Images. Even this single word brings up something in our minds right at this very second. What are we thinking of? Pictures perhaps from the search engine Google? Maybe we are thinking of something mystical flying through the air and as beautiful as a bird in the sky. Well what ever we are thinking, we have some sort of “image” in our minds right now. Whether we notice them all the time or not, they are everywhere and its almost undeniably impossible to ignore them. In J. Francis Davis’s essay, he talks about how important images are and how they came to be. Ever since prehistoric times, images were created in our imaginations just by the storytelling of people. These stories are mans knowledge and information and later on people discovered how to preserve this knowledge by creating written communication. Davis also talks about the progression of images. To think that from stories is where written languages started. Then with the invention of the printing press, this became a stepping stone to the invention of photography. Once photography became big the advertising industry started booming. This was when we realized how powerful images really can be. I agree with Davis on his thoughts about people purposely using pictures as tools to somehow create these planned emotions within us to fall under their every whim. It’s quite shocking to think that these meir images have that much control and power over us. One of the most powerful images that we see on a day to day basis is money. Money is a powerful thing in this day and age. Owning a big mansion, ferraris and lamborghinis in the driveway, all the latest gadgets, and a six figure salary is nice to have in life but that shouldn’t be it. There is more to life than money. One of th... ... middle of paper ... ...e should gather the power to decide and change our choices based on what we want not solely on what this image culture influences us to do. This image below represents how we should help clean up the ocean. In this image, it shows a plastic bag behind a fish in a fossil symbolizing how much waste is in the ocean hurting the wild life. If the more we pollute the ocean, then this finding might be more common in the future than we would like it to be. It appeals to basic human needs by reaching out to human to help make our planet a cleaner place for not only marine wildlife but also for all of us living creatures of the Earth. Though this is very powerful and compelling advertising, it is sadly true because of how much pollution is in our ecosystem today. As we continue to live in the world, we all should strive to help save our planet and make it a better place.
"Haunted by the power of images? I do feel that I go into madness and chaos. There's a journey of everything falling apart, even the meaning and the order that I can put on something by the writing." —Maxine Hong Kingston
In a society dominated by visual activity it is not uncommon to be faced with images
People tend to views an image based on how society say it should be they tend to interpret the image on those assumption, but never their own assumptions. Susan Bordo and John Berger writes’ an argumentative essay in relation to how viewing images have an effect on the way we interpret images. Moreover, these arguments come into union to show what society plants into our minds acts itself out when viewing pictures. Both Susan Bordo and John Berger shows that based on assumptions this is what causes us to perceive an image in a certain way. Learning assumption plays into our everyday lives and both authors bring them into reality.
The authors, Brad and Ted Klontz, show that money is identified as a major source of stress in our lives. “In a modern, industrialized society, money is one of the only things that touches on and impacts each and every one of our needs”. Money is not only essential to get our basic needs met, it is also very closely linked to emotional needs such as success, love, acceptance, security, atten¬tion, and the two are often inseparable.
Which means their obviously bad for the aquatic marine life environment & are cause many different forms of damage for them & us as one. On p.g. 23 of The New York Times upfront magazine “Birds,fish, sea turtles, & others are getting tangled in plastic bags or mistake them for food & choke”. Someone else might argue that they could the plastic bags in landfills instead of oceans. But that counter- argument is flawed because you’re just polluting by burning plastic which is bad on our part we’re not doing our part to support & taking care of the earth. Plastic in the ocean isn't just bad for plants & animals but for humans too because of the food chain some of us eat animals as a meat source such as aqua marine life like fish. If the fishermen catch fish that have been eating plastic then it's in our food supply if we eat that fish it's gonna be bad for us so many will end up getting sick from the plastic inside of the fish then what will we do our aqua marine food supply will go down the drain we couldn’t eat the fish since it's basically contaminated with plastic that we’re dumping there instead of trying to fix it & getting rid of plastic bags for good for the good of the earth. We’re causing damage towards the earth by dumping all that plastic into the ocean which damages our water supply it’ll poison us although we clean the water it depends on how big the plastic particles are, it’ll make us sick & sense it’s been lying in the oceans could bring in new pathogens &
Do you know that people are polluting oceans in so many ways, and what we are doing about it. First, my evidence shows that two billion people within thirty miles of the coast create 100 million metric tons of coastal plastic waste (Doc.1). In my own words, this evidence show that all this pollution is really harmful to ocean creatures and us. More evidence is that the North Pacific Gyre has collected lots of these pollutants, so it is nicknamed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (O.I.). This shows how we are polluting the oceans. My next evidence shows that a Beach Act was passed in 2000 saying the EPA or the Environmental Protection Agency will help states test and monitor coastal water pollution to protect swimmers (Doc.2). This evidence
Susan Sontag discusses the reality of the modern person’s addiction with “needing to have reality confirmed” by photos. Sontag says “we accept it as the camera records it” then goes to say “this is the opposite of understanding.” I agree with her wholeheartedly, as accepting photos as they are limits ones understanding of the world. The trust in photography led to the rise of pictures hoaxes, in which people take pictures out of context and assign it a new background; as well as Photoshop, which becomes increasingly popular as the years go by. Photoshop allows one to manipulate a photo to portray what they desire it to.
