excessiveness

I'm interested in the idea of excessiveness :)

Fight the Night

So I was interested in documenting the various ways we try to represent the daylight when the sun goes down. I think we are all afraid of the dark, it must be an evolutionary defense mechanism, or it's the fear of losing ones "self." So we have created all sorts of different artificial lights to keep the darkness at bay. I chose to document the different public lights in my town, I tried to shoot them in a way that gave them a bit of ambiguity and made the light fixture itself seem separate and lonely, we use it every night like a guardian a protector but its just a glass ball of tungsten suspended in the air. The way you quicken your pace through the shadowy patch between street lights, and when standing directly below one you almost feel like a performer. There's something interesting about that.

Some thoughts so far...

I've started out by trying to think of places that I think would be interesting to document. One that I came up with while driving to work was this church. It's a really beautiful church and I would be interested to learn who comes in and out. What kind of people they are, etc.
http://maps.google.com/mapsrlz=1C1GGLS_enUS345US345&sourceid=chrome&q=church&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

I thought it might also be funny to hang out in front of the Forever 21 at the new mall by my house and photograph the patrons. I'd be curious to see who is coming and how much they fit my idea of the people who shop there. I fee like the result might be surprising.

What I'm thinking...

As of now I think I would like my "subject" for this project to be children. This week I want to document a place that seems ordinary/boring/mundane--then I would like to go back next week and shoot it from a child's perspective and make it different/exciting/new.

Assignment 4: The Politics of Deception

“One individual might think truth is one thing; another individual might think it’s something else. ‘Truth is what I believe it to be.’ ‘The world is how you think it is.’ And then there’s the second claim. ‘Truth is relative.’ Relative truth is broader than subjective truth. It purports to consider cross-cultural or historical differences. But when there are too many varieties of truth, the end result is the denial of truth.” (Errol Morris)

Part One

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For Next Week (12th)

-Need to bring in at least 40 images. These images must document something that you feel strongly about, whether it be a person, place or event. They must attempt to reveal the truth of the subject you choose

-You also must bring in one documentary image by a photographer that impacted your beliefs about something, ie. politics, religion, social, family, historical events - this we will share in class

Part Two

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For the 19th

Option 1: Alter or retake the image so that the result brings the viewer to a conclusion that is in opposition to one of your original photographs. Present the two images together.

Option 2: Re-enact a historical photograph, changing its meaning towards your own political ends.

BRING YOUR CAMERA TO CLASS MONDAY

this is a reminder.

Wunderkammer tests

This is a set up I am testing out. I thought it would be fun to shoot it outside and have my dog actually be in the photo interacting with the collection. I was also thinking of maybe using multiple images to convey the idea of how the dog is over-running my life. Maybe loving shots of my dog and shots of the trouble she's caused to add depth to the overall collection. I don't know if these should be displayed as separate images or combined almost diagrammatically into one image. (I'm leaning towards one image.)