Photography and Text by Wenjia Guo, Copyright 2018 . EMOTIONAL CHANGE . Do any static images appear when you see the words love, happiness, sadness and despair? Could these simple words also be expressed by simple eye contact? What rushed in to my mind is the vivid slices of life, the crisp laugh,… Continue reading Wenjia Guo: Emotional Change
Category: UPenn: Photography Students
Grant Wei: An Accurate Painting
Photography and Text by Grant Wei, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . AN ACCURATE PAINTING . Photos as emulations of paintings, creating some sort of misplaced hierarchy between paintings and photographs. Photographs, allegedly, were recreational, while paintings were considered to be fine art. At least, in the first… Continue reading Grant Wei: An Accurate Painting
Lilibeth Montero: Looking at Photographs
Photography and Text by Lilibeth Montero, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . The first picture John Szarkowski introduces is a portrait. The portrait created by William Shew, using the daguerreotype process, fascinated me. Szarkowski mentions in the book that daguerreotype was mainly used to capture the faces of… Continue reading Lilibeth Montero: Looking at Photographs
Mu Qiao: Left or Right
Photography, Text and Video by Mu Qiao, Copyright 2018 . LEFT OR RIGHT . There are many aspects of life, where do you prefer to go? There are many kinds of emotions, how would you prefer to get along with yourself? There are a lot of ways for expressions, would you or not… Continue reading Mu Qiao: Left or Right
Hilary Lam: The Organic Form as Sculpture
Photography and Text by Hilary Lam, Copyright 2018 . Book Review: Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski . The Organic Form as Sculpture . Szarkowski’s collection of 100 photographs from the Museum of Modern Art is a compilation of historic works from the 20th to early 21st century. The book is seemingly a… Continue reading Hilary Lam: The Organic Form as Sculpture