Is Photography Dead???

This is a picture by Dorothea Lange, I think it is an excellent representation of the poor and broken in the depression era. I liked all of the different features in this photograph. The ad signs make for a great background at this make shift looking gas station. The people (most likely with no jobs at the time) all hanging around on the porch, the building that could be in much better shape. All of this contributes to what is being said in this picture, in the story telling of what is going on is fabulous. All of it is laid out so artisticly in one snapshot of what she is trying to base all of her work on. Its also just very entertaining to look at.







I thought this picture by Cindy Sherman was great! It was very stereotypical in one sense but at the same time combated everything that the mid twentieth-century house wife was labeled. She looks strong and confident. She also appears to be a no nonsense kind of sexy woman even in an apron and house shoes. She is in a common dress and a less than common setting but still seems to radiate glamour and self assurance. Almost as if a she is a spokes woman for all the down trodden to stand up for them selves and not feel bad about their roles as simple people.

I think that photography is more alive and on the move than ever. Just because something changes it doesn't mean it is dead. We do have more technology now, but it just gives photographers a chance to display images in a more real way, in the way the images looked and actually felt when they took them. Feelings and moods, heat and cold almost jump off the page if a photographer so chooses. Photographs look more real now than ever and also more creative and artistic choices and challenges as well. So if art changes does that mean its previos form is dead? I think not, has rock n' roll died