In addition to the focus on the negative impact, the author also points out that money (and the things it can buy/attain) cannot buy/guarantee a person youth, health and “paradise” meaning internal happiness with themselves and life itself.
A picture is more than just a piece of time captured within a light-sensitive emulsion, it is an experience one has whose story is told through an enchanting image. I photograph the world in the ways I see it. Every curious angle, vibrant color, and abnormal subject makes me think, and want to spark someone else’s thought process. The photographs in this work were not chosen by me, but by the reactions each image received when looked at. If a photo was merely glanced at or given a casual compliment, then I didn’t feel it was strong enough a work, but if one was to stop somebody, and be studied in curiosity, or question, then the picture was right to be chosen.
Every time we throw away a plastic bottle, drive our cars, and even burn those millions of fossil fuels to operate all those huge factories, there is a chance it will pollute the ocean and eventually affect the way we live. There should be stricter laws regulating human pollution, in order to protect our ocean ecosystem. The ocean is an abundant source of life. It is home to thousands of different creatures, provides a great source of food, and provides the earth with about one half of the oxygen needed to sustain life. National Geographic: Pollution, especially plastic, is a catastrophic problem.
Moving Images are possibly the greatest representation and exploitation of the human visual system. In order for us to understand how moving images make sense to us we heavily rely on our ability to piece together moments in a sequential frame, often allowing us to create a lifelike representation of an inanimate object. Moving images are something we constantly see throughout our lives; from simple toys we played with as kids, to flip up books and eventually to the creation of film; things that evident in our lives every day. The development of a moving image indicates the incredible ability of the human visual system; the ability to process visual stimuli and give life to a non- moving lifeless object.
Have you ever seen a painting or picture that captivates you and directly stirs up emotion within you? More than likely, you have. Usually, viewers merely observe the picture and enjoy the way it looks and how it makes them feel. But, have you ever asked yourself, “why?” What about the picture makes it pleasing to the viewer? With each strategy the photographer uses creates their own touch and passion that floods all over the picture. The emotional connection nearly goes unnoticed for when the picture is well photographed, the viewers experience the sensation in their subconscious. This is one of the most powerful tools that a photographer holds in their hands. If one can become a master of manipulating how the photo affects its viewers, the said photographer can potentially maneuver people’s minds and thoughts with one click of a button. The time spent with my mentor has opened up the door for me to tap into that power though the use of background, focus, shutter speed, angles, and most importantly, lighting. Even with all these techniques, the person behind the camera must remember that creativity must be at the forefront of all operations. Caleno (2014), when writing about the basics of capturing a beautiful moment in a picture commented, “If we want to be creative we must drop these pre-conceptions and start looking at things from a small child’s innocence.”
Did you know that more than 90 percent of all organisms that have ever lived on Earth are extinct? According to Pandey, the author of Humans Pushing Marine Life toward ‘Major Extinction’, nearly 10,000 species go extinct each year, and this rate is estimated to be 1,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate (1). Human beings are causing irreversible damage to the oceans and their wildlife, which is being led by two major reasons: Commercial fishing or over-fishing, which damaged the marine environment and caused a loss in the marine life diversity, and pollution, which is a primary way of the extinction causes that drastically modifies the marine life habitat. As a result of the commercial fishing and pollution, many of the marine species will start disappearing of the oceans. Briggs emphasizes that over-fishing “has induced population collapses in many species. So instead of having less than a hundred species at risk, as was the case some 30-40 years ago, there are now a thousand or more (10).”
In real life, many people believe that once they have money can answer problems. They might inherit a large sum of money and then feel as though they never need to work again. Little do they know that there is more to life than money. Moreover, complete satisfaction and life’s answers can not come from money alone. Joy and satisfaction come from the priceless moments in life such as the birth of a child.
Sontag 's claim on taking photos as a defense against anxiety and a tool of power naturally pinpoints the deep rooted motives behind why we take photos along with the power and motive of the photos themselves with simple elo...