![]() This shows her as vulnerable, yet shes empowered because her environment makes her feel safe. Here we can see the children are blurred because they are moving around, and Weems is static trying to aid the children with their school assignments, this is a great picture because her face could be interpreted as if she’s tired or worried. ![]() We see this as we analyze the image of the series with three children gathered around the kitchen table and Weems is sitting in the center where she is the focal point. It works because although women were only designated to the kitchen in the past, the kitchen is the heart of a home. She stated this is a way to project her voice through photography because wants the female viewer to feel empowered when seeing the series. In “The Kitchen Table Series” Weems takes a series of images from her kitchen using a single light source documenting everyday rites and passages of her family. credit Carrie Mae WeemsĬontrasting, Carrie Mae Weems finds a way to use her photography to express the power she finds in her own environment. When asked about his approach, Bey stated that he was interested in the idea of visualizing the past to make it resonate in the contemporary moment. Looking at these portraits, to the left I see a kid who is barely starting his life, and to the right is a picture of what he could have become if he were spared his life. On the left-hand side, he was young and well-dressed to the right, he was old and seemed respectable. It was the portrait of one of the young victims of the bombing. There is an image in particular that most impacted me from that project. Accomplishing a display that impacts the viewer as they imagine how the victim would have looked if they were alive today. One of the children the same age as the victims killed in the attack, another of adults the age of those same victims were they alive today. credit Dawoud Beyįor the project, Bey paired two sets of portraits. This project was about the fatal 1963 bombing by KKK members to a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama. We see Bey’s voice and talent be displayed in the Birmingham project. Second is that he attributes his expertise behind the camera to his hearing loss he stated he tends to “see more” than most to compensate for his lack of hearing. ![]() First is that he captures images that resonate with the viewer through the use of visual senses and the environment. There are several ways Dawoud Bey approaches the idea of using photography as a way of finding his voice. We’ll talk about the differences in style about their approach to find the voice within. In this essay, we’ll see how two famous photographers, Dawoud Bey and Carrie Mae Weems use photography to find their voices in the world. Lab: Week 11 – Portrait Lighting Styles.Lab: Week 10 – Diffusing Direct Reflection.
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