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#19. Can you think of anything that:

I cannot think of anything that should not and cannot be photographed. I believe everything can be and probably should be. Whether it is fashion, fine-art, documentary, any type of photography I believe truly “documents” our lives and our society and this world. It helps us realize/see what we are unable to see for ourselves and travel to places we always wanted to travel to. It helps us keep track of what is going on and what we need to change. It also helps us come to the realization of what is truly going on in the world that we did not know about and some things that are good and some things are bad. We cannot censor art or censor photography. That is like censoring speech. For me personally, I am not sure if there is something I do not want to photograph. Right now in my life, I want to try everything. I want to photograph every type of genre and just try things. I do not think I would limit myself. The only thing I would not enjoy is being paparazzi following the celebs around. To me, they are not doing it for the love of photography; they are doing it for money.

#20 Describe at least one photograph that you could take for each of the following “place” prompts.

• An image of a synthetic “place” such as Disney World, Las Vegas, a Hollywood set, a diorama, etc.
• For this prompt, since I am not near a big park/big life place likes these I would go to what is a set up place in Lansing. When I think of these places I think of big lights, a lot of people, food and a lot of activity. This in turn makes me think of a Lansing Lugnuts game on a “Thirsy Thursday” night. Capturing the essence of the stadium and all of the people that are there.
• An image of a fantasy/fictitious environment concocted from your imagination.
• In my imagination, when I think fantasy/fictitious I think of a mix of Alice in Wonderland and Lord of the Rings. I think of a field with pretty trees that the sun is rising and there is a haze all around. There are flowers and people in ‘costumes’ or creatures in the background. To me, it would be like you are a spectator to their lives just like most fantasy things are to us. We are always reading or watching them, unless it is in our dreams.
• An image of a placeless space such as the Internet, cell phones, e-mail, e-bank, surveillance, etc.
• This photograph would be blank room, either white or black with a lot of lines that could be created by flashlights and lasers to seem like information is coming in and out of this all white or black room that no one knows where it is.
• An image of a public space.
• A public space to me, when I first hear that word, is grand river. I think of The porch or peanut barrel and espresso royal where all of these people are together walking in and out of these public areas yet most do not know each other. A long exposure to capture the still people sitting yet also getting all of the movement of people passing.
• An image of a private space.
• When I first think of private space, I think of the bathroom. I think of taking a shower and just having time to think to myself and relax. I think of a scene where you are looking into the shower, it is all hazy and the shower head is on the left and the face that has their eyes closed and water just falling on their face on the right.
• An in-between space that brings to mind one of the following ideas: nomadic lifestyles, displacement, rootlessness, out-of-placeness, boundaries, movement, expansion, etc.
• I think of an open road, a backpack on the side of the road all alone with open space everywhere. Or even that same open road with no cars on it or one car way far off in the distance with a person walking away from the camera. It would be midday so the sun is high and is bright.

#21

A. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of “news”-related photographs.

I think of news I think of the world, in your face, moments, expressions, war, reality, it has an objective, it tells a narrative, history.

B. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of “snapshots”, including family photographs, cell-phone shots, photos posted to facebook,

Snapshots I think of emotions, memories, events, friends/family, love, it is personal, it describes you and your life, it is something you want to remember, it is mostly positive, happiness, it tells stories.

C. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of advertisement photographs, including fashion photography, product photography, etc

I think of color, design, I think of classy for some advertisements, It can be far fetched when it comes to fashion photography and can be imaginative, it has no boundaries, it is set-up and materialistic, it can be moments and emotions but people know that they are not real, it has a purpose to sell.

D. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of film/movie and television stills.

When I think of film/movie/tv stills, I think of being set-up, I think of imagination, of fantasy and drama, it has a story in it, it can be a mix of every type of photograph aesthetic depending on the movie/tv, it is a moment in the movie/tv show.

E. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of yearbook photos, senior pictures, and team/club/sports group shots.

These photos to me to do not hold much emotion or expression. They are just there to say who was in what. They are set-up and the people in them are ready and posed. They are there to document who did what each year and that is all.

F. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of stock images. http://www.corbisimages.com/ http://www.gettyimages.com/

When I first think of stock images, I think of cheesy, but when you really go through and see them all they are every type of photograph and every type of aesthetics. They express life and our world in every way possible. Yes, they have the usual sunrise and sunset photos on the beach but they also have photos that are fashion, that are sports, that are news, that are captures of moments, emotions, life and people.

G. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of fashion photography.

Fashion photography is colorful, imaginative, set-up, posed, not reality, what we all want to be, pretty, rough, they take a chance, they can be/a lot are racy.

H. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of paparazzi shots or celebrity photographs.

Paparazzi shots and celeb photographs to me, I think of invasion, emotions and moments but most that are not natural but what is forced upon them at that moment because of the paparazzi. They are sneaky yet can sometimes capture personal moments.