another photograph (j. wall) that brings a big calm
Monday, February 14, 2011
pilara, check!
fortunate to encounter mesmerizing work by thomas struth. strange to see what you've imagined all along, which confuses you in two ways: inspired and frustrated.
pretty funny how that works.
fortunate to encounter mesmerizing work by thomas struth. strange to see what you've imagined all along, which confuses you in two ways: inspired and frustrated.
pretty funny how that works.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
reading notes
"...the naivete from which this view emerges also gives rise to the common apprehension that because we are bombarded by visual images we must, as a consequence, be visually literate. viewing images is a learned, skill-based activity. the experience of viewing a visual image differs from that of reading a written text. the templates we bring to considering and interpreting images need not be modeled on our approaches to linguistic utterances. expecting from images what we expect from words ultimately leads to frustration, since they are fundamentally different communicative systems."
"using pictures in social research requires a theory of how pictures get used by both picture makers and viewers. in order to us photographs either as data or as data generators we need to have some notion of how viewrs treat and understand photographic images, where those viewers are informants or researchers. rub has drawn attention to the pitfalls awaiting people who take up photography as a research tool with too little awareness of the social practices surrounding photographic productio nand use.
...approached from either of this perspectives (1. art 2. precise record) )the photographic meaning is conceptualized as being contained within the image of itself....
... the role of the spectator in the process of constructing photographic meaning.... meaning is actively constructed... not passively received.
barthes considers photographs as "polysemic," capable of generating multiple meanings in vewing process
not objective evidence
in order to benefit social research, photographic methods must be grounded in the interactive context
"i consider photographs inherently ambiguous, their specifiable meanings emergent in the viewing process. this ambiguity is not a disadvantage or limitation; rather, the multiple meanings negotiated by viewers can ge mined for the rich data they yield."
"using pictures in social research requires a theory of how pictures get used by both picture makers and viewers. in order to us photographs either as data or as data generators we need to have some notion of how viewrs treat and understand photographic images, where those viewers are informants or researchers. rub has drawn attention to the pitfalls awaiting people who take up photography as a research tool with too little awareness of the social practices surrounding photographic productio nand use.
...approached from either of this perspectives (1. art 2. precise record) )the photographic meaning is conceptualized as being contained within the image of itself....
... the role of the spectator in the process of constructing photographic meaning.... meaning is actively constructed... not passively received.
barthes considers photographs as "polysemic," capable of generating multiple meanings in vewing process
not objective evidence
in order to benefit social research, photographic methods must be grounded in the interactive context
"i consider photographs inherently ambiguous, their specifiable meanings emergent in the viewing process. this ambiguity is not a disadvantage or limitation; rather, the multiple meanings negotiated by viewers can ge mined for the rich data they yield."
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
my new camera came in the mail today!! so beautiful!! slightly larger than i expected, but after playing with it i'm really happy with the size and handle. it's really light and i can already day dream of foraging through tropical forests with this thing. doing test shots tomorrow!
i'm moved by mushrooms lately, and with a little bit more research i'm learning about the mushroom momentum out here. there is a mycology society that does monthly forages. very excited about that. i plan on visiting far west fungi's farm sometime this week. i watched a farm tour of far west fungi on youtube, and it shattered my expectations of backyard forests filled with logs and logs of oyster and shiitakes. the farm is actually made up of plastic bags filled with redwood shavings, saw dust, and spores in dark barns, but i think it'll be worth investigating either way.
the weeks have felt very busy. i'm happy. i'm working on photography; i'm saving money; and i have really great people in my life.
looking forward to:
an opinel knife
patagonia retro-x fleece
thai reference books
pine flat weekend!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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