Another blog entry plus mid term exam for this week!! In other words, I had no pictures taken for my blog, until tonight!
While I was having dinner in the dining area in SH 4 this evening, a bunch of SH 4 residents and a group of people from school including a photographer came in for photo shooting. Those students being picutred volunteered to this event apparently prior to the actual time of occurrence so they were prepared for the photos (not necessarily as in their appearance only). The photographer and two other people started to direct the students (or shall i call them models?!) and arrange the setting the way they have pictured already in their mind or maybe even drawn out.
For me, it was a surprise but a good entertainment! And all of sudden I could remember (more clearly than in class today!) some parts of the reading material, esp where pro-filimic and filmic were defined- representing the reality and re-presentation of reality. Definitely how professional photography is operated in reality to record the reality can be seen as re-presentation of reality with the selection and pre-arrangement conducted by the photographer. However just as Cassie who was sitting beside me mentioned, which left me feeling skeptical about this concept of portraying reality through images, wouldn't it be more true and realistic if they came in unannounced and unnoticed and take pictures of our unpretentious normal daily life?
p.s the second pic of the coke-bottle and a cup that were borrowed and used by the picture takers for a few mins
and the owner of these props, cassie is just for the sake of our REALity of studying 一所懸命 for the mid-terms!
3 comments:
Yes. The photography you are describing is for the purpose of advertising. Over the years I have seen the nice photographer man manipulate reality to make our campus look even better. The pictures, the people in them ans the props are certainly planned and manipulated with certain ideas in mind. One time I was asked to participate in such a set-up. The photographer brought students (one international, one Japanese, of course) I had never met to my office and we pretended that I was answering their questions in a typical office hour type session. Afterwards I never saw the students again... Anyway, nice incorporation of class materials with your posting (during midterm week!).
I agree with what 'visual g' said. Furthermore, I think with what you mentioned about representation and re-presentation tells me that now you're actually being exposed to a world that you may just make part of your future career- ie photography desune^_^. I also did a study on that last year, and I could give you the notes to read if you like.
All in all, I encourage you to write more about stuff like that.. and maybe even include your own photos of a re-presented reality when you take them. mata good job
Sach
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