Saturday, 6 November 2010
Exposed to death and violenceI read this article by Steve Doughty entitled "Young adults from 'Generation Y' bombarded by more images of death than any previous generation".
It suddenly hit me how much images such the ones below have been incorporated in our daily life and the effect our exposure to them has in our psyche.
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| Photo by Daniel Aguilar, World Press, 2007 |
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| Photo by Peter Van Agtmael, World Press, 2006 |
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| Photo by Pulitzer Prize awarded photographer Oded Balilty, 2007 Sunday, 7 November 2010 |
Surveillance: Someone watches us
I read this article about surveillance entitled: the great Firewall of China” (12 July 2008) and I found it enlightening.
We are witnesses of surveillance every day in our lives. It is not only the cameras in the street that are watching our movements but also programmes such as U-Tube of Facebook that publicise video clips which could have been filmed without the permission of the individuals’ filmed.
The photos below and the video show to me exactly this; how exposed we are in our everyday life.
I couldn't upload the video so i post the link:
Sunday, 7 November 2010
The “art” dimension of Voyeurism
I found the photos below very inspiring.
Although they are one more example of exposure, the photographers’ skill and their intention to exhibit visually the concept of exposure without being particularly interested in exposing the person itself elevates them to the level of “art”.
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| Photo by Alexis Hunter Approach to fear: Voyeurism, black and white photography, 1976 |
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| Photo by Yasmine Chatila, Bathroom girl |
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| Photo by Lee Friedlander, New York 1971 |
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| Photo by Lee Friedlander, New York 1963 |
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| Photo by Yasmine Chatila, The kiss |
