Summary Of The Perfect Tomato By Sally Mann

Sally Mann photographs the things that she is closest to. “The things that are close to you are the things you can photograph the best, unless you photograph what you love, you’re

Over the course of 20 years Steven and Mary DeGenaro accumulated a sizeable collection of postmortem portraits from estate sales, auctions and other collectors. Donated by Steve DeGenaro between 2010 and 2012, these images are now a permanent collection of the California Museum of Photography. Postmortem portraiture is the practice of photography of the recently deceased. In the late 19th century postmortem photography became quite popular and remained so throughout the 20th century. The traditions and styles of postmortem photography is the main focus of the exhibit BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. Selected photographs for the exhibit were organized and displayed in similar groups and on several walls and in freestanding cases throughout the third floor of the museum. A brief description, name of photographer (if known), date (if known) and print process / format were displayed on the wall and preceded each group of images. AT REST, represents the traditions and compositional styles that were common in early postmortem photographs. OUT OF THE CASE, INTO THE CASKET focuses on the first paper based photographs, in addition to the new styles in composition. PERSONAL DETAILS shows the viewer a group of images with a personal touch and POSTMORTEMS ABROAD depicts images from Latin America and Europe.

Mary Roach appears at a memorial service for the anonymous corpses of “UCSF Medical School class” of 2004. Though there was the typical funereal preparations, the mutilated bodies are noticeably gone. Even with the bodies absent the memorial service was still a somber occasion. Residents take turns reading and singing, Roach, is specifically affected by one student's genuine acknowledgement to a previous cadaver.

I was surprised because I never thought that cadavers were used for anything other than being buried, cremated, or for medicine. The most surprising thing that I read was that cadavers were used as art. This surprised me the most because I did not think that cadavers being put in poses on display could be popular or beneficial to people. Seeing all of the different ways that cadavers are used was both interesting and thought-provoking. Simply, the use of cadavers allows one to choose a more rewarding option that will allow him/her to serve and benefit fellow humans not only in life but death as well. After reading the book, I have reconsidered the options available to me when I

As a student of funeral service, Reverence for the Dead is extremely important. I found this book interesting and it made me think a lot more about ethical practices. Todd Van Beck has been a wonderful teacher, but my time being his student has made me come to realize that he’s also a very good person. Todd Van Beck talks about very serious topics in this book from death, to funerals, to caring for the dead in a correct manner. Van Beck gives us his beliefs on the subjects along with beliefs of many well-known psychologists. The passage about Dr. Edgar N. Jackson (1910-1994) had a strong impression on me. I joined this career path because I believe in the importance of preparation, preservation, and beautification of the dead also. Dr.

One friend of a victim, Eric Fischl, chose to create a sculpture entitled, “The Tumbling Woman”, to express his grief. He faced a harsh response, and his piece was was exhibited for only a week before it too was censored. Despite this, one wife of a victim, upon seeing the Tumbling Woman figure, expressed that the creator Fischl, “Had the right to create and exhibit it.” (Junod) Junod showed how valuable having access to these images truly was when he discusses one mother’s personal choice.

Stiff by Mary Roach is a humorous but educational look at “the curious live of human cadavers”. Each chapter in the book contains a brief history of scientists utilizing and experimenting with the human body. Mary Roach documents her experiences she had while writing this book, and the many places and people she visited to do her research. She travels to China to debunk the myth of two brothers who supposedly ran a restaurant and served human flesh. She went to a body farm to discover the process of decomposition.

In Stiff, author Mary Roach examines what happens to a person’s body after they die. There are a variety of choices that an individual or their family can make regarding their body. Although treatment of cadavers has greatly improved over time, a lot of things take place after death. Roach sets out to discover some of the things that may happen to cadavers, knowingly or unknowingly.

The characters Sherman portrays, lighting, clothing and expressions are cliché of what is present in cinema, so much that viewers of her work have told Sherman that they ‘remember the movie’ that the image is derived from, yet Sherman having no film in mind at all.[iv] Thus showing that her word has a pastiche of past cinematic genres, and how women are portrayed in cinema and photography and how Sherman has manipulated the ‘male gaze’ around her images so they become ironic and cliché.

The purpose of this essay presented by Jessica Mitford is to inform people of procedures that are being done when embalming a corpse. She explains that most people pay a lot of money each year, and yet “not one in ten thousand has any idea of what actually takes place”, and the books related to this subject or any information are extremely hard to obtain. She adds, there must be a good reason why they keep these procedures secret and if people knew they would not want these procedures performed. Mitford states that traditional embalming in America took place at the home of the deceased, and most times a relative was present during such procedure. In present day this procedure is done by professionals and all others, but students, are not allowed by law in the preparation room.

Her first couple photos raised the most controversy. The first two photos contained Florence Thompson, the main subject of the photo, surrounded by her 4 children. These photos raised concerns around the teenage daughter, the amount of kids, and the lack of a father. The teenage daughter is this day and age of the photo was able to work and provide for the family, so this would impose an image that this family did not want to work for a better life. The amount of kids rose an issue because it would make people think why this lady, Florence, was having so many kids if she could not provide for them.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, is the story of a photographer named L.B. Jeffries who is currently confined to a wheelchair because of a leg injury and therefore unable to leave his apartment. Out of boredom, he begins watching his neighbors, going as far as to name them and come up with scenarios for them. He seeming has all control and all from the comfort of his apartment. His girlfriend, Lisa, whom he deems “too perfect” and is unable to commit to her fully, is not as interesting as the lives of his neighbors; that is until she herself becomes interested in them as well. Laura Mulvey and Tania Modleski have both written about Rear Window and the way it either follows the normal gender roles or contradicts them. Despite being interested in similar subject matter, the two women have differing opinions on the approach of the film; is Lisa the passive object or the active agent? (Modleski, 723). The arguments presented by both women cause the viewer to not only see this film as a critique on movie viewing but on the male gaze and whether or not the man is truly in control of the world he sees around him.

Visiting anatomy labs and cadaver research facilities, she speaks with professionals about what it's like to work with dead bodies and illustrates how cadavers can have purpose and aid in the betterment of society through scientific advancement. Still maintaining her lightheartedness, Roach's focus transitions from traditional experiments and procedures related to death to the more taboo, less widely accepted gray areas of decapitation, reanimation and cannibalism. Throughout each one of her excursions, she fails to present the type of discomfort and repulsion you'd expect from someone observing human dissection and decomposition, but rather shows a child-like wonder and attraction as she discovers what happens to our bodies

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