Edward Burtynsky

The thing I found most interesting about this man's work is that he made me think about and visualize things that I haven't before. I work for a company and almost everyone I know works for a company that gets their products manufactuered in China. Yet I never thought of all the details involved in that kind of industrial manufacturing culture. I never thought about where do they live, where did they come from, how much coal does it take run one of those factories. I liked the concept he used of bringing to attention the the not so obvious part of a reality that is very obvious. And the tires i think was my favorite because it really evoked a feeling of infinite waste. I think that idea is pretty cool to think about. Not cool in the sense of YAY waste, more like what a cool way to make people think about it.

James Nachtwey

We watched a speach by James Nachtwey in class on Jan. 233rd. I found his work and story very interesting. His work was visiually beautiful, but the content was horrifying. It was horrifying to think that people are capable of treating one another like that. His work was also interesting in the sense that you could really get a feel for his compassion for the people he was photographing. You can tell in his work that his goal was not sensationalize the scenes and the gore, but to tell the subjets stories and to envoke and inspire the same sense of compassion in those that observe his work.

Woo-hoo! I am finally in Big Kid school!

Yay! I am so glad to actually be getting some where now and everything I learn is so much more interesting. The sky is the limit! This is going to be and is now amazing!!!