Looking Through The Lens (Northern Voice 2011)

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“... a#er a vacation to Hawaii in 2006, Ms. Pruitt uploaded some photos — taken with a $99 Kodak digital camera — to the site Flickr. Since then, through her Flickr photos, she has received a contract with the stock-photography company Getty Images that gives her a monthly income when publishers or advertisers license the images.”flickr photos by Pink Sherbert Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet// “For Photographers, the Image of a Shrinking Path” (New York Times, March 2010) (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/business/media/30photogs.html)

“Also interesting is that the shots that people seem to post toInstagram – graffiti, flying pigeons, stuff around theneighborhood – are not the kind of photos you see onFacebook. Instagram has created a new niche – makingphotographers out of people who were not photographersbefore.”“More On Instagram (or why Facebook hasn’t won everything)”(http://thenextweb.com/location/2010/12/30/more-on-instagram-or-why-facebook-hasn%E2%80%99t-won-everything/)

Who has acamera?

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Ch allenge!• Find someone you don’t know• Take photo with mobile device• email to sip44second@photos.ﬂickr.com

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“When it comes to the artistic value of images and proclamations of self importance, let me be very blunt: where there is no artist, there is no art. No matter how beautiful or powerful the feats of nature you photograph, if all you do is record them using photographic media without introducing your own sensibilities into the ﬁnal product, they are not art! Your images should provide viewers with an experience they could not have had, and would never have seen or felt, if it were not for your sharing it with them.” cc licensed ( BY (http://guytal.com/wordpress/2011/05/dont-be-an-idiot/) Guy Tal, NC ND ) flickr photo by jónr:http://flickr.com/photos/jonragnarsson/280131282/

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“It has changed me more as a father than it has as aphotographer. There are lots of difficult things yougo through as the parent of special needs child. Yetto see his photo showcased prominently onsomething I care deeply about, such as Flickr, and tosee him being praised by my friends and colleaguesgives me a sense of pride for my son. Also his imageshas been used for campaigns and posters for Autism.This photo has produced some redemptive andendearing qualities since I posted it online.”Kris Krug from “Story of a Portrait from flickr Homepage”(http://madaboutportraits.blogspot.com/2011/02/story-of-portrait-from-flickr-homepage.html) cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kk: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kk/14443265/

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do photos tell the truth?

The Lusitania

“Without a caption, without a context, without someidea about what the picture is a picture of, I can’tanswer. I simply cannot talk about the photograph asbeing true or false independently of beliefs about thepicture. A captionless photograph, stripped of allcontext, is virtually meaningless. I need to knowmore.And yet, this idea that photographs can be true orfalse independent of context is so ingrained in our The Lusitaniathinking that we are reluctant to part with it.”Errol Morris, “Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire”(http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/pictures-are-supposed-to-be-worth-a-thousand-words)

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“Photography is an art and a cra#. Getting better atboth requires practice—lots of practice. The DailyShoot is a simple daily routine to motivate and inspireyou to practice your photography, and share yourresults! It’s not a contest and there are no prizes. It’ssimply about encouraging you to pick up your cameraand make photographs.That’s it. There aren’t any other rules. You aren’t goingto get demerits if you miss a few days, nor will you getgold stars for doing every assignment. We’re just hereto help you with a little nudge every day. The rest is upto you!”The Daily Shoot, (http://dailyshoot.com/)

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“The intelligent, polite and talented DSphotographers expand my creativity byshowing so many possible good approachesto the same photographic problem.Commenting on other photos and having myown photos commented on is yet anotherenhancement to the learning.”John King, (http://ﬂickr.com/photos/johnking/) cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king: http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5251126461/ cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by john.king: http://flickr.com/photos/johnking/5425668561/ John King

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“Daily shoot has really forced me to lookmore closely at my world and experimentmore with my photography. I am tryingdifferent angles, lighting and composition. Byshooting everyday, I am also able to see whenI fall into a rut or a pattern thus forcing me totry new things.”Jabiz Raisdana, (http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/) cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame: http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/426620305/ cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame: http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/5380534348/ Jabiz Raisdana

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“‘Forcing’ yourself to take a photo every daymeans you have your camera with you at alltimes and you start to look at objects andevents with a more artful eye. I ﬁnd it that Iframe shots in my head even if I am notgoing to actually press the shutter button.I have always loved photography but thiskind of project actually made me fall in lovewith photography all over again.”Audrey Williams, (http://ﬂickr.com/photos/ajwms/) cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms: http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/292988246/ cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by AJ Wms: http://flickr.com/photos/ajwms/306635688/ Audrey Williams

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“I remember walking around campus that day thinking about preparedness,looking for preparedness, wondering what preparedness was. No luck.That evening, though, I was thinking about how Leatherman’s were an example ofpreparedness, and then I remembered an old pocketknife my grandfather hadgiven me.I tried to think of how I could make it interesting. It needed… atmosphere. Itneeded… lighting. But just shooting it with a flash turned out bland, so I figuredout how to get the flash focused on a small area of the scene (it’s called a snoot).It’s clear, I think, that absent the constraint of needing to take a certain kind ofpicture that night, I probably wouldn’t have ever headed down the path whichresulted in the picture, nor would I have gained further practice in photography.”Galagon Wagon, (http://galagonwagon.com/2011/02/the-daily-shoot-and-creativity/) cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Galagon Wagon: http://flickr.com/photos/galagonwagon/5429505007/

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“Despite knowing that photographing water isdifficult, I walked around our campus a#er schoollooking for it; I should have been looking for liquids.Then I saw it.Beautiful, dense, thick buckets of mud. A blend ofearth and water and gas and everything mushedtogether. I have always loved mud, so with greatpleasure I snapped a round of shots. I am glad I didn’tgo with a more traditional glistening form of liquid,and I tried something a bit different.”Jabiz Raisdana, (http://intrepidflame.blogspot.com/2011/01/state-of-matter.html) cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by Intrepid Flame: http://flickr.com/photos/intrepidflame/5348740810/

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“I o#en see people and think that I’d like to take theirportrait. It sounds creepy in my head as I write thatbut I promise it’s a fairly widespread idea (http://www.100strangers.com). I just happen to think certainpeople look interesting but I don’t ever do anythingabout it. I worry my social skills are not up to it.But you see a photo at the top of this post. A photo Itook of a stranger. That may not seem like a big dealto many of you but it took some serious psyching upfor me to do that. It’s not the best picture but it does cc licensed ( BY SD ) flickr photo by bionicteaching: http://flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/5436986582/represent something I’m glad I did.”Tom Woodward, (http://bionicteaching.com/?cat=254) strangers

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“The assignment’s taken me on some prettyunexpected adventures. Almost everyday I’vestarted with a completely diﬀerent idea (or noidea) of what I was going to photograph, thenstumbled upon something extraordinary. It’sforced me to think about things in new ways andit’s shown me that sometimes it’s easier to makeart when you take a more hands-on approach anddon’t overthink it.”Matt Martin, (http://blog.electrovert.net/?p=69) cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by electrovert: http://flickr.com/photos/58873944@N07/5417153345/

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Challe nge #2!• Retake your photo• Make it say “Excited to be at NV11”• email to sip44second@photos.ﬂickr.com

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