JMC 232 Photojournalism

Used Cars

Luke Olson explores the terrain of shopping for transportation in a high fuel priced environment.

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Happy Hour

A funny, poignant, and only slightly cynical photo essay about a small town about an hour north of Milwaukee on Lake Sinissippi. Hustiford, or "Husty," as it is affectionately referred to by its residents, is the photographer's (Liz Hollman's) hometown.

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Cause and Effect

From the Port of Milwaukee to Main St. Wisconsin we can see the effects of Globalization, Free Trade, and the shift away from a manufacturing industrial base on local economies, by Michelle Schaefer.

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Still pondering

Day in the life of a Metrosexual, by Francine Archie.

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Adjustments

What a nice composition. How can you not be drawn in to this photo? It suggests that Liz is either good friends with the subject, an excellent portrait photographer who can put her subjects at ease, or both. What do you think?

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Erik 3

In this series by Barbara, there is one portrait that stands out, where all of the factors come together in one image. The surprise of the subject, the intimacy of the surroundings, the information communicated by what is in the subject's hand, all compel me to feel good about this person.

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Shades of Blue

Tameka's says her friend thinks he's a model, but he just might be one yet. This is a really nice play on words, on light, and on colors. It's hard not to like this portrait, even if there is an element of pretentiousness.

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6-08 Aunt Laura's Birthday 040

I'm enthralled with the candor of Lia's photograph. Everyone has relaxed into this social setting--the camera has become irrelevant. An amazing portrait of this multi generational family around the table. I wish this were my family so I could hang this photo on my wall. Can I do that anyway?

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There's that "almost, but not quite," smile again

Francine's photo reminds me of the work of August Sander. What can we know about this person from a photograph? We see his tools and his service and his experience, all in this composition.

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Twins Portrait 4

Tyler framed this image in a way that places our attention in a relatively shallow place. We are forced to confront each half of the twins and the complex floral and patterned space and shape in between them. All biology.

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Jenna Bug

Babies are compelling, aren't they?

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Love

If the idea of this document is to show dogs' emotions, then what better way to show that than to see the interaction of human and canine. This image stands out from Christine's group because it illustrates the richness of the concept and visualizes the relationship of these two figures.

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6-02 Practice 011

It seems that this image by Lia best documents and captures the essence of the band's practice- anything but practicing. But the characters are clear, well lit, and expressive, which makes for a compelling image.

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Document 1

I like the way the apples are marching toward (the light at the end of) the oven. Tyler documents the making of an apple pie with multiple meanings--one narrative is that the apples are destined to be baked into another state, their potential revealed; another is that people are like apples, with destinies.

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Mannequins

Like Szarkowski said, photographs aren't made, they are taken. That's why I'm so compelled by this idea that Framing is the central act of photography. You have to cut away 99.99(repeating)% of spatial reality in the universe. Then once you consider the time constraints, or rather the temporal realm, a photograph contains a minuscule amount of reality of what has actually existed, is existing, and will exist. Luke didn't dress the mannequins or create the window display (I don't think), but he was there to draw a little frame and take a tiny slice of the world.

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Lake Light

Really nice attention to light and composition in Michelle's beach scene. The pleasing quality of the gold and blue colors is one thing, but the way that our eye moves through the space, zigzagging and crossing over the lifeguard chair, then back to the diagonals of the waterline, and the clouds, is quite intricate.

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Light 2

Nice detail in Tyler's image. Part of the beauty is in the tension between the surface of the bricks, the flatness of the shadow, and the dynamic figure that the shadow suggests.

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Get Out

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In the Grass

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