Aaliyah Miranda-Lara

       Lee Friedlander is most known for his asymmetrical black and white photography of the American "social landscape". Meaning he photographed everyday people, places, and things, he was trying to capture the look of modern life. One of the techniques that I see him use in quite a lot of his photographs is reflection, this in my opinion brings a lot of curiosity into the picture and truly captures the look of modern life due to the fact that a lot of people now a days take selfies whether it be in mirrors or car and building windows. The picture below instantly caught my eye, I can not figure out what you are supposed to feel when looking at it. The mask he is wearing in the photograph makes me think of a scene in a horror movie and also the fact that the picture is taken in a hotel room mirror gives it kind of an eerie feeling. To me this picture did not fit the look of modern life because it is not everyday that you wear a mask or book a hotel. But you could als...

       Photograms have to be one of the most unique forms of photography that I have ever heard about. So much can be done with a photogram, it all depends on the artist. One of my favorite themes of photograms is abstract. Abstract photograms really show the experimental aspect in this form of photography.      Man Ray is a perfect artistic reference for abstract photograms, I mean his artwork is called "rayographs". He truly knew how to make the mind wonder with his artwork. Not only about what objects he was using but about the techniques that he used to get such results. Like this picture below, I am pretty certain that the object being used in this image is a slinky. But when it comes to the rest of the image my mind is filled with ideas, could it be paint?  You truly have to look at it as if you were photographing an idea. How difficult the process is simply depends on how creative we get with the process. But all you need to make a photogra...

 Photography Changes Everything Article When I think about Photography I think of film and polaroid cameras. These are the types of cameras that come to mind because they are my desired form of photography. I enjoy developing the film and just having the pictures that I have taken in physical form right then and there. https://sn.astm.org/sites/default/files/GettyImages-977058696-crime.jpg Photography has been a hobby of mine since I was twelve years old. When thinking of what I wanted to do when I grew up and went to college I had no idea that "photography [would be] essential to each of" (Heiferman) my choices. Eventually I decided that I wanted to be a Criminal Psychologist and eventually work for the FBI as a profiler. Not only is photography used in the Criminal Justice system but it is very important when it comes down to crime scene photos, "photographs don't only show us things, they do things." (Heiferman)  Crime scene images can do a lot in an investig...