Steve Mccurry Analysis

Sean Patrick Maloney was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada on July 30, 1966. He moved to the United States to attend college, following his interest in politics. He later married Randy Florke, which named Maloney the first openly gay congressman, and the two are currently raising three children in Coldspring, New York. Sean Patrick Maloney works on the 113th United States Congress in New York’s 18th Congressional District in which he is very successful and a member of many committees, which serve as a platform for his ideology and contribute to his electoral results.

Christopher McCandless’ story does not just begin from when Jim Gallien picked him up on the side of the road. It begins much more before that. A few years before Chris left to Alaska, he met a man named Wayne Westerberg. In 1990 Wayne picked up Chris on the side of the road. Before leaving him they stopped at Wayne’s friends house. At his house they ate a big dinner made by the friend’s wife, because they had heard that Chris had not eaten in days. After leaving the house Wayne was about to drop off Chris when he realized how late it was. He asked him if he wanted to spend the night in his trailer, Chris ended up staying for three days. Before leaving Wayne offered Chris a job, if he ever needed one, a few weeks later Chris came back and took

McCandless sees Wayne Westerberg on a few occasions. He works for Westerberg every time he was in Carthage. Chris loves working for him, even though he never has a lot of skills. Wayne got to know Chris pretty well. and sees how driven and ambition Chris while, Ronald is someone who quickly becomes attached to Chris as they got to know each other while McCandless was hitching back out to the bajada when Franz came along and gave him a ride. The two men talk during a car ride. Franz stated that "McCandless seemed intelligent (Krakauer, 51). When McCandless came into Ronald life he undermined the old individual's who is taking constructed defenses. As they spent more time together, the two became close after a short a time. Franz enjoyed being

Let’s be honest, we all loved a good comic book when we were younger, but now that we are older there are few things thought to be more childish than reading a picture book. This is exactly what Scott McCloud has set out to change with his graphic essay from Show and Tell. Being a cartoonist himself, he has set out to change our perspective on comic books from our default categorization in being for children, to being a possible contender in the adult reading scene. By showing the underlying complexity that goes into the formation of a comic McCloud is able to give a clear understanding that comic books are not as simple or easy to create as the general population believes. Multiple times within Show and Tell McCloud

As I have shown time and time again Marc Change seems not to be able to keep his story straight.

In “It’s time to make it harder to get dangerous drugs through the mail,” Michael McCaul, a Republican chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, proclaims that, “lawmakers failed to act to close a major entry point for… drugs into the United States: the global postal system.” McCaul reinforces his claim through the federal law enforcement agencies’ inefficient system in which they’re, “forced to manually screen millions….of postal parcels in an attempt to intercept these deadly drugs,” he further develops his claim with the poorly constructed Trade Act of 2002 that aspired to make, ”advanced manifest data accompany packages coming into the United States,” but instead resulted in granting the Department of Homeland Security and

Our society has many flaws. The main flaw that it has is we’re super reliant on technology. Artist, Steve Cutss, has many pieces that portray our society at it’s worse. The image on page 81, demonstrates a chain, from a phone, which seems the bosse to a mouse that is trapped . My interpurtation of the image is that we’re in control of our pets but our phones control us and we don’t mind. I’m amazed at how obvious the images’ message is but yet some people don’t see the wrong in it. It’s upsetting how smart we think we are that we’ve allowed our creations to control us.

Overall I like Clyde Butchers photographs, most of his pictures cover a large space of land with big clouds and it looks cool. Some of his pictures have reflections of large things like mountains from a lake or pond and pictures like that reminds me of something that I would want to take. Clyde went through some hard times like when he lost his son, I think that would give anyone motivation to do better in life. He said that when he was in the nature taking pictures it made him closer to his son, it just makes hos story better. I like Clyde’s Butchers artwork it is defiantly

Before starting this project, I knew very little about photography, photographers, or exactly how much impact photographical images have had on our society. I have never taken a photography class, or researched too in depth about specific pictures or photographers. This project has allowed me to delve deeper into the world of photography in order to understand just how much influence pictures can have over society’s beliefs, emotions, and understandings’. I have have chosen two highly influential photographers, Diane Arbus and Dorothea Lange, who I have found to both resonate with me and perfectly capture human emotions in way that moves others.

In the article, “Water Pollution: A Surefire Story in Your Community,” from IRE Journal, Robert Mcclure, investigates waterways that were supposedly “cleaned up” by the federal government. Factories and large businesses are the main contributors to water pollution in seas and oceans. The Clean Water Act was supposed to help clean oceans and ocean fronts from pollution and polluters, but the act was never initiated. Mcclure mentions that “The result today: Beaches, streams, and bays across the country are not being protected enough for people to safely swim and fish there” (1). He has performed many studies, starting with a Statewide look of investigation of water pollution. In his research, he revealed, “all the factories, sewage treatment plants and other

One image in particular is of a family of 6 standing outside next to their car. While taking the photo I heard the wind blowing from the southern plains and the rumble of the car engine. I remember the smell of dust, sweat, and gasoline from the many passing families in the area. While taking it, I felt very tired and dirty thinking of what these families had been going through. Before I left after talking to the family I remember hearing one young boy say “ Daddy, how much longer do we have to drive before we can eat” and hearing those words just broke my heart. Families starving and traveling, trying to create a better future for their children.This family left their home due to a terrible drought in the 1930s, which well over 500,000 people fled the Southern Plains and of that over 200,000 were drawn to California because of the cotton crop that promised jobs in the

In “Why We Take Pictures,” Susan Sontag discusses the increase use of technology and its ability to impact the daily lives of mankind. Taking pictures is a form of self-evolution that slowly begins to shape past and present experiences into reality. Sontag argues how the use of photography is capable of surpassing our reality by helping us understand the concept of emotion, diversity, and by alleviating anxiety and becoming empowered. Moreover, according to her argument, people are able to construct a bond between the positive or negative moments in life to cognitively release stress through reminiscing. Therefore, Sontag claims that photography itself can help with reshaping individual’s perspectives of reality by being able to empathize with the emotions portrayed through an image. Thus, giving

Photographers were expected to be able to take these mind blowing pictures of the war in rapid action, but the truth is there technology back then wasn’t advanced enough to be able to produce these sort of images. The images took only minutes to develop but a huge

When people tell their stories about struggling for a secure livelihood and the substantial needs of life, I get feelings of pity towards them. The pity I feel has sparked questions and desires to help these people. I find myself wondering why I am so fortunate to be born in America and given the opportunity to come have education here. The things I complain about daily others would love to have. These stories also have humble me because prior to hearing them I thought my life was rough, but my life is a dream compared to others hardships.

Human beings are unlike anything else on this planet. Humans have built a world for themselves and continue to push the limits of what is possible. I believe that my ultimate “thread” in life is to capture humans living and existing in a way that only humans can. Being a photographer is “what [I] have always wanted to accomplish” (Coelho 21). As beautiful and alive as a flower or an old building is, so are humans. They are the reason that cameras exist and the reason why photographers even have the possibility to make a living out of their passion. The late Alfred Eisenstaedt, who famously photographed an affectionate couple on V-J Day in Times Square once said, “It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter” (Stocks 1). The euphoria I felt firsthand when taking pictures and the fact that I passionately relate to this quote is why I believe that photography is my destiny and Personal Legend.