Walking the Line

13Nov06

By: Laura
“The line between the reality that is photographed because it seems beautiful to us and the reality that seems beautiful because it has been photographed is very narrow.”
~Italo Calvino, Adventures of a Photographer.

Photo by Harold.
The line between photographing something because it is beautiful, and that particular object or memory becoming beautiful as a result [...]

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Pieces

07Nov06

By Ann C 
“Perhaps true, total photography, he thought, is a pile of fragments of private images, against the creased background of massacres and coronations.”  “Adventures of a Photographer”  (Calvino 186)     
Photo by Katie, Flickr username: At~A~Glance
 

            This picture, Incomplete, relates to several topics that we discussed in class and saw in the readings.  Its caption reminded [...]

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