Halloween

You look behind you and see a dark, tall figure. You run into your apartment and lock the door, but hear a knock. You hear clatter outside and see the figure coming from the balcony. You run into your room to hide… Then you realize it was Chaz in his Halloween costume just looking for some ice cream.

Warmth

Warmth transcends a single word. There is an association with warm colors, warm feelings, and physical warmth referring to a cozy warm in blankets or a warmth of hot air with a cigarette. I captured warmth in specific different ways, but it is all interrelated by the association of the general definition. I am very proud of the thematic piece, I feel emotions with each photo, rather than the solely enjoying its aesthetic. It’s important for photographs to invoke emotions because it makes the experience more personal, and I feel I did this here.

How is photography a wicked problem to Dr Kennedy? What surprised, shocked, interested, or scandalized you from his presentation?

Photography is a wicked problem to Dr Kennedy because it is a conflict when he wants to define his photographs as art, and they are pushed in the category of digital manipulation. What defines the line of art? What defines the line of photography manipulation? Kennedy states in our case, photography is a wicked problem because of its ambiguity of what is truth and what is a lie. Also, using photography to shoot others in the moment, is that a right against our privacy?

Kennedy’s presentation was very interesting when he pointed out the background information and the conflict it arises in society especially journalism. Like above, what defines truth in today’s media? And what is simply for symbolization, enhancement, and/or money.

Beware, these are scary, but…

This is me at Timmerman’s lecture.And this is me at the Climate Change lecture on October 4th at the Carter Auditorium.

Prompt: This week, we explored the background of our problem in Austin. I created this visual representation to help make sense of the system we are exploring. Here is an explanation of what I created: 

For my visual representation, I drew the loop of homelessness and the aspects that contribute towards the loop, such as negative stereotyping, unemployment, housing costs, and drug addiction. However, with aid from the group discussion on Monday, I tied in ideas that we thought could be solutions to the loop of homelessness in order to break the cycle. For example, educating the public of the truth of homeless people can help break stereotypes and in turn help get homeless people hired, decreasing unemployment, and allowing easier accessibility for housing costs.