Sweater Weather: Fall Images

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Post-Landscape Assignment

We had the assignment to photograph landscapes and capture in detail the near, and the far objects. The main purpose of this assignment was to learn how to focus the camera on whats next to you, but also whats farthest from you. I found when taking the near and far pictures that it was easiest to use the rule of thirds. I tended to put the closest object near the side of the picture while I ether focus directly on the farthest, or the middle object. I found that that made it easier to photograph the near and far landscapes. I went around my house in west Gloucester and found that the marsh was a great place to photograph because it was so flat that many objects could stand out agents it which made it easier to capture the farther images. I also photographed the dock/ramp by the high school and found the the pillars on the side made it easy to do the near and far because they went all the way down the ramp and showed the distance of the dock and I also got to capture the boats in the background. I did have some issues with over lighting and not having enough light and I'm not sure my ISO and aperture were set correctly but other than those i didn't have much issues with this project.

Pre Landscape assesment

Our assignment was to take landscape pictures of near and far. The main focus of this assignment was to capture the objects in focus that are both close to us and far away. This its mainly a landscape photo and you need to capture the object closest to you, while also capturing the object in the center, and farther away. The main goal is to get everything in focus so that the picture is crisp and looks great.

Big Project

1.) Title: Berenice Abbott
Author/Publisher: Aperture

2.) Title: Tina Modotti
Author/Publisher: Aperture

3.) Title: Eugene Atget
Author/publisher: Aperture

4.) Title: Paul Strand 
Author/Publisher: Aperture

5.) Title: WeeGee
Author/Publisher: Aperture
Notes: WeeGee's work was powerful and dark. His photographs  needed no capions and were very direct. He photographed public outings and people at party's. He photographed people at bars, parties, theaters and many pubic places were there was always something going on. WeeGee was quite famous for his dark, desterbing murder photo's. WeeGee had a police radio and often used it to get to crime scenes first and photograph the tragic events. As harsh and dark has his photo's were, WeeGee captures the events that went on  in and around New York. 

  6.)Title: Edward Weston
Author/Publisher: Aperture

7.)Title: Alfred Stieglitz
Author/Publisher: Aperture

8.) Title: August Sander
Author/Publisher: Aperture 

9.) Title: Ansel Adams
Author: James Alinder
Publisher: The Friends of Photography

10.)Title: The Americans
Authors:Jack Kerouac
Publishers: National Gallery of Art, Washington

11.)Title: This is the American Earth 
Author: Nancy Newhall
Publishers: Sierra Club-Brilliantine

12.) Title: Men at Work
Author: Lewis W. Hine
Publisher: Dover Publications

13.)Title: Diane Arbus Magazine Work
Authors: Diane Arbus and Tomas W. Southhall
Publisher:Aperture

14.)Title: Harry Callahan
Author/Publisher: Aperture

15.) Title: Man Ray 
Author/Publisher: Aperture

16.) Title: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Author/Publisher: Aperture

17.)Title: Timotion
Authors: Jonathan Shaw, Eadweard Muybridge and Harold Edgerton
Publishers:Dewi Lewis

18.)Title: In Real Life Six Woman Photographers
Author: Leslie Sills
Publisher: Holiday House New York

19.)Title: EYEWITNESS
Author: Richard Laccayo and George Russel 
Publisher: Time

20.)Title:Barabara Morgan 
Author/Publisher: Aperture 
Notes: Barbara Morgans work is very interesting and unique. My favorite pictures and what I think makes Morgans work so interesting is the photo's of the dancers. She captures the grace and elegance of the movements and the emotion that the dancers put into their work making dancing so beautiful.She not only captures the emotions of dancers but regular people. She took many photos of people working, and playing and captured how they felt in her photography.  Morgan also took other pictures like the reflections of the big city from windows of stores and does amazing photo shop. Morgans work is brilliant and beautiful.

Romania and Romanian Children Today

Romainia though not ruled by Nicolae Ceausescu, still lingers in his shadow. Romania is still a rather very poor country and though is much better than it was when Ceausescu was the leader. Romania is still rebuilding is self. Until 2009, the growth of Romania's economy was one of the fastest in Europe.

