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Harrison Photography

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The photographs at Harrison photography gallery, I found out that they are both different and similar from what I’ve learned within the text book “History of Photography”. I think they’re the same as from the book because of coloring, mainly in black and white. The difference between these photographs in Harrison’s gallery and from the text book are the sizes of the photos, clothing on portraits and prints. Each individual photograph has its own size and printing process.

-Which photographers are familiar, which are new?
Within the gallery, I was able to spot a photograph taken by Alfred Stieglitz that was familiar to me as we read a chapter on him that I found very intriguing. Aside from his photograph, his camera work book was also laid …show more content…

I think viewers such as myself appreciate the idea of letting our imagination go wild and make our own interpretation of what the photograph is or might be and develop our own side story to that photograph. Although most photographers titled their photographs, it’s a lot more fun to be creative as was she/he when they took that photo and thought of its name.
-What does the imagery say about the photographer?
I think that the photographs that the photographers took really tells a lot about him/herself. There were pictures such as flowers, kids, waterfalls and forest. To me, that tells me that he/she must be a very calming and soft hearted person. There were also photographs of people, parks and athletes (Mn Twin baseball) which also tells me that this photographer was a social person who enjoy sports, a good walk in the park and socializing with people.
-What do the photographs say about the area and the era in which these photographs were created?
Photographs taken in the older days from 1990’s were a lot colorless, blind and lacks facial expression. Which is understandable because photography was invented shortly before that time frame compare to now where most photographs are in color, are bigger in size and has different printing

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