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    In the essay, “Rereading Edward Weston: Feminism, Photography, and Psychoanalysis”, Roberta McGrath introducing Edward Weston as a photographer who is “strange and his artworks have been dominated by his own writing”. Edward Weston provides his photographic work with the perception through his writing and journals, “The Day Books”, that consists of his life through photography, his children, his desire for women and the health foods, and his hallucinations. McGrath discusses the issue of the feminism

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    Niepce and Atkins Joseph Nicephore Niepce and Anna Atkins these two people are fundamentally important in the history of photography. Niepce is known to the world for his accomplishes during his lifetime the same can be said for Atkins. Niepce was born on March 7, 1765, though died in 1833 and Atkins was born on March 16, 1799, yet died in 1871, it's clear at one point in time these two both lived at the same time. Niepce’s photograph View From His Window at Le Gras and Atkins Lycopodium Flagellatum

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    What has changed in skateboarding photography since the 1960s, what technology has helped make these changes and how has the technique of skateboarding photography been altered over the years? Despite what most people think skateboarding photography is an extremely difficult and artistic form that requires not only does the talents of skilled photographers but it also requires the knowledge of a skateboarder to know how these photos should look. In the 1960s skateboarding was hardly seen let alone

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    and since a young age I have developed an immense interest in photography. As time went by I loved to evolve my photography skills by purchasing new cameras, trying different angles and implementing new effects. I pursued every opportunity that aroused where I was able to develop my photography skills. I was heavily influenced and inspired of photography during grade 9, when I was able to learn the professional features of photography by learning advanced techniques. However, when I looked back at

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    During the Great Depression, Walker Evans worked primarily as a photojournalist and documentarian, using the medium of photography to capture American life in visual detail. Many of Evans’s most famous photographs appear in his book, co-written with James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. The book was in part funded by grants issued by New Deal programs the Roosevelt administration designed to address systemic poverty. Photojournalism was integral to achieving the goals of the New Deal, which is

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    highways, cars , parades, jukeboxes , and diners as iconic symbols of america while suggesting an underlying sense of alienation. Frank was loose casual and appraoch was often generated blurred imagery and titled horizons which caused his style of photography to be contversial as his subject matter. In the 50s he was a contributor to images to filmmaking and created classics of american subculture such as Pull My Daisy in 1959. Robert Frank was born on November 9, 1924 in Zürich, Switzerland .

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    Writing Assignment 4 Mankind, argues Susan Sontag "In Plato's Cave" in her collections of articles "On Photography", is still in Plato's cave. Photography changes are states of detainment and make a sort of "morals of vision" and the inclination that we can contain the entire world in our heads. Gathering photos, Sontag Argues that it is the same as gathering to the world. Photos are ancient rarities, which make and gather the environment that we see to be current. She contends that capturing something

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    Rocco Basile

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    RocBas Realtor Age Rocco Basile is an eminent personality in the US photography rings. The Emerson College, Massachusetts graduate is highly skilled in portrait photography, fine art photography and photojournalism. Basile was born and bred in New York and is the pride Founder of Rocco Basile Photography, an enchanting studio and gallery in Southern California. This is where Basile exhibits his recent works and that of his colleagues, who include up-and-coming photographer who now have a platform

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    The Body Film Analysis

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    Kathmandu-based female photographer NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati. Kakshapati attended Mt Holyoke College IN Massachusetts and the SALT Institute of Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine to study documentary photography (Kakshapati). In this non-profit artist-run centre for Contemporary Photography, the artist raises this vital question to the viewers: What does it mean to be Nepalese? This exhibition took place in Gallery 44, Kakshapati’s work are pinned on wall without frame in the gallery room and

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    Cynthia Morris Sherman turned to photography near the end of the 1970s after working on realistic painting and has created various portraits that present her as the main subject. Cindy explores many topics in her photographs, including female social roles, entertainment, self confidence, etc. She creates iconic “snapshots” that pose as meaningful representations of people in society. Her facial expressions, body language, clothing, hair, and more contribute to making the final result of a well-thought

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