Photography by Chance: October 2013

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Article Review

New York Now: The Ten Second Tour

By: Joshua Fischer

May 17, 2013

Fischer's article, overall, is really easy to follow. I found the content of his review to be interesting, but ultimately boring. The focus of his review is not his own work, but the work of artists featured in the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York City. He talks about the installations in each museum, analyses the piece, and discusses talking points about the art.

I found the picture above that he posted to be very interesting. The idea of SO MANY people taking pictures like that being captured is intriguing. The rest of the post to me seems rather lackluster and boring. It was interesting enough to see pieces exhibited in these famous museums, but overall the entire review was not.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Blog Review: 500 Days of Six Shooters

So this blog from Lenscratch was posted on September 24, 2013. The name of the post was 500 Days of Six Shooters.

This is the first picture on the page. Upon scrolling down though, the pictures slowly evolve. At first there seemed to be no theme or central concept; however I slowly began to notice a trend. The series, done as a collaboration between six acquaintances (hence Six Shooters), follows one rule. The first picture in the series could have been anything the first person wanted to shoot. But the second one had to have some kind of connection to the first, and the third to the second, and fourth to the third, and so on and so on. This process idea of relation tells a story. It shows how we can associate seemingly unrelated ideas into the same category.

I could go on and on trying to convey the idea and process of this series, but it is definitely much easier to to see it for yourself. To see the relation from picture to picture and to follow the narrative told by the six different points of view is amazing. Ultimately, I find this work very successful, as well as unique and inspiring.

The article: http://lenscratch.com/2013/09/500-days-six-shooters/

The blog: http://www.sixshootersonline.com/