Reading Assignment Blogpost Chapter 6 - Photography Changes What we Remember -Due 11/12
Which essay from the assigned chapter spoke to your own experience the most? Summarize the main points of the essay and give a personal anecdote that elaborates on why this article spoke to you the most. Which essay made you think about photography in a new way, or spoke to experiences you may not have been as familiar with? Again, summarize the article and explain why this essay has reshaped your ideas about photography. Write your 200 word (minimum) response below. Make sure to put your name in the comment
11/12 Rebecca Ross
11/14 Ezequiel Delgado.
From Chapter 6, the essay that spoke to me the most was “Photography Changes How We Experience History” by David Friend. In this essay, Friend tells of three men who all simultaneously captured images of the infamous attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. The three men were German-born internet artist Wolfgang Staehle, French-American filmmaker Jules Naudet, and Czech immigrant Pavel Hlava. Each of them got a unique perspective of the catastrophe from where they were at the time. Moreover, as the event went on, thousands of individuals, whether capturing professionally or casually, were captivated by the attack and felt the urge to capture their perspective of it, as if the entire thing was meant to be recorded. The main point Friend makes is that due to the overabundance of photos of that fateful day, the 9/11 attacks will be impossible to erase from the conscience of human civilization and be remembered forever.
ReplyDeleteThe 9/11 attacks occurred a day before my third birthday, so of course I have no memory of that day. However, photos I have seen influence me to feel as if I was there to see the devastation for myself. The crash of the plane into the building, the man mid-plummet to the ground, and civilians covered in ash; these are just several of the images that break my heart knowing such an act of terrorism was brought upon our country. I know I would not feel this way, or have the memory, if the infinite photos taken on September 11, 2001 did not exist.
One of the articles that spoke to me the most was "Photography Changes How We Experience History". The author, David Friend, of the essay talks different people like German-born internet artist, Wolfgang Staehle, photograph one of the most biggest events that changed history, he set up two cameras in a apartment window in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Then at 8:46:50, the camera captured a aircraft heading to north tower of the World trade center, then impact, then explosion. Meanwhile a french-american filemaker, Jules Naudet, is making a documentary about firefighter and he also caught on video of the event. Also a Czech immigrant, Pavel Hlava, captured it with his camcorder. Everyone started getting out their cameras, people, news reporters, journalists, to record what was going like the burning building, people falling.
ReplyDeleteThe reason this spoke to me the most because even though I was alive during that time and have no memory of it, this was the most talked about heartbreaking news in schools and every year of 9/11 remembering all the lost lives. This changes everything about our safety and future, from school with security to making more restrictions to people coming over to the US and after that event I was living by all the changes. Just remembering that day is very hard to believe but seeing all the photos of people dying, crying, videos of the fire, destruction is very heart dropping and devastating.
"Photography Changes the Way We Wed" by Laurie Lambrecht talks about the intensity of capturing every moment of a wedding day. From getting ready to the send off at the end of the night. Brides spend a lot of time trying to make note of all the key moments that they want to be photographed and make no negotiations on it. Moments such as cutting the cake, the first kiss, the first dance, father-daughter dance, etc. These moments are desired to be candid, but are they really candid if we are already planning on them being done? Lambrecht talks about the challenge as a wedding photographer to be on their toes and expecting the unexpected. You can go off a list and follow it as closely as possible, but there are times where things can go the opposite direction. These images last forever after the day as a memory and an opportunity for families to display the big day.
ReplyDeleteWedding photography is a hot topic within my family because my older brother is a wedding photographer/videographer. He is always telling stories about how the day went and what happened. I was fortunate enough to be able to second shoot with him and experience the craziness of making sure those moments are captured. It was a wild experience as he ran through what the day would look like and what I was aiming to capture, how to arrange/pose the family for the big photos. I was baffled at how exhausted I was after the evening had ended. Lambrecht talks about how guests, the bride, and groom will drop everything if a camera comes up awaiting a pose for an image. They will stop eating, or stop mid-sentence to get the shot and then move on. I think it's necessary to capture those momentous times, but I find it hilarious how easily a camera can just tell people what to do without really speaking to the subjects.
- Claire Rodgers
In the article, Photography Changes Our Experience Of Loss, author Sandy Puc’ recalls an event where she was asked to photograph a newborn child who only had a few hours to live. Puc’ describes the phone call she received, and the emotions she was feeling before, during and after the photoshoot. After this tragic loss for the parents, she went off and cofounded a nonprofit organization, Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (NILMDTS), which assists parents who are struggling through the same situation, in providing a free photo session to the grieving parents who are about to lose their child. She cofounded this with the parents that originally brought this to her attention, making it a lot more meaningful.
ReplyDeleteThroughout her years of work on this project, Puc’ received comments from parents later, saying that the photos allowed them to feel as though their child was brought back to life, even if it was only for a short while. That was the goal of the project: to preserve the life of their child that will not be able to celebrate their first birthday or take their first steps. It helps the parents back into their lives after the tragic event.
-Olivia Teague
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