Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Final Photo Essay: Greetings Among Different Sexes at WSU

A very common greeting, the high five, is seen here between a male and female on the campus green.  This greeting was probably taking place in a friendly manner between the male and female.
Once again, here is another greeting occurring between two people of opposite sex.  It seems that handshakes and high fives take place more amongst acquaintances.
Here is a friendly wave from two gentlemen in the hallway.  Take notice in the lack of contact as the two males greet one another.
Here, yet again, is another example of a non contact greeting between two males through the use of waving.

                                      
Men will also use pointing gestures to greet one another.
Another greeting with minimal contact between males is the head nod. (This was taken just after a nod; I just missed capturing it)

The closest contact I've observe with males during greetings were daps.  This is somewhat of a handshake with different variations to it.  Some guys like the ones above will bring it in for a hug occasionally.
Another form of daps is the fist pound.


Here, a male seen previously in an above photograph giving daps to another male has changed his greeting style when a female is present.  Here, he is making more contact and may be using pickup lines or any other types of flirtation devices.
The two girls seen here are greeting each other at a party I attended.  They use show more emotion and use more contact than do males with other males.


Once again, another pair of females using the physical greeting of hugging upon seeing one another at lunch.

At another party I attended, these girls kissed each other on the cheek upon seeing each other.  This was perhaps the greatest evidence I have found that exhibits how females are open to more contact than males when greeting someone of the same sex.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Photo Essay

Whenever a person meets in an area with another person, it is almost inevitable for a greeting interaction to take place between the two.

There are many forms of greetings that take place between certain individuals.


Depending on certain cultures, there will be many variations on how an individual will greet one another.

Some greeting sign have their own way of being interpreted differently.

  Greetings have also been used a a sign of departure and complete opposite interactions, such as saying 'goodbye'.

In conclusion, greetings and goodbyes signals are used by almost everyone and they can vary in many different ways according to the individual.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Leaving Babylon Summary

In Judyth Har-Even's essay, Leaving Babylonian: A Walk Through the Jew Divorce Ceremony, she describes the process a Jewish woman, like herself, has to undergo in order to get divorced.  There are many key components within this process that are exclusive to the Jewish tradition.  In order for the woman to be officially divorced, she has to receive a get from her husband.  A get is a written document expressing consent from the husband to approve of the divorce.  The husband has full control in a traditional Jewish marriage.  Even if the wife wants the divorce and the husband disproves of it, the divorce is off and the couple remains married.

Considering the above laws of this ceremony, to me, it all seems very one sided and sexist.  Not only does the women have no say but she also has to receive the get from the husband it what seemed to me in a very degrading manner.  She could not just simply take it.  Overall, these rules and long dragged out ceremonies were probably made this way because divorce was highly frowned upon in the religion.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

First 10 pgs of "America, Seen through Photographs, Darkly"

In the first ten pages of Sontag's "America, Seen through Photographs, Darkly", she puts a focus towards the beauty of all subjects in photography.  One of her strongest statements of this may just be, "No moment is more important than any other moment; no person is more interesting than any other person" (28).  She then compares and contrasts the exhibitions of Edward Steichen and Diane Arbus.  Steichen's contains various photographs of beautiful looking people all photographed by different photographers.  Arbus's collection is completely different in that it contains photos of ugliness and disturbance of people in awkward poses that were all taken by one photographer.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Sontag related photo

Site Analysis

http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/eggleston/

This website is a study of Eggleston's work and life.  It starts out with an analysis of his photos.  This site focuses generally on his work with color photography.  The second section contains his biography.  It tells of his childhood in Tennessee and how he got into photography.

This website will be helpful to writing my upcoming paper.  I can use their analysis of his photo when I, myself, analyze his photos.  I can compare and contrast our different views as well.  His biography may also help me in determining influences of his photos.

Monday, February 14, 2011

MoRe Sources

http://www.corcoran.org/exhibitions/eggleston/

http://www.egglestontrust.com/hasselblad_weski.html


These two websites contain biographies on Eggleston's life.  Also, the second one contains criticisms on Eggleston's work

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?hid=108&sid=67756c80-a4d2-4002-8f94-ccdf80b496b0%40sessionmgr112&vid=4

Possible websites

http://www.all-art.org/history658_photography7.html
This site has what seems to be all the recorded history of photography since the camera was first invented.  It also seems to be trustworthy considering it's a .org website.

http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T062999?goto=nu&_start=1&type=article&pos=3
This site is dedicated towards art.  The section here describes nudity throughout the history of art.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Thesis Statement

Besides the shocking photo on page 95, nudity has been featured in multiple photographs and other works of art throughout history; it has also plays an important role in cultural concerns and society.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Three Theses

1. William Eggleston's photos are, in a sense, quite dark.  This darkness can be seen through the visual hints of loneliness, color scheme, and depression found throughout various photos of his.

2. When looking at photography, the three things that stand out the most, for me, are color, subject, and meaning.

3. William Eggleston can be viewed as a cultural photographer because of his ability to capture local environments, townspeople, and lifestyle.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Susan Sontag Summary

In the Susan Sontag essay, In Plato's Cave, Sontag states her views and opinions of what photography means to her.  Some of her main points include that it captures a specific moment in time and/or can be used as "a way of certifying experience" (9).  But as essay moved on, I found that she reinforced these thoughts on photography and focused more on how it can be a "naughty thing" (12).  She states that some photography is, in a sense, pornographic.  I believe her support for this becomes very strong as she compares the first pictures seen of Nazi concentration camps to the same shocking experience as when someone is exposed to their first pornographic encounter.

This was a very interesting but also, an extremely difficult read for me.  Almost every page, perhaps paragraph, contained words I have never seen in my reading career.  Words such as "nascent" and "banal" would appear.  Not knowing these words, I struggled understanding the sentences that contained them and the ideas shared from those sentences. 

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Stephen Shore


The above pictures were taken by American photographer, Stephen Shore.  Stephen Shore was self taught and began taking pictures at the early age of just 14.  Like Eggleston, Shore shared the same interest in color photography.  A majority of his photos consist of roads and roadsides.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Photo assignment for 1/28/11

This seems like a photo William Eggleston would take.  There's the candidness and privacy felt in this photo as in his others.  Also, like one of his pictures there is another person's ligament which suggest another's presence in the room.

What does Szarkowski write about art in general?

In general, Szarkowski believes art is mainly consisted of form.  He even says, "form is perhaps the point of art."  With form, nothing is in the boundaries of nonfiction or based on fact.  "The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive."  And, if anything, in art, the subject is not the "starting point" but, instead, the overall "destination".