The Maine

I don't really know what to write about because this is a free topic, so I guess I'll write about something I'm excited about. In exactly a week I'm going to see a band that I really really really really really really like. I've been a fan for years and I'm finally going to see them in a headlining concert. I first saw them when I was in either 6th or 7th grade. They opened for a Fall Out Boy concert that I went to and I've loved them ever since. They still aren't that popular among society, but the sure have a bigger fan base than they did when I first saw them. When I mention their band name, almost no one knows who I'm talking about, and those who do usually only know the more popular songs the band has. Along with just going to the concert, there is a meet and greet and I'm a HUGE fan of the lead singer, total fan-girl for him. I can't wait. AHHHH!

December 2, 2011

If making art or art classes were banned from when I was born, I don't think "art-banned-amanda" would know that she was a different person than "art-exposed-amanda" is today. But I know now that if I was never able to make art or take art classes or be exposed to any type of art I would be so much less creative than I am today, and I wouldn't appreciate or see the beauty in things.

If making art and taking art classes was banned right now at this moment I would be very upset. Making art is a great way to express feelings and it's something I enjoy to do. It'd be like taking a piece of me away from myself. Things would definitely be different in my life and I think I wouldn't be as happy as a person that I am now, taking photography and doing other artistic things in my life.

21 November 2011

I think that art should teach people lessons in life, but only to a certain extent. Art is good for portraying ideas in an abstract way. People look at pieces of art differently so they might get a different message than someone else. Regardless, art can teach lessons, though the lessons might vary from person to person. It is not always important for art to portray a meaningful lesson because sometimes art isn't made for any particular reason, it just happens. If the artist wants to portray a lesson, they will find a way to put it in their piece, and if not they will just create art because they enjoy doing so, for themselves and not for the benefit of others.

I disagree completely. Digital photography is great because it's easy to just upload and edit things on the computer, but analog photography takes more time. Analog is more unique in the way that pictures can be edited by hand by using chemicals and different methods in the darkroom. Sure, all the effects can be done on photoshop, but I think manually editing a piece is better because the person had to use their own creativity and not a template offered by photoshop. Though it may not be as popular, analog photography should still be taught because different people have different preferences and might like analog better than digital photography. If they are not taught analog, they will not know the difference and learn to prefer digital, hence making analog dead.

I wish I had the ability to create Solve Sundsbo's work The images are abstract and even his beauty/catalog shots look less cliche than most. He uses different or simple things to make beautiful images.
 
This image is so beautiful and it is made this way by the piece of cloth. Something so simple like sheer fabric and motion of the fabric make the picture unique and beautiful.
http://www.artandcommerce.com/AAC/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=AAC_A_Solve_Sundsbo_VForm&FRM=Frame:AAC_R_SolveSundsbo&XXAPXX=#/CMS3&VF=AAC_A_Solve_Sundsbo_VForm&FRM=Frame:AAC_FramePortfolio&ARID=2U1XC5IPMW3O
The use of shadows in these images make a pattern on the woman's face and body creating an interesting effect on a picture that looks unedited.

Most of his pictures are "catalog beautiful" but I feel they are more planned and thought out than other "catalog" shoots, making them special.

Journal #6

Photography can be truth, and then it can not. It can honestly tell the emotions of the people in the pictures, or it can be staged to make the people look like things they're not. If a photograph is a candid or unedited, I think it is more truthful then one that is not because it shows raw emotions expressed by people when the photo was taken.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/jack-delanos-american-sonata/
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/14/the-sweet-science-of-body-and-soul/

The men both shoot great pictures that have some similarities and differences. The first link bring you to pictures of a bunch of different things. There doesn't seem to be a common theme there like the second link's pictures have. The second link has a theme of black and white and things related to boxing while the first is a mix of color and black and white and there's not one main focus.

Journal #3

     This image shows how horrible people can be to each other. Things like war cause violence among others. The man is about to kill a man from his own nation. It's horrible that people can stoop this low, low enough to kill someone. I feel bad for the man in the picture that's about to be killed because he looks very upset and afraid for his life. I can't even imagine what is going through this poor mans mind at the moment this was taken.

Journal #2

Like I said, when a piece of art gives you any type of emotional feelings, it would  be considered good art because it means something to you. Bad art however, would be some piece of art that doesn't give you any emotions; it doesn't mean anything to you. Just because it's not good art to you doesn't mean that it's bad art to someone else. It still is considered art though, because it may make someone else feel emotions, and in that case it would be good art for them.

Journal #1

I would define good art as something that you get emotions, negative or positive, from looking at. Good art should mean something to you and make you feel something. Not everyone views art the same way. Some people think that art has to be neat and not crazy in order for it to be good. Everyone has different standards, but I think that if it gives you any type of emotion when you look at it, it should be considered good art.