criticizing photographs chapter 4

TYPES OF PHOTOGRAPHS:

five characteristics that are unique to photography

"the thing itself- photography deals with the actual.
the deatail- photography is tied to the facts of things.
the frame - the photograph is selected, not conceived.
time- photographs are time exposures and describe discrete parcels of time.
vantage point- photographs provide us new views of the world."

six categories for classifying photographs: descriptive, explanatory, interpretive, ethically evaluative, aesthetically evaluative, and theoretical.

Criticizing photographs chapter 3

"To interpret a photograph is to ask and answer questions such as these:

what is this object that i see?
what is it about?
what does it represent or express?
how does culture influence its construction?
what did it mean to its maker?
what is it part of?
what are its references?
what is it responding to?
why did it come to be?
how was it made?
within what tradition does it belong?
what ends did it possibly serve its maker?
what pleasures or satisfactions did it afford the person responsible for it?
    the persons for whom it was made?
whom does it address? whom does it ignore?
what problems does it solve, allay, or cause?
what Prejudices and preconceptions does it reinforce of disrupt?
what needs does it mean to me?
does it affect my life?
does it change my view of the world?

persona round one and two and three is comming

criticizing photography chapter 2

Chapter two of criticizing photography describes how critics describe images. It is broken down into form, medium and, style. but to be frank i have had a hard time making it through this book. The book just gives list of names of artist and critics. The is a message in there but it is hidden between several pages of drawn out examples. but what I have gained from this chapter is describing facts about a work is very important. and that as an artist if i have work on display I need to be very clean about what my goal for the work was. if i go out to the mid west with the goal of photographing the locals in there environment  but put them in front of a back drop my goals are not truly met.


photo by Richard Avedon, Boyd Frontin, Thirteen year old rattlesnake Skinner, Sweetwater Texas 

Criticizing photography chapter 1

The first chapter of criticizing photography gave a brief over look and definition of criticism. Criticism is commonly thought of as negative judgement of a work of art. but the chapter describes criticism as " informed discourse about art to increase understanding and appreciation of art".

What I have taken away from this chapter is the line "What would i like about this if i liked it?" This makes it so even if i do not like a work of art i can now say what its strong points are.

Favorite part of my day

Brick wall background (that is indoors), can you ask for much more. also a photo of my wife.....