Blog Prompts #5, #6, & #7

#5 Give your thoughts on one or both of the following quotes.

“Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.” ~Edward Steichen




“I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.” ~Mary Ellen Mark




Oh wow this is some deep stuff here ok my thoughts well yeah with reguard to the first quote a photograph does help in explaining man to man sometimes it is hard to describe what a person looks like to another person what their view is may be completely different from what the person may really look like. As the saying goes, "A photo is worth a thousand words" from one pic you could see what a person is all about. Now the second qoute you should never take a picture of some one without their permission its not so much that we take some of their soul (which for some really happens Click click mwahahaha) but its an invation of space.

#6 In your opinion, when is it beneficial, ethical, or appropriate to digitally alter photographic portraits? When do you think it is inappropriate or ethically wrong?

Really I don't like digitally altered pics it just doesn't work for me the way you take it should be the way it is. when would it be beneficial would be when there are people or things in the frame that you didn't want in the scene and it becomes inappropriate to alter when you are mutalating a scene or getting back at someone.

#7 Pay close attention to the types and number of photographic portraits you see in one day. Where did you see them? How do you think that the content of the portrait changes based on the context in which you see the image (news, facebook, magazine, advertisement, television, youtube, etc)? In other words, what is the difference between the portraits you see on facebook vs. those on the news? What is the difference between the “viewpoint” of the photographer in each situation? What is the difference between their “intents”?

From my understanding the pictures you see on someone's facebook are pictures linked to happy memories and were gifted to be simple everyday moments but when it comes to photos in the news these images are bringing the world to us capturing moments of great pain and sorrow to us. Also they sho us the way things use to be