Pour faire différent un self-portrait (by Benoit.P)
I chose to post this photo because it reminds me of my final project. I love the man’s expression, he looks as though he is just figuring something out. I like that he is looking up into the fluorescent lights, as if God himself was bestowing him with knowledge. I think that is the face everyone would make if God were to really talk to them.
(by alison scarpulla)
I love the dreamlike quality of this photograph. I like the way the hands stem out from the clouds as if it was a natural occurrence. The contrast adds drama and emphasizes the darks and lights in a very interesting way.
Simryn Gill, My own private Angkor, 2008
Even though these pictures don’t contain human figures, they still embody human emotions. These photos feel lonely to me. The spaces feel abandoned and disregarded. The empty spaces could be a metaphor for life and death. The top picture reminds me of a quiet and peaceful death, while the bottom seems more agonizing or frightening.
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Elderly Animals of the Day: Shortly after Isa Leshko spent a year caring for her mother as she suffered from Alzheimer’s, she encountered a blind elderly horse living on a relative’s property. Leshko spent the afternoon photographing him, and realized that she had found a project that would help her deal with her mother’s illness. She began to visit sanctuaries across the U.S. to photograph animals that were elderly or at the end stages of their lives.
“I am creating these photographs to gain a deeper understanding about what it means to be mortal and to exorcise my fears of aging. … I also want my images to inspire greater empathy toward animals, particularly farm animals. It is rare to see a farm animal that has actually lived its natural life span given that most of these animals experience brutality and death early in their lives. … I want to challenge people’s assumptions about these animals and inspire reforms to the treatment of farm animals.”
The photos can be seen here — and don’t miss the video.
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Elderly Animals of the Day: Shortly after Isa Leshko spent a year caring for her mother as she suffered from Alzheimer’s, she encountered a blind elderly horse living on a relative’s property. Leshko spent the afternoon photographing him, and realized that she had found a project that would help her deal with her mother’s illness. She began to visit sanctuaries across the U.S. to photograph animals that were elderly or at the end stages of their lives.
“I am creating these photographs to gain a deeper understanding about what it means to be mortal and to exorcise my fears of aging. … I also want my images to inspire greater empathy toward animals, particularly farm animals. It is rare to see a farm animal that has actually lived its natural life span given that most of these animals experience brutality and death early in their lives. … I want to challenge people’s assumptions about these animals and inspire reforms to the treatment of farm animals.”
The photos can be seen here — and don’t miss the video.
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Doll Clothes, Cindy Sherman. 1975.
Upon a second visit to see the Cindy Sherman Retrospective at the MoMA this week, I discovered this delightful film and several photographic collages created early on in her career. They are obscure and less circulated than the Film Stills and other iconic images by Sherman, and so I wanted to share it with you all. Hope you enjoy!
This series of photographs is a more obscure set of images by Cindy Sherman. She used film stills to create a collage of her figure. I have never seen anything like this before, I thinks its very creative and visually appealing. Every image is different in its own way, yet she puts them all together and creates one collective piece.
Jennifer, Tiffany, and Carrie, Portsmouth, Ohio, 1989 by Mary Ellen Mark
This photograph is a magnificent portrait of a single mother family. I canonly assume that she is a single mother, I can only assume that she was left at the altar, or the father of her children is a drunk or that she is widowed. Nonetheless, it makes you conjur up a story line for what you are seeing. I see a young mother of two sitting outside what may be her apartment, enjoying the summer air and watching her elder daughter as she plays barefoot in the street. I see a young girl distressed by the burdens of early parenthood. I see a younger girl idealizing her mother’s beauty, oblivious to her struggle. She wants to be just like her mother, so she emulates her in any way possible, thus the two baby dolls she holds in her small hands.
For all I know, the girl holding the child is a nanny or a helpful daughter, taking care of her sibling.
Classic.
Emergence: Cynthia MacAdams
Cynthia Macadams’ photography is best know for portraits of strong feminist women. She is often called one of the leaders of the feminist photography movement. The faces of the women in these photographs reveal their confidence and pride. They are empowered women, intelligent women, strong women. Macadams succeeds at capturing the face of the feminist movement.
Photographs by Jerry Berndt
All these pictures are of candid moments that Jerry Berndt took advantage of. The people in the photographs did not pose or probably didn’t even realize that the photo was being taken. These kinds of pictures are truthful, they reveal what people are really like in life instead of having them put on a persona. These moments in between thoughts are just as beautiful as the moments of action.
