Graphic Design and Contemporary Photographic Theory
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A 10 page overview of computer-aided graphic design and its relation to conventional photographic theory in both still and moving photography. Discusses in detail concepts such as editing, composition and presentation. Compares the tools and techniques which are available to the conventional photographer with those which are available to the graphic design artists. Emphasizes that traditional artistic theory is just as important to the graphic design artist as it is the to the conventional photographer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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On Site With Civil-War Era Photographer Mathew Brady
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A 9 page creative paper told from the position of a hypothetical (and completely imaginary) assistant to the famous Civil War era photographer. It covers Brady's early forays with the daguerreotype as well as his advances with wet-plate photography, and documents the beginnings of photojournalism. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Black British Artist Vanley Burke
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The British art community has increasingly included the works, symbols and cultural diversity of a society in evolution. This 7 page paper explores the Black Art Movement in England and focuses on Vanley Burke's photograph, Boy With Flag. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Photography in the Healing Process
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This 5 page paper looks at this type of art therapy. Uses discussed include hospitals, schools and nursing home settings. How photography is used in the healing process is explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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"Flags Of Our Fathers" - A Photograph's Ability To Shape Popular Perception Of An Event
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3 pages in length. Perhaps no other photographic image represents the inherently painful conditions of political and social upheaval than that of Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph of Marines raising a U.S. flag over Iwo Jima during World War II. The historic image - which "derives its power from a simple, dynamic composition, a sense of momentum and the energy of six men straining toward a common goal" (Macy, 2006) - illustrates just how popular perception of an event revolves around considerable randomness and unpredictability inherently associated with the historic impact a given photo might embody. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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'Words of Light' and the Wreckage of the Hibernia Bank
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5 pages. This paper compares the wreckage of the Hibernia Bank in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to Eduardo Cadava's 'Words of Light', a series of theses on photography. Comparing photographs as ghosts of history or of dead things somehow that keep on living, Cadava's words remind us that the photo of the Hibernia Bank keeps us reminded of the bank as it was before it's fall in the Earthquake of 1906.
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21st Century Japan: Its People
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4 pages in length. When examining the changes that have occurred in Japan's overall economic factors, kinship structure, social affiliations, political networks and ideology/religion, it becomes quite clear the significant transformation that has taken place over the past century. Indeed, the extent to which these areas have experienced tremendous change is both grand and far-reaching; that these changes have also been mostly beneficial in nature lends to the ongoing progression of Japan as a people instead of just a commodity. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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An Exploration of Infrared Light
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An 8 page discussion of infrared as it relates to the color spectrum, astronomical phenomena, gemstone coloration, and even psychology. This paper defines infrared light and describes its importance to mankind and the workings of our universe in general. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Ansel Adams
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A 3 page paper which discusses the life and work of Ansel Adams. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Ansel Adams
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6 pages exploring the life and analyzing the works of early twentieth century photographer Ansel Adams. Bibliography contains five sources.
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Ansel Adams
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A 6 page paper which examines the life and work of Ansel Adams. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Art Which Represents the Achievements of America
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(6 pp) Artwork, which represents the achievements, of America is bound to be a very individualistic choice. This selection will be part one of this discussion; part two is to determine how those selections that the author has made, might be misinterpreted thousands of years later. Four artists/artworks are represented: Thomas Cole, The Statue of Liberty, Dorthea Lange, and Andy Warhol. Bibliography lists 4 sources and 8 photos demonstrating the work involved.
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Audience Reaction and the Realism of Cinema
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A 5 page discussion of the impact of realism on audience passivity or action when viewing a film. Notes that audiences are the targets of cinematic production, production which combines both audio and video into a medium which require the human element in order to be experienced. Indeed audiences are impacted by both the audio and visual aspects of film. The consequent reaction can vary from one of passive reception to active participation. Uses "The Color Purple" as an example of a film which elicits a significant degree of audience reaction. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Cameras / Focal Points, Aperture & Other Mathematical Concepts
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A 9 page outline of the underlying concepts of photography and their relation to mathematics. Includes information about different camera types. Emphasizes methodology for the determination of focal length. Bibliography lists eight sources.
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Cindy Sherman, Photography And Gender Roles
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Cindy Sherman's film stills are meant to depict the assumed gender roles of women within the modern American society. The purpose of her photographs is to make people take notice and reconsider the social norms and, or, expectations which define gender roles. This 5 page essay presents a proposal for a series of photographs depicting the male gender role in American society.
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Cindy Sherman/Untitled Film Stills
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A 4 page research paper that profiles Cindy Sherman's series of photographs Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980), which are regarded as a "hallmark of postmodernist art," for the manner in which they employ "mass-media codes and techniques of representation" in order to convey social comment on contemporary society (Blessing, 2002). In this series of 69 black-and-white photographs, Sherman herself posed in various situations and melodramatic guises that recall the stereotypical publicity stills used to advertise B-grade movies from the 1950s through the 1960s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Comparison of Magazine Pictures
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This 5 page paper considers two different photographic images from a women's beauty and fashion magazine. Using these images, the writer makes comparisons on style, content and association before reaching a conclusion on the way that we should interpret these images and the messages that they communicate.
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