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and it is oil painted on canvas. In The Execution of May 3, Goya used the high contrast, shape, and color to capture a tense moment of the execution scene and reveals the relation of the Spanish man and French soldiers. The painting shows the image of a group of a Spanish man, judging by how they dressed, and woman who were hiding behind some man's back. At the right side of the painting, there are a group of soldiers from French with weapons pointing at the other group of people. The soldiers

longer one original that can only be owned by a wealthy collector or museum. Photographs are in fact more democratic than any other art form. When a photograph is taken of something, all originality in the image has the ability to be lost due to photography's ability to make exact copies of images, paintings or other art forms. Someone else could take a picture of a picture taken for an aesthetic experience and can replicate the exact aesthetic experience captured. In that way photography makes art

a modern photograph. Nothing in her pose suggests to us, spectators, what she does for a living, nor does it tell us much about her. For us, she is a woman disguised in an image of an earlier generation, or perhaps a woman celebrating her peasant heritage without fully embracing it. However, perhaps there is more to this image than meets the eye. The style, although subdued, brings to mind the many paintings of women in Victorian art, in which themes of beauty and love were apparent. Victorian women

Even from historical photographers such as Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, George Hurrell, Eadweard Muybridge, and many others, it is noticeable that photography styles truly do vary from person to person. Each has their own technique for capturing an image. Each one has their own purpose when they push that button. Not one of them takes a picture intending to capture what someone else already has. They all want to take what they see in the moment and then preserve it to be held throughout time. Not only

mise-en-scene and cinematography presented in the three images I have chosen are central to the essence of the film. The discourse of these images reveals how the theme of trust develops throughout the story. The acting in Image 1 is critical to the theme of trust. This image, which shows Walter having a conversation with his mother, appears at the beginning of the film. Walter’s uncomfortable facial expression is the focus of this image. His face may be interpreted as disgust or concern as he

to make the images she took available to the public eye and hopefully get a positive response to them. Because of her decision to take the photos of the woman with her children, she managed to capture the attention of the millions of Americans and had them witness the full impact of the collapse of the economy and its effect on the people living in constant turmoil and strife because of it from the viewpoint of a set of images taken by a simple camera. The demand of these set of images was to invoke

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

“Iwo Jima” photograph was such an iconic photograph that it went on winning the Pulitzer Award. Important details that can be seen by looking at the picture is that there are six men. These six men are raising the American flag on top of  debris.This image was taken on February 23, 1945 by photographer, Joe Rosenthal. A battle took place in Iwo Jima against the Japanese and Americans with the Americans winning. The  snap shows the second flag raising. The first flag was raised but then taken down being

Taking pictures in today's society seems like a normal part of everyone's life. We edit, post, and share them so that we can display to others what our day consists of. Not only has our way of sharing pictures changed, but so has our believes on them. As Susan Sontag suggests in her book, "On Photography," taking pictures gives people a defensive power against anxiety and a social tool of power. Sontag's stance on pictures is true, but, with recent invention of social media, I believe that taking

one of the most sought-after celebrity photographers in the industry, Matthew Jordan Smith has done ad campaigns for Olay and created beautiful images for magazines like Elle, Essence and Brides. He has photographed some of Hollywood’s most recognizable faces, including Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, Mandy Moore and Samuel L. Jackson. Smith’s captivating images rely on his ability