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TED Talk Assignment
This TED talk focused on the concept of Impossible Photography. Erik Johansson begins his discussion with his start into photography at the young age of 15. He also touches on his artistic background, and since his creativity has always easily flown, he felt slightly limited by the process of photography. Instead of his journey with the photo ending at the click of the shutter, he wanted to do something different. This began his journey with "impossible" photography. Erik touches on both the analytical as well as the creatives side of his work. He begins by saying that each image must coordinate with each other within the realm of lighting, depth, location, and other factors that ensure an easy binding of two photographs. Time is also a factor, so an idea that comes to mind may take months to execute. However, once each image is compiled together after relentless work and detail in post process, a beautiful "impossible" image with emerge. Erik also speaks on the c...
Final
For my end of semester final, I decided to challenge rape culture in society. Women who are raped are so often criticized for what they wore, despite the actual rapist doing the disgusting act of dehumanization. Instead of targeting these women for what they were wearing, we should be castigating the rapists for the terrible act of social injustice. I decided to color the images in a way so that when the model is wearing the dress, that is what the eye is drawn to. This is much like if a woman is wearing a revealing piece of clothing, that is how she blamed. Her skin is black and white, resembling how women's emotions and sense of self are faded. When the model is covered up so only her face is showing, her clothes are black and white and her skin is still colored. This reveals how society sees those who "cover up" to be more worthy than those who don't. This is highly misogynistic as well as unspeakably oppressive towards women when they are blamed for something th...