Week 4

Sight

Trust

Power – power play – vulnerability, flirting, playing

games

Uncomfortable vs Comfortable – interior

Communication

How do you want people to look at you

in the future?

Respect and admiration

Having the power to get people look at you is sign

ificant.

Exchanging looks – meeting at café, class, meetings

, negative or during traffic lights.

We are always looking to be influence.

Looking is power, power is money

Looking is imperative to politician – gain trust, during speech to convey message.

Weegee (Arthur Felig)

June 12, 1899 – Dec 26, 1968

Gained nickname “Weegee” because he always suddenly appeared at news places/scenes.

“Their first murder” – Before 1925

Shows of peoples faces when murder occurs

Capacity of how camera captures all the emotion

Does bring attention to girl taking scene in.

They are responding to the natural way when something un

natural occurs.

Weegee spent most of his time in the lower parts of NY to get good pictures.

Worked in film etc

Photography of violence, devastation

Using it to portray these emotions

Emmett Till – 14yr old was murdered.

Whistled at a women, and was then murdered be

cause

of it.

Brutalised body of casket 1955

Mother allowed body to be seen at funeral because imagery conveyed a strong emotion.

Fire Escape: Kids sleeping on fire escaoe.

In hells kitchen

Robert Frank

“Trolly” New Orleans

Trolley of people at front

It conveys message of black people congregating

He’s works are more sub

tle the Weegee

Susan Sontag (Video)

Wrote book on visual communication and photography.

Rosmary Lang

Photography looks like paintings. Usually athletes that use trampolines

Poetic photos