Berenice Abbot

Berenice Abbot documented New York through analog photography after her trip from Italy. Coming from a different culture this shows how New York was seen from an outside point of view. I like this picture because it capture a part of New York that is very known and that is the business side. It is known for all of its billboards and crazy ways of advertising so this captures the gorgeous skyline and advertisement. The architecture in New York is very unique and this photograph captures the big city feel. Along with the business side of New York this picture also captures the business of peoples life who live there with all the cars on the street. When someone lives or is visiting New York you can look up from the side walk and just see all the tall skyscrapers around you heading straight upward, but this photograph gives a different perspective than what most people see. Also because this series was taken with analog it gives it a nice grainy and raw feel to the picture, and New York is known to be a little rough on the edges. I believe the use analog adds to the feel of New York. Once Abbot comes back from Italy she had a new sense of normal and because of that she was able to photograph New York from an outside perspective since she had not readjusted her self to New York yet. New York is known as the city of lights and because the picture is black and white there is less focus on all the colors and lights but on the architecture and meaning. The tall buildings in the background add to the characterization of New York and its stress on the importance of business. In the photo you can see the clouds which adds to the dreariness. Although New York is seen as a popular tourist spot and the place where dreams come true there is also serious problems and I think this photo represents both sides of New York. Abbot was able to take pictures of New York from an unbiased perspective after being apart of a separate culture. Instead of taking pictures of homeless people or food to represent New York she used her creativity to find the best way to capture the real New York.

Ulysses

1. I believe the poem of Ulysses is about all the experiences that one has in their life time and how they create ones life. The narrator is trying to say that he is getting older in age and is looking back on his memories of young age and having the want to create new ones. He is afraid that with his old age comes with not being able to create memories and experience new things. I believe this was his main point of the poem because he describes memories of his past and how he remembers his life but expresses the want to travel more.
2 .  For always roaming with a hungry heart 
Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but honour’d of them all;   

 I choose this line of the poem because he is searching for new experiences and reflecting on his past memories. Here he reflects on the fact that we need to seize the day and open your self up to all expeirences. 

Hand Scans

 

 

For the first picture it was created by having two layers and changing opaqueness of the second layer. Then I changed the layer filter to darken which made it so the only part of the second layer that was visible was on the hand in the first layer. The second picture was simply created by having one hand in a fist and the other start out flat and then while it was scanning I slowly curled it up. The last picture was two different scans layered over one another and then I erased everything but the hands of the second layer, allowing the second pair of hands to show.

Experimental Pinhole Photography

All of these experimental pinholes have one thing in common and its that it is movement and long exposures that created the abstract look to them. The first pinhole, I like because it shows the character and emotion of the exited kids and it captures their movement. The second picture I enjoy picture it looks very haunting with all of the flags looking like they are disappearing but in reality it is windy and it was taken with a long exposure. The last picture I can not tell exactly what it is of, but it looks like the pinhole had a long exposure and a type of light was moving or the camera itself was moving.