Diary Entry
Since we haven’t been working on the dark room, I will not be talking about my experiences in the dark room. For this project we had to take individual photographs of subjects that represented different cultures including my own. It was a hard thing to decided which culture to include but at the end it came out fine. Since I do not have any type of clothing or accessories to represent my country (Venezuela) I had to go to my other culture which is Italy and it seemed to work out fine since I knew Italian people in the school. The first pictures that I took were not that good because I couldn’t get to make them look right, and one of the subjects looked too serious in the picture which didn’t fit into the international day theme. For this project I chose 3 different cultures including my one of my own, Italy(mine) and two others of my choice which were Israel and the United States.
Printing Compositions
this photograph did not make it to a final photograph because it came out very blurry. After I changed the settings on the camera I was able to fix it.
Even though I liked this picture, it can't be used for a final picture because it doesn't quite fit in with the international day mood, the subject has an serious and maybe mad look on his face. Also, it is recommended that the photographs like these shouldn't have the subject looking straight into the camera, a three quarters would look much better.
Final Prints
This is a picture of my sister Laura representing the United States wearing clothe and accessories from the state of texas. The reason why I chose texas specifically if because I feel they are very proud of their state and really show it.
This is a picture of Saverio Calderoni and he is from italy. He is wearing an italian football shirt which says "world champions 4 times". When I asked him what would he wear for this picture, he quickly responded jeans and football jersey. This picture is supposed to represent my own culture since I am half Venezuelan and half Italian.
This is a picture of Nir Benlulu from Israel. When I chose this culture I quickly knew that I was going to include the kippa and David's Star, and this are the accessories that are seen in this photograph.
Theory Notes
Classical Paintings
This is a classical painting and one of the most famous by Leonardo da Vinci. This painting is a good representation of a classical painting, the use of colors makes the painting look like a real photograph, and I believe that was one of the goals when it came to classical painting. The pose in this painting has a meaning that the painter was trying to portray to the viewer, a very interesting fact about her pose is that from whatever angle you look at her, she is always staring you in the eyes. In classical painting the poses typically represent a calm pose, the subjects seem relax and usually their pose has a meaning, something that they represent or are trying to do, sometimes related to historical facts and religious beliefs.
Contemporary Photographs
This picture shows an example of what a contemporary picture of today could look like. This picture represents a wedding moment, and the poses are supposed to be very calm and intimate, the picture should show the happiness of the wedding couple and this done by physical attraction between them. Also, the wedding picture includes the wedding dress and the suit to bring in the joy of the wedding.
Image Bank
This is an “Omaha” man in traditional clothing and Peter Turnley took this regalia photograph. Peter worked for magazines such as Newsweek Magazine and has covered a lot of very significant moments in international history for the past 20 years. He has also won a lot of international awards which include the “Overseas Press Club Award”, “Best Photographic Reporting” and many others. I chose this picture because it clearly relates to our regalia project, the Indian is wearing clothes and accessories that go back to his culture and way of living.
http://www.phototravels.net/frantisek-staud-photographer.html
This picture is probably of someone from the American Navy, I could not find the information about who took this picture and this is probably because there is people that work with this kind of pictures and aren’t really considered professional photographers. The reason why I chose the picture even though I could not find the person who took it is because when I think of regalia, one of the first images that come to my head is military people, how they have to wear their medals, uniform, etc..
http://www.starledger.com/morris/mil_news.asp
This painting was done by William Hogarth. William was born in London, England and he was a painter and cartoonist who has been given the credit for pioneering western sequential art. I chose this painting by him because it thought it most related to the project since it shows how people dressed in a certain time period, the women wore the hoods around their head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hogarth
This is a photograph by Annie Leibovitz. Annie was children to an air force lieutenant and a modern dance instructor along with other 5 children. She enrolled in San Francisco Art Institute where she started studying painting and then moved on to developing a passion for photography. I chose this photograph because I liked how each subject in it is wearing their own style of clothing, they are all different from the other.
http://www.biography.com/articles/Annie-Leibovitz-9542372
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/424420277/117084/annie-leibovitz-untitled-a-mad-tea-party.html
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