Dissent Decree

Entries Tagged as 'Art'

Photojournalism: Truth & Titillation

May 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Design and Communication, Editorial, Politics and Social Issues, media, photography

Photography of the effects and carnage of war, natural disaster and criminal behavior began with the invention of photography itself. Then as now the commonly given explanation for photographing the hideous, heinous and horrible was that, “showing the public such things may prevent them from happening again.”
After more than 150 years of photography—of millions of [...]

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Drawing Conclusions

December 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Editorial, Images, Politics and Social Issues, Uncategorized, media

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 [...]

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Straight Photography

July 22nd, 2009 · 7 Comments · Art, photography

I find little need to resort to tricks to make a picture interesting or beautiful. The world has plenty to offer a discerning eye and mind and for me that is the challenge and joy of photography. I prefer to make “straight” photographs.
I do not add or remove objects from these photographs and I rarely [...]

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Captioning the Photograph

June 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Tony and Carmina, Uncategorized, photography

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 exclaimed.
“For starters stick with photography,” [...]

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An Homage to Aaron Siskind

May 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Art, Design and Communication, Uncategorized, photography

I made this image within ten miles of my home. It is reminiscent of the work of the late Aaron Siskind, a photographer whose work I respect and admire.

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