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1910 – 1919 “The White Fence”, 1916 – Paul Strand. This account seeks to understand Paul Strand’s “The White Fence” in the cultural, social, political and historical context of America at the time of it’s creation. By examining the world of 1910-1920... by Hello | Oct 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Lee Miller’s Non-conformist chapel, 1941. Lee Miller’s early life was shaped by a love of art, adventure and a refusal to conform to stereotypes and expectations. As a 19 year old Art Student, Miller fell into a modelling career, wanting more she soon sought to... by Hello | Oct 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Art history is as synonymous with controversy and moral indignation as it is beauty, from Caravaggio’s syphilitic self portrait to Courbet’s The Origin of The World, Duchamp’s urinal and Postmodernism. Artists seemingly express themselves according to... by Hello | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
INTRODUCTION “American culture endlessly facilitated racial myopia. No matter how race or racism was handled, it was inevitably viewed from the perspective of whiteness.” (Berger, 2010, p. 19) In 1619 twenty Africans arrived on the shores of Virginia, the first... by Hello | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Throughout the 20th century black and ethnic groups in America were marginalised and ghettoised; though segregation laws were repealed, on a practical level black people and white people lived separate lives and developed separate cultural identities. Despite progress... by Hello | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
This analysis of Don Charles’ photograph of Malcolm X, will consider the elements of the picture (it’s signs) and attempt to uncover its meaning through semiotic analysis. One over riding connotation of the whole photograph is that it is an accurate and objective view... by Hello | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
A Comparison Between Photographers Working in the Genre of Photojournalism. This essay will compare and contrast two images by photographers producing work within the genre of documentary photojournalism. War photography is a mainstay of the genre, but the boundaries... by Hello | Oct 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Bert Stern, Marilyn Double X,1962 Bert Stern’s iconic photographs of Marilyn Monroe were the last before her suicide in 1962 – the image Marilyn Double X is part of a series of nudes and fashion images, commissioned by Conde Naste for inclusion in the Vogue...
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