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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Design and Communication'
In Black and White
September 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Art, black and white photography, Design and Communication, Images, photography
Tags:black and white photography·dissent·dissent decree·dream·Meaning·nostalgia·perception·photograph·photography
Photography, Politics and Image
September 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography, Politics and Social Issues, Tony and Carmina
Carmina, Tony and Curran convene at the Bean It had been nearly 3 months since the city’s Combined Sewer Overflow project had come to the front of the Supreme Bean and for all this time pedestrian traffic was restricted to narrow paths on either side of the street. Patronage had suffered as a result and [...]
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Informed Consent
August 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Design and Communication, Politics and Social Issues
Informed consent is a principle of law which posits that a person cannot make a good decision without reliable and appropriate information. Scant years ago this premise was unassailable. Today informed consent is nearly impossible. Why? It is because we are immersed in a veritable sea of information—an exponential and unceasing expansion of bits and [...]
Tags:dissent·dissent decree·dissentdecree·free thinking·information·Meaning·multitasking·thinkers·thinking
Tattoos and the Laminated Photo ID
July 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography, Politics and Social Issues, Tony and Carmina, Uncategorized
Carmina, Curran and Tony Ponder Identity “Prosperity derives from exploitation.” William Wordsworth “Habit rules the unreflecting herd.” William Wordsworth It was lunchtime at the Supreme Bean and Carmina had arrived early. From a table near the front window she watched the promenade of office workers on the other side of the glass. Tagged like dogs, their [...]
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Captioning the Photograph
June 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, photography, Tony and Carmina, Uncategorized
Carmina and Tony Discuss Captions To caption, or not to caption: that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler to suffer the outrageous comments of ignorant viewers, Or to arm them against a sea of error and prejudice, And by gently explaining lead them to greater knowledge and joy? “Oh what to do—what to do?” Tony [...]
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