collection assignment

self portrait

political photoshop

I really did not intend to be insensitive, I just wanted an iconic photograph

Ownership

Watching the videos in class really made me think about my opinions on the subject of using art in different contexts. The music videos created with music and imagery not originally meant for that context seemed harmless. The copyright on music seems hard to control. People don't have to buy music because it can be heard on the radio stations. So re contextualizing music doesn't seem that extream. Even within the music industry people use other people work, it's called sampling. Music is made to be commercial, to be sold, or at a more basic level, just to be heard.
Utilizing photographs taken and posted on social media sites are a different story. Those photographs were taken for personal use, not commercial. I view using the woman's photograph in the vergin mobile ad, and the Gap's usage of the photograph or the car were examples of improper usage or photographs.
While many people determine if the usage is correct depending on whether a profit is made off the usage of the photograph, I look at the issue reversely. Was the are originally made to be public and shared and spread, or was it made for personal usage. While the internet allows access into private art, it is the responsibility of the owner to protect their own work. People should be knowledgeable of what the internet offers and know how to protect themselves.

Composite Image

For my composite image I worked with a Walker Evans photo titled "seed and feed" and from there added cows, Mt. Fugi, Painted Elephants, the Taj Mahal, and a killer rat of enormous proportions.

Scanner Face

After my flash drive failed to save my image the first week, I got to spend many happy hours in the tech center this past week working on this. The hair was probably the worst part of the project, think I spent 7 hours on just that. But I think all the work was worth it and Im happy with how it turned out.

Text Images

Scanned Objects

More City Photos

the theme emerging from this series of photos seem to be farily closely cropped winter images

Walk/ Ride/ Bike... or Ice Skate?

At first when I got this project I thought of going swing dancing in the Ethical Society building on Ritten House, but I've done that before, and it felt like cheating. So then I came up with the idea to go ice skating. The problem with going swing dancing was that I had done it too recently, I haven't been ice skating since I was like 5. One of my friends had their birthday party at an ice skating rink, and I'm pretty sure I remember clinging to the wall for dear life.

I ended up going with my friend Emily, who has absolutely never skated before, to the River Rink near Penns Landing. We took the Broadstreet line to City Hall and then transfered to the Market Frankfurt line, got off at 2nd Street and from there we walked to River Rink. We got there around 8 and waited until 8:30 to get tickets and skates. The first steps on the rink were shaky at best. But, amazingly, by the end of the night I could skate pretty well. I didn't fall down except for when Emily pulled me down. Emily didn't have as much luck as me. Suffice to say, she is now covered in bruises, but by the end of the night she got around the rink twice without falling.

I asked the people working there to help me find the 5 objects for this project. They were basically willing to give me anything, it was humorous. The one worker gave me a skate lace, the next guy tried to give me all of the cleaning supplies, another one almost gave me his sweatshirt, and another guy volunteered to come home with me.



I discovered that ice skating is a lot of fun, and I'm actually fairly good at it, and looking back a day later, the pain that ankles are in is worth the fun that I had.