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Unpack the important and complex issue of me putting something upon the women that's not there | Unpack the important and complex issue of me putting something upon the women that's not there | ||
-> Berger: Every image embodies a way of seeing. The photographers way of seeing is reflected in his choice of subject. Yet, although every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing. The images become part of an argument which has little or nothing to do with its original independent meaning. | -> Berger: Every image embodies a way of seeing. The photographers way of seeing is reflected in his choice of subject. Yet, although every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing. The images become part of an argument which has little or nothing to do with its original independent meaning. The power of mechanical images. | ||
Explain political commentary | Explain political commentary |
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December 16, 2016
Ambivalence: Authentic performance versus Staged emotions
Campy qualities: overdoing gender performance
Vulnerability
At the hight of Joy an opposed truths seems to be revealed. To me the women seem to screem I want to break free from this fucked up system
Note: Candidates of beauty pageants have to be unmarried, no children, not pregnant etc
Ine: Bataille on ecstasy
January 25, 2017
Unpack the important and complex issue of me putting something upon the women that's not there
-> Berger: Every image embodies a way of seeing. The photographers way of seeing is reflected in his choice of subject. Yet, although every image embodies a way of seeing, our perception or appreciation of an image depends also upon our own way of seeing. The images become part of an argument which has little or nothing to do with its original independent meaning. The power of mechanical images.
Explain political commentary
Read about Re-Mediation
Explore more: Fun Factor: I seem to enjoy the discomfort and feel pity at the same time
Think about the effects of different arrangements: circular, corridor
Think about evidence of movie posters
Look at Anthropologists on the subject of Beauty Pageants