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Entries Tagged as 'Art'
The New American Bank Card
March 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, Editorial, Images, Politics and Social Issues
Tags:Bailouts·Bank·Banker·Banking·Credit·Credit Card·dissent·dissent decree·economy·Editorial·government·illustration·Michael Maurer Smith·outrage·politics·social issues·Spending
Peace, Love, Lock and Load
August 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Editorial, Images, law, Politics and Social Issues
Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, this July (2010), signed the so called “gun-in-church” law. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune the governor signed House Bill 1272 which allows Louisiana citizens, holding concealed weapons permits, to carry loaded weapons into churches, mosques and synagogues. No doubt this will help them reflect upon peace, love and the [...]
Tags:ccw·church·concealed weapons·dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·guns·illustration·Jesus·law·peace·politics
The Humanitarian Photographer
June 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Editorial, photography, Politics and Social Issues
There is a genre of photography known as “humanitarian photojournalism.” It seems a laudable practice and most of the photographers who do it are dedicated to the causes and organizations they photograph for. However, it is also a commercial practice, and where money changes hands expectations and obligations are present and they will shade the [...]
Tags:dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·humanitarian photojournalism·perception·photography·photojournalism
Drawing Conclusions
December 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Editorial, Images, media, Politics and Social Issues, Uncategorized
Recently I reread John Berger’s 1976 essay, The Primitive and the Professional in which he offers three sources of the primitive in art. The first is art made by artists working prior to Raphael. Second is the art derived from the “colonies,” that is, art from Africa, the Caribbean or the South Pacific. Finally there [...]
Tags:Art·Artist·dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·John Berger·Painting·perception·politics·primitive art·primitivism·Tim
In Black and White
September 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Art, black and white photography, Design and Communication, Images, photography
Black and white photography is neither inferior or superior to color photography. Each has its merits. However, black and white photography allows the photographer to explore form and light in ways that color prevents or obscures. A particular quality of the black and white photograph is its ability to immediately confer an aura of nostalgia [...]
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