3 Photos

Human Interaction

Exterior

Interior

Photoshop Project 1

For the assignment of combining three different photos, this is what I ended up with. The exterior is the background which is a photo of the sky line by the lake next to the old art building. The interior is the inside part of the bricks on the path around campus. The human interaction is obviously me in the center. I used dust clouds I found on the internet to make the deteriorating effect coming off my face. My goal on the project was to show a sense of crumbling and breaking down. The bricks on my face represent the different things that make us who we are. My face isn't completely covered because new bricks have to be place there as we grow. At the same time, however, the bricks on the complete side are starting to be destroyed. The photo was made using 17 layers.

Inherited Traits

I was able to see the inherited traits exhibit twice so far. I was in attendance when the gallery first opened, and I was pretty intimidated by the overall atmosphere. I'm not that big into the art world, and being surrounded by people so interested in the work was fairly new for me. The first thing that caught my eye was Nina Katchadourian's "Genealogy of the Supermarket." I loved seeing the bold red wall paper in our new gray building. I really appreciated the humor in which the piece existed. Just the scale on it alone made the work seem to carry a sense of ultimate importance. I spent a lot of time just trying to recognize the different faces that I've seen so many times and the ways in which Nina connected them. I thought it was great how the family clearly had just as many oddities as most families do today. I like "Accent Elimination," but don't really see it as being too much of art. I'm really not a big fan of conceptual pieces. "The Nightgown Pictures" were cool, and I'm glad I was there when Nina herself explained the work.

My favorite of Heidi Kumao's pieces was "Translator." I really enjoy that the viewer is the one is charge of moving the girl. The first time I observed the piece I didn't realize that the projectors also were submitting sound. I really think the audio helps with the understanding of the work. I like the idea of the two couches being the mother and father who both see the girl in completely different ways yet still send her to the other. I respect the amount of work it would take to create "Transplant" and "Trace," but I just didn't enjoy them all that much. They were cool to look at for a while, but they were just two similar for me.

Overall I think the gallery was really great. Sarah Cunningham did a great job putting everything together, and I really liked hearing what she had to say about the works.

Class Reactions To Four Artists

Crewdson: I like Michelle's comment that the pieces made her feel that "Every piece left me wondering...what happened? where are they? what's going to happen next? Was this some sort of mockery of American life?"

Elena pointed out the his works appeared to be almost like movie stills rather than photos.

Christina noted the exact same point, and the pictures that she provided solidify her point beautifully.

Hocks: I really enjoyed Keri's comment about the drummer picture. The colors create a pretty happy feel despite the somewhat disturbing image in the foreground.

Alayne said, " I laugh and smile when I go through each drawing and mastered photograph, yet I know that's not how they are to be 'experienced'." I think that the humor is actually part of what Hock is trying to achieve.

Wall: "Jeff Wall, simply stated, is the man" is how Keith starts out his reactions. Bold move. I enjoyed how much back ground knowledge Keith had on the artist.

Liz had nice points about the different color tones that Wall used in his work. I also agree with her thoughts on the work being slightly more "awkward."

Sherman: I never really thought about it the first time I looked at the works, but I liked Radha's statement, "The intention to evade color makes the femininity seem more suggesting."

I agree with Emma that the view points from which the pictures are presented really enhance the works.

Exercise 1 Photo

For the first exercise I made a composite image from 6 different pictures. All the pictures revolve around the New York Yankee's new stadium. I included an outside view of the building, a picture of the playing field, the Yankee logo with the team celebrating its 2009 World Series Championship placed inside, the back of Derek Jeter's jersey, and finally a picture of Captain Jeter saluting the fans after becoming the franchise's all-time hit leader. I wanted the piece to be a send off to the successful first season at the new stadium which hopefully is a prelude of many great seasons to come. I tried to put light streaks into the picture, but ultimately felt that they took away from the overall product more than they helped.