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PROF. SHARI KESSLER OCTOBER 21, 2015

ALLISON STANCIL

What caught my attention in Allison’s photo-graph was the color of the “magic hour” sky. It has a very hopeful “new beginning” feel to it, This is a photo of an early morn-ing peaceful moment of a town before the day begins. Or it can be the photo of a town after a disaster (kind of reminds me of the what my town looked like after Hurri-cane Sandy hit. Abandoned, Isolate, but beautiful within its tranquility. My eye is drawn to the GLOBE sign with its bright Red and white letters glowing. It screams look at me. The composition of the photo is balanced and the lines and lead my eye to explore the photograph. All of Allison’s pho-tographs have a American hometown aes-thetic to them. I could see her work in a gal-lery somewhere.

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What drew my attention in Christopher’s photograph was the dark aboding cloudy sky. This is a photo of road perhaps the Autobahn in Germany, and the dark cloudy skies above it. Christopher’s photo is also about a journey, one where dark skies loom and the “road” is long, and treacherous.

CHRISTOPHER HANEKAMP

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CASEY GRAYSON

It was the point of view this photo that caught my attention. Every-thing is in focus, and permits me to explore each level of it. in detail. The photo is a “Gods” view of a city.I like the way the light illuminates each level. The patterns, lines, frame with in a frame on each level tells its own story.

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I chose this particular photograph of Humberto because of dark aboding theme of something hiding and then discovered. I really like they way the light and shadows revel and conceal.

This is a photo of the inside of the trailer looking outward. Could be a trafficking victims point-of-view of the world from the back of a shipping container. Very suggestive and dark in an aesthetic sense.

The light (and shadow) had a direct contribution tot the meaning of this photograph. Themes of Dark and Light, Bad and good, play across this photo.

The composition of this shot, uses the the lines of this space to lead us to the light at the end of the “tunnel/trailer” so to speak. A possible hope for the person whos POV this is...

HUMBERTO GOMEZ

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CHR!S TA

I picked this photo because I liked the re-peated shapes, the patterns of light and shadow across the wall, the contrast and colors. I think this is photo a reflection of a lamp and its shafts of patterned light. But its much more than that. Its a photo of an altered state of reality. Symbolically Its about what we perceive to be real and what we imagined, a visual chaotic repre-sentation of human thought. The blurred soft focus of the light and the lamp gives it a “dream/ or mind altered”aesthetic.

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The reason why I picked this photograph was because of the fluffy clouded sky ad the Liberty Tower. This is a photograph of the Liberty Tower, a symbol of tenacity and hope for New York city and the world. The natural daylight, allows us to see the blues and whites clearly, the reflection off the sides of liberty tow-ers provides us with a sense of tranquility and serenity. For a mo-ment I am transported back to that day, when the worlds seemed uncertain, and I felt powerless, but angry, then I look at this photo and I am inspired.

SEAN FINNEGAN

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JUSTINE HUNTER

What I love about this photograph is the repeated frame within a frame elements, the lines that form the railings, the texture of the wooden planks on the bench,the hopeful cloudless blue sky, and the liberty tower in the center of it all.

I admire the way Justine uses diagonal lines to draw us closer to the center of the frame.

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This photo caught my attention because it reminded me about the many different persona’s we put on like masks on a daily ba-sis. Its only when we see our reflections that we become aware of how others perceive us.

I admire Rokiatou’s framing and composition. They way the light highlights the woman’s face and her reflection. The separations of the right and left side by the window itself. This is one of my fa-vorite photos this semester.

ROKIATOU COULIBALY

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MIKE ELROD

I was drawn to this photo because of the warm golden orange and yellow colors of the sun setting on the horizon.

The light plays a significant role in this pho-tos composition and framing, Mike has demonstrated that he as an eye for such visual spectacle as can be seen in his other photographs.

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I chose this photograph because of its emotional impact. Twin beams of light illuminate the night sky in place where the twin tow-ers once stood. Reminding us of the lives lost that day, and the solidarity of the American People.

Simply this is a photo graph of lights beamed up into the night sky. or God shining his holy light onto the earth below. The light-ing is the subject of this photo. It framing and composition flaw-less. One of my favorites photographs.

URI FARKA

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NAN ZHANG

Nan’s Photo, reminds me of a time with I felt defeated. Those emotions rush back to me when I look at this photo. Makes me want to give this boy a hug and tell him eve-rything is going to be ok. The shallow focus forces us to feel this boys emotional state. The dominant shades of blue, solidify our emotional reaction.

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I chose this image because of it is neo-noir feel. The light from the lantern dunks the man in and out of darkness giving the noir mood.This photo makes me ask a lot of questions. Is he waiting for someone? is he injured? how did he get here. Are there other men next to the lights in the background?I love Paula’s composition, and the carefully shot background ele-ments that fuels my imagination.

PAULA SUTER

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I chose this photo because I like the way the liquid in the jar distorted the space behind it. This is a photo of a soapywater filled jar on a window sill. It could be a laboratory experiment gone wrong. Or a home brew.

CHRISTINE SANG

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The look of sadness in the eyes of the drum-less boy on the right. grabbed my attention. Its like he is telling me something. It is a photograph of two boys on the street in New Orleans, playing for tips.The lighting fully illuminates the scene here. Opening the ex-posure to the mishmash of colors. Blue, Green white, Brown, Reds.

RICHARD HUFF

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