From where Kate and I were sitting we couldn’t help hearing their conversation. The two couples, like us, were in the railcar at Clara’s Depot restaurant, for a late Sunday afternoon dinner. One of the men asked the other couple, “What do you think about this health care thing?” One of the women replied. “It [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Meaning'
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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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 [...]
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Government Motors and Capitol Offenses
June 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Images, photography, Politics and Social Issues
On the first day of June 2009, General Motors became Government Motors. Compelled to declare bankruptcy the company turned over 60% of its control to the Obama administration and the taxpayers of our nation. On this same day a rally was held at the Michigan Capitol building. It was predicted that thousands would attend Reinvest [...]
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