For Quiet, I thought of how a woman is expected to be pretty and quiet. For this piece, I thought of how even if she is sitting still and quiet, her eyes are still piercing and loud. Staring, especially for black people, our stares can be seen as a threat.
For Peeking Through, the lens are covered and more in the forefront, taking the focus instead of the woman in the back. Despite this, her eyes are still clearly shown, and it feels like the viewer makes eye contact with her. Here she is more playful and soft, unlike a majority of representation of black woman, especially in the media.
For the last one Eyes, has the woman actually looking down, away from the viewer, and projected on her is several large eyes to stare at you. I like this one because she is still staring at us even through projection, we are locking eyes.
With the photos I took, I want to see more black women shown in various situations and moods, because we are multifaceted and the world should see that we are more than what Hollywood plays us as.
Quotes on Clay Shirky:
“A profession becomes, for its members, a way of understanding their world. Professionals see the world through a lens created by other members of their profession…” page 58
“Sometimes, though, the professional outlook can become a disadvantage, preventing the very people who have the most at stake— the professionals themselves—from understanding major changes to the structure of their profession.” Page 58
When I read these quotes, it makes me think of what a professional is and how they sometimes gate-keep others and unfortunately themselves. For media and newspapers, we used to think news only come from newspapers and news outlets, but nowadays it’s different. I can get my news from news apps, and social media sites like twitter and snapchat. News is no longer just in physical papers and on tv, it is everywhere. And fortunately, and sometimes unfortunately, news is easily spread and anyone can now writes about the times. It’s no longer just for professionals, so it’s easier to get unbiased news from the internet, as opposed to CNN or FoxNews, where those are heavily biased to one side. I can find a smaller outlet, or articles with a quick search. The downside to that though, is that anyone can post false news and I would personally have to look at the authenticity before I share it with others. But because we use the internet to get the news, the cost of making and producing has changed. It used to be expensive to find photos, write articles, print, and send out the news to the consumers, but now it’s so much easier and cheaper to just write it online. So the professionals that used to be in charge of those things no longer have work because of it. They have to change and adapt to the times and find new ways to make money and incorporate their old knowledge to the new times.
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