Loretta Lux Analysis

And for the other half of the assignment, in this part I choose contemporary photographer Sheila Pree Bright. The reason I selected Sheila Pree Bright is largely her work, which not only was amazing but also portraying wide ranges of contemporary society and its flaws. Moreover, she seems to found a way to show what Generation Y’s view on society look like as if it were a documentary kind of like the photos of Dorothea Lange. Therefore, the next paragraph I will talk about, her works and what are my thoughts on them.

Natalie Watkins is a promising young artist born in Stockton, Ca. She began to study art at an early age, and over the years has established herself as profound human being. She considers her style of painting as a contemporary, and her works range from gender and sexuality to social and political issues. Her art is showcased in cafes and small venues throughout Stockton, Ca. The untitled painting, which is one of her early works, is painted in dark colors of grey and black portraying a figure sitting alone on a dark and stormy night. The figure sits in the pouring rain in the middle of a street watching a small sailboat, something similar to an old fashion pirate boat, float away down the gutter. The artist hides most of the person including their face from the view with a large umbrella. Most of the colors are in black and grey with the exception of the figures sweater, which is in a bright yellow and the water which is painted in blue and white.

America has always been fascinated by the notoriety of serial killers; however, there is not much scholarship on female serial killers and their histories. On YouTube, there is a podcast named "The Big Séance Podcast" hosted by Patrick Keller. Within the podcast Patrick is having a discussion with Victoria Cosner Love about Madame Lalaurie and her history. Madame Lalaurie was born in 1775 to Barthelmy Louis Macarty and Marie Jeanne Lovable, the Macarty’s were prominent among New Orleans society, having emigrated to the Big Easy (New Orleans) from Ireland in the 1730s. Victoria is the author of the book, "Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed" which portrays the real-life Delphine Lalaurie. This podcast discussion will be reviewed by the dramatics used by the sources, the aspect of having an agenda, the credibility of Victoria Love, and the accuracy of their contents.

Katelyn VanVoorst is a fairy-tale loving, musically talented, fear-seeking human being currently residing in Sioux Falls, SD. Of course, this is not where she wants to live forever. She is one of those girls with big dreams to live in big cities, New York City, and LA. Very big citites with incredibly large population (and pollution levels. But hey, to each her own). She prefers hot weather, so LA would be key. This makes sense as she loves summer for it’s hot weather and endless oppertunities.

This week’s discussion post was a 2001 profile of Sally Mann. Mann is a photographer who lives in rural Virginia. The works shown in the video are mostly of her nude children and surrounding countryside. The video does start with Mann taking pictures of dog bones in black and white.

The first piece that struck my eye was Vincent, a painting by Janice Kindred herself. Vincent is a painting done in acrylic. It is a colorful and vivid arrangement of a nature scene featuring trees standing upon a cliff that foray one’s attention. Upon looking at this painting, the sky fascinated me the most. It was portrayed in bright blues, pinks, and purples. When talking to Kindred, she informed me that in her paintings, she likes to do a layering

In her most famous photograph Untitled Film Still #21 she produced an expressionistic self-portrait by portraying as a small-town girl, supposedly lost in the “Big City”. The elements and principles, though lacking in visual colour, she makes it up by having other significant elements such as the lines of the windows and structures with the subject’s eyesight directing observers throughout the picture. There is very little negative space, in addition, the subject is placed near the lower right acting as the focal point creating an asymmetrical balance to expose the uncomfortable sense of being “misplaced”. Furthermore, the camera angle from a downwards view stresses how large the surrounding is and that she is merely lost. In consideration, the background simply highlights the atmosphere that is instilled within the audience helping viewers understand the ambience of the image. It genuinely is a narrow depth of field to clarify the expression of the subject she has chosen to represent, in which is being supported by the scenario of towering skyscrapers and not vice

Katica Roy ‘95, comes from a family of those who believed in the power of hope, equity, and change. She is the daughter of an immigrant and a refugee. Her father and three sisters went from running for their lives to climbing the steps to Air Force One, when President Eisenhower flew 21 Hungarian refugees to America on Christmas Day, 1956.

Despite being from different countries, time periods, and social statuses, poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Natasha Trethewey seem to have similar social views as seen in Browning’s The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point and Trethewey’s Enlightenment. An examination of A Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point by Elizabeth Barret Browning and Enlightenment by Natasha Trethewey demonstrate that Trethewey and Browning used poetry to express their dislike of racial prejudice and slavery relevant to their time.

She was able to create perplexing pieces of work; by adding color shadow and lighting. Her flower paintings had lots of details; some thought that they were erotic.

Navarre Scott Momaday who known as N. Scott Momaday is a Native American author who wrote “The way to Rainy Mountain in 1969. In the essay he tried himself to reunite with his heritage by embarking on a journey to Rainy Mountain in Oklahoma where he visited his late grandmother’s grave. In this essay he also tries to tell the story of his departed grandmother Aho, who belonged to the last culture to spread in North America. She had the memories of hardship and wars that his ancestors persist in the past. No wonder she had that memories of hardship while war was her ancestor’s sacred business. She also saved the stories of legends, myths and narrative accounts in herself and often told the family. Her purpose of the story is to let other people

I found the first essay “Emily” written by Heather Abel somewhat interesting, the next essay “Heather” written by Emily Chenoweth somewhat completed the story as a whole about each other’s experience during their years in college and how it affected their friendship over time.

Her photographs have been displayed in exhibits all over the world, including Saudi Arabia, Italy, and South Africa. She is even preparing for an upcoming exhibition in Paris. Though what is even more impressive is her ability to use her craft to service others.

No other artist has ever made as extended or complex career of presenting herself to the camera as has Cindy Sherman. Yet, while all of her photographs are taken of Cindy Sherman, it is impossible to class call her works self-portraits. She has transformed and staged herself into as unnamed actresses in undefined B movies, make-believe television characters, pretend porn stars, undifferentiated young women in ambivalent emotional states, fashion mannequins, monsters form fairly tales and those which she has created, bodies with deformities, and numbers of grotesqueries. Her work as been praised and embraced by both feminist political groups and apolitical mainstream art. Essentially, Sherman's photography is part of the culture and

Sally Mann’s style incorporates black and white photographs of her children, which are presented with “ordinary moments of childhood, suspended in time and transformed into aesthetic objects, takes on a distorted, even uncanny quality” (Arnason and Mansfield 719). Sally Mann photographed The New Mothers in 1989. This photograph’s most dominant elements are value and space. Having the photographs black and white really enhances the visibility of values. Most of Mann’s work is outside and has a define depth of field to blur out the background and emphasize the focus of the children. This compositional style helps to identify the high and low key values within the photos. The clothes, the reflection of the sun on the girls’ hair, and the girls fair skin are the part of the image that show high-key values, while the rest of the photo in more middle and low-key values. The intense depth of field increases a feeling of space for the viewer. In the photo you can see that the two young girls and their stroller is all in a line horizontally. Behind the girls you can notice they are outside in a open area because of the blurred grass and trees behind them. This photograph’s most dominant principles are movement and variety. The depth of field and lack of distraction in the background of the photo allows your eye to focus and move around with the subjects in the photo. The height of the subjects forms a triangle shape, which is