The children of Romania rant suffering that much anymore but because the country is still very poor, they don't really have that much. As for the orphans of Romania, adoption's annually are between 700 and 900 children are adopted of the 1,200 to 1,400 considered adoptable. Foreign adoptions, which were common during the 1990s, were decreased a decade ago. The regulations for adoption in Romania are very complex and takes a lot of time and money. But orphanages are trying to make it easier for people to adopt children by having new laws made in hopes of getting the numbers of adoptions to 2,000. 
Though its not the outstanding country I hoped it would have become, its still on its way and is still rebuilding its economy and nation. Thought the orphan adoption rate has slowed down, hopefully because of new laws, more and more children and babes will be adopted in the future. I hope only for the best for the people and children of Romania and hope it can some day make a successful recovery. 

Hand Held Essay

We watched the movie Hand Held. This movie showed a photographer Michael Carroll, going into Romania and taking pictures of what Romania was really like during 1990. When he got there he was surrounded by rebellion, hunger, decease and illnesses and prosperity. Families had to have 5 children so that the population could increase but because elf the lack of money, food and records, many families couldn't afford to have 5 children so they would have to send them to orphanages. When Carroll got to the orphanages what he saw and photographed was shocking and sad. Tons of metal cribs lined up side by side. Few nurse and little medical care. Many of the children were sick and dying of AID's and HIV. The most shocking thing to Carroll though was the silence. The orphanage was dead quiet. There was no crying and the babes weren't making any noises. It was sad because a child stops crying when the crying doesn't get them any attention. So the baby slowly gives up and gets depressed. That was saddening knowing that from so early on, the babies have already given up. Carroll was taken to the morgue where he took pictures of the bodes of the dead children. Some, who had seen just days before. The bodies were skin and bones and the life was drained from them. It was horrible.
After, Carroll followed a Romanian family to their baby daughters funeral and by the pictures he took, showed what little they had and really showed that all these families had were each other. Later Carroll when back to America an published the pictures along with articles about the Romanian experience and soon people from all over the US wanted to help the orphans of Romania. Carroll and his wife then started the RCR or the Romanian Children's Relief. They would take money, clothes, toys, medical care and supplies for education down to the orphanages in Romania, trying to help them. Slowly his and other volunteer's efforts helped orphanages in Romania. The orphans had more medicine and were getting better and healthier. They were getting more attention and love and many were getting adopted. Carroll's pictures were the reason that many orphans lives were saved and taken better care of. From the efforts of people like Carroll and many others, they came together to help the children of Romania and I think that Hand Held was an inspirational story.

Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll was a journalist and a photographer who in 1990, was on of the first photographers to travel to Romania and take pictures. In Romania, Carroll took pictures and documented the life's of the children, family and orphans, who were malnourished, unclothed and dying of many illnesses like AIDS and HIV. He took heart wrenching pictures of the lonely, dead and dying orphans and quickly sought out to help the children or Romania. When he can back to the US, he published his story to the Boston Globe and New York Times and soon people around the US wanted to help they children of Romania as well. Carroll and his wife started the Romanian Children Relief (RCR) to help collect money to help the children and orphans in Romania. He took multiple trips back to Romania in efforts to bring the orphanages clothes toys, medical help, and supply's for education like books. Carroll became a freelance photographer and work for multiple clients like Disney, Compaq, Malden Mills, Beth Israel Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, American Express and General Motors Corp.Carroll helped save life's in Romain and helped change the lives of many Romanian family and children. Michal Carroll is an extraordinary photographer and an even more extraordinary person

I like these three pictures the best because during Carroll's trips to Romania, he took these pictures, showing what its like living in a country so different and strange to us. Romania was a communist county and were ruled by one leader, Nicolae Ceausescu. Ceausescu though seamed well educated and came off as a good leader did nothing for his suffering country. The first picture shows the people of Romania revolting agents the government and leaders. The boy stands in the street, holding a flag with a hole where the communist symbol would be. This picture shows the rebellion and the freedom that others want that we tend to take for granted. The second picture shows orphans who all share one pin. They are all together and their faces are the focus of the picture. Their amazement, surprise, wonder. The emotions in the picture are what bring it to life and is really beautiful in a sad way. The third picture shows the orphanage in Romania. The orphanage shows rows of metal cribs, each head to toe touching each other with very little space in between. There is only one nurse in the room and she is wearing a face mask because elf all the deceases and illnesses being spread through out the orphanage. I think the saddest part of this picture is only one baby is reaching out for her. Its as if the rest of the children are so use to being ignored that they don't even try to get attention anymore. These pictures really show you what Romania was like behind the curtain and what really effected the lives of the Romanian people and the orphans. Michael Carroll shows you the lives of the Romanian people and the struggles and sadness that many went through. Pictures like this are the best because pictures like that give you a reason to want to do more and want to be more. Thats why I think Michael Carroll is an extraordinary person and photographer.