Monday, February 11, 2013

Heather Cummings Task #1 Re-shoot: Thomas Struth







This is a re-post with the original Pictures i used only cropped closer and I added a few images. I TOOK MY IDEA FROM A COMMENT STRUTH MADE ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN HIS TYPOLOGICAL MUSEUM PHOTOS: "WHY ARE THE PEOPLE THERE, WHAT ARE THEY GETTING OUT OF IT, IS ANY CHANGE OCCURRING IN THEIR PERSONAL LIVES BECAUSE OF IT, IN THEIR PUBLIC LIVES, IN THEIR FAMILY, WITH THEIR FRIENDS?" HE ALSO CLAIMED THAT HIS PHOTOS "[ACT] AS A MIRROR OF OUR CULTURAL BEHAVIOUR." SO I TOOK THOSE TWO COMMENTS AND THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT MODERN CULTURAL BEHAVIOURS I COULD EXAMINE AND CHOSE CELL PHONE/INSTAGRAM PICTURE TAKING. THESE ARE ALL PHOTOS OF RANDOM PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO I NOTICED TAKING PICTURES. I ASKED THEM TO POSE FOR ME SO I COULD GET A PICTURE OF THEM. SO I POSE THE QUESTION: WHAT DO PEOPLE GET OUT OF TAKING SO MANY CELL PHONE PICTURES OR INSTAGRAMMING? I THOUGHT MAKING A TYPOLOGICAL SERIES ABOUT IT WOULD BETTER STRESS THIS QUESTION. ANY THOUGHTS?



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