion

Images to be graded

Pictures to Grade for end of 1st quarter:
1. Reflections image
2. Fears image

Nothing into something

nothing into something

Reflections

Reflections
October 7, 2014

History

Q. Who created the first photograph

OK, now it's your turn:

Q1. Who is Louis Daguerre and why is he so special?  How did he become independently wealthy?

A1. He is the creator and father of photography. He created the first camera and negotiated a contract to sell the rights to his invention to France which earned him a life time income.

Q2. What types of photos did people take when photography was first invented?  What were some of the difficulties they had to endure?

A2. The first photos were portraits in which the subject would sit in a seat with a neck brace that kept them from moving. This way the picture wouldn’t turn out blurry.

Q3. Name three different types of early photographs. What did they look like?  Why were they called what they were called?

A3. Daguerreotypes are one type of early photographs. They were a Daguerre, and always had a frame because of how fragile they were. Daguerroeotypes were named after Daguerre because he came up with the idea. Ambrotypes are glass positive, that looked negative, backed with black material, which was cheaper than daguerreotypes. They were named after J Ambrose because he created the technique. The last type of early photographs was the tintype. These substitute the iron plate in the ambrose process with a piece of glass, the edges were frequently trimmed and they were both framed in a similar way. They were called tintypes because they included tin in the process of making them.

--Ambrotype example

Q4. What is a Kodak Brownie.  How did it work?  What made it so popular?  Can you buy one today?

A4. A Kodak Brownie was the first portable camera and it was extremely cheap. It took a small hole with a lens to let in light and when you take a picture it moves a blocking board protecting the negative paper, which is then exposed to the light capturing the image. It is available on ebay for $18.95.

Q5. Who were the Dadaists?  What was their photographic work like? Why are they considered "important" in the history of photography?

A5. An anti-war art movement. Their photography looks similar to pop-culture, they are important to photography because their optimism led to new movements in other art.