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Final Project – Self Defined

Final Project - Self Defined

Dark What do you fear? Part I | Welcome to the dark side Part II | We have cookies Part III | Another World Personal Essay When I was a child, I used to be scared of the dark. I live in a relatively quiet area, and at night the wind would blow the window […]

Project 5: Altered Perception (Prosopagnosia)

Project 5: Altered Perception (Prosopagnosia)

Prosopagnosia Prosopagnosia is face blindness. An individual with this disease cannot correlate a face with a person. There are ways an individual can associate people such as recognizing voices, particular clothing, and hairstyles. So, if someone with curly hair were to straighten their hair, someone with prosopagnosia would have a difficult time determining who this […]

Project 3: Portraiture (Reflection)

Project 3: Portraiture (Reflection)

Are you happy? I really liked taking portraitures because these photos involved real people with real thoughts and emotions. You are able to captures these feelings with a click of a button. I chose to focus my project around the idea “are you happy?” which is inspired by a photo taken by Duane Michals. A […]

Duane Michals

“Duane Michals’s narrative pieces rely on the sequencing of multiple images to convey a sense of alienation and disequilibrium. In his world, the literal appearance of things is less important than the communication of a concept or story. In his portraiture, however, Michals relies wholly on his subjects’ appearance and self-chosen poses to establish their […]

Teju Cole

Teju Cole

Teju Cole – ‘Blind Spot’ Teju Cole was born in Michigan, but returned with his family shortly after he was born to Lagos, Nigeria. He went back to America to pursue his college education, and went on to medical school. He dropped out of medical school and began learning about African art history at School […]

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