Hodgepodge of Photos

Today is the third to last day of my last fall semester at Ursinus College. The photo's that I am commenting on below were all found on Google using different word identifiers. Words such as riot, peace, justice, power, and more were typed into Google Images and sorted through to find suitable photos to comment on. The next collection of 12 photos are those suitable photos. Enjoy the commentary and the photos!

 Messages in photography seem to spring forth the longer you look into a photo.  The sense of micro-macro reality of the world is brought into focused view in this photo.  The layout of he photo portrays a typical crosswalk but with what is obviously tiny little figurines. The figures show us how fragile our lives really look from a distance by resonating a sense of fake life, or life created for the enjoyment of a voyeur.  The need for human quality and actual reality is found in the alliteration of our society.   

 At a glance this photo looks like four high society girls driving a fancy yellow car, but with more focus it is shown that these figures of girls are mannequins.  This a trick that brings forth a commentary on the nature of female beauty.  Mannequins represent an idolized beauty, and in this photo develop an impact upon what is real versus what is fake.  High society woman are looked at in a way that shows them to be one-note and plastic, without any real depth other than that they look good. 

 This is an example of Bressom's decisive moment.  The photo shows the solidarity of the Chinese military, and the unity felt in a uniform action.  The photo pulls you in by the sense of time that each jump brings (the highest jumps belong to the soldiers in the front of the picture, while the smaller jumps belong to the soldiers further away from the camera). 

 In another example of decisive moment we get this amorphous image of a water blob.  It took me a couple of seconds to understand the narrative of the photo and what the subjects in the photo meant in relation to each other.  The photo is of a human popping a water balloon. The lighting on the water makes form seem alive, and more synchronized with reality than the tiny sputter of orange balloon.  This shows the audience a reality of formation that usually by passes us so quickly that we never see it. 

 The looming forces of humanity in struggle against each other are shown in this narrative photo.  The forces of governance are portrayed in metal, great in number, shadowing the back ground of the picture. Our rioter in front open backpack and malatov-cocktail embody a sense of unarmored individuality fighting an uphill battle. The subjects play on each other create an enthralling device in this photo.

 This vigil of peace stands in relation to unenthusiastic pedestrians.  The emotion that is found in the formation of the peace sign on the ground in no way conveys the energies of the subjects around it.  Thus the vigil comes across as an empty gesture in the streets of this city.  The depth of the city streets creates a metaphoric vortex of status quo that is unaffected by the message in the vigil.

 The composition of this photo and the colors emphasize the contrast between nature and knowledge.  This juxtaposition is refreshing in a world of photographers who keep taking photos of technology versus nature, bringing focus to the root of the epic showdown: knowledge being the founding reason for the changes in our world and the growth of our youth.  The books residing in the forest also bring forth a sense that the environment we live in can also help nourish the youth in their development.

 This photo goes along with the riot photo I commented on earlier showing the other side of the riot. Panic and chaos is found in this photo that captures in a timely manner the movement of people in the streets.  The disarray of the photo suggests danger but we aren't show what that is or where its coming from but, that it affects everyone in this street environment.

 This is simply human recreational fun.  The photo has power when taken in context but in some cases photos can draw power even though they say nothing.  This photo suggests nothing but the immaturity of mankind with his member.  The finger  through the zipper is shocking but brings little to nothing to think about.  Rebellion from the status quo and the appreciation for the silliness of humanity is seen in this photo.

 One man in front of a line of metallic military might, is inspiring and shows the vigor of human resilience. The power in this photo comes from the death that we know is possible from the tanks, and the fact that this small looking disheveled man wants to challenge this might head on.  The tanks even portray a sense of surprise at the challenge making that statement even more powerful.

 This example of decisive moment captures a painter with a huge brush filled with black paint and water.  The curvature of the brush is inhuman and the arc is magnificent to the eye, once again showing how much water can linger in the air when caught in a frame.

 The objects within the belly of the dead bird show the pollution that society has had on nature.  the spindles and pieces of plastic show the realities of our world.