Ad Buster

Dr Pepper recently released the new member to Dr Pepper family which has only ten calories. The ad that I chose said “not for women” .This message is sexist and aims to get “macho” men to drink their product.  Women and men who don’t fit this profile of a so called “macho” man are being left out. The exploited emotion in this ad is exclusion. I say this because it is aimed at men and to exclude women so they want to drink it more. Kind of like how you want what you can’t have.  I subverted the meaning by changing the ad to “not for equality”. This is basically what the ad is saying. It challenges the ad by using the subtext of the statement.  

personal photography / the body

 The girl in this picture is named Valerie Moreno and she is one of three sisters. In previous lectures on personal photography many of the photographers explored ideas of them being somewhat unhealthy relations to their family. Valerie is more urban and artistic and comes from a more athletic and studious family. She is basically the black sheep and is put in the background to her sister who is more of the stereotypical type beauty.

After seeing photos such as Nap time by Sally Mann and the photos from Emmet Gowin I realized I previously had done something similar with my cousin. These photos have a natural feel to them. That is what I tried to accomplish when it took these photos. I also was inspired by the messages of Carrie Mae Weems .With this ideas I tried to bring out what I saw in my cousin and bring her to the lime light. I did this by contrasting her to rough exteriors that showed art because to her family she was a rough exterior. I did it about ten so the light would be softer because with the exteriors harsh light would be too much to the photograph. Also I chose these places because I felt they represented her interests. She is more alternative meaning she likes rock music, art walks, and theatre. What does this have to do with the picture though? I took these photos in downtown phx which is where most of this takes place.

These concepts have always been of interest to me as well hence my subject choice. So why were these specific ideas of interest to me? This is because I every photograph I take I take I want the person looking at it to see the subject in a different light,which is what personal photographers are trying to do.

Documentary Photography

       Old main was the first building constucted on the U of A campus . It itself used to be the U of A campus . So many times in life when something gets old and ruined it gets tossed to the side . Old Main hasn't . Its one of the most important buildings to the U of A history and probably most of the students who walk by it don't take a second look. I took a second look and found great angles to show it in . Also this building is full of texture . The shadows cast on it very nicely also . By using these techniques i am showin how Old Main is still a beautiful treasure .

balance (asignment one)

In this set of photos i used balance . I did this by placing my guitar on top of a mirror . It was a challenge to get out of the reflection . I think that the images look surreal because of my approach .

Line (asignment one)

I chose line on this part of this asignment because of the item i chose . I wanted to explore the guitar strings as there own seperate entity . I did this by getting as close to them as my camera would allow . I think that doing so made a pretty strong image .

Perception (asignment one)