This is my truth: Option B

Photo Created using AI, by Leonardo.AI

 

The Image Prompts: The image of power around hunger, poverty, and control.

What AI was used and the creation date: Co-created with Leonardo AI, 11/4/2024

A hyperlink to your AI results: https://app.leonardo.ai/image-generation


When generating the AI  picture, I reviewed every classmate's posts. Many felt the same overall feeling as they showed human conflict, suffering, and the resulting agony. However, even with those feelings, some had hope despite the despair; Fabian Lugo had a picture of children playing on an artillery gun. The stark contrast between the children playing and the purpose of the gun makes this picture stand out to me. Jameson Beaty featured an image of 9/11 with a man falling from one of the towers; this intenseness of seeing a person fall to their death is impactful.  It makes you pause and reflect on the circumstances to caused such a tragedy. The image Frances Arnold posted took me by surprise; without knowing the image's content, I first misunderstood. This image can be quite strange looking, as they have an American flag and kind of looks like a concentration camp, and the people on the left have their hands straight out while others are saluting. At first glance, it can be confusing in its representation, which caught me off guard when I learned it was the Boy Scouts saluting the American Flag.

 

A.     In what manner did you respond to the images presented by your classmates?   Emotionally? Intellectually? Spiritually? Viscerally? What were your cumulative impressions?

 

My cumulative impressions of my classmate's images are intellectual. After examining each picture and writing down the overall themes from each image, I thought human cruelty resonated as my reaction. I believe this intellectually because the term cruelty can be applied to each image in some regard.

 

B.     Do you feel more confidence in knowing what is truth for you?   Why or why not?

I think deeply about a subject, and I think my knowledge of truth has remained the same; I feel confident in my understanding of my truth. What I learned from this class is that truth can also mean something about someone else interest and passion can also be your truth – truth is not limited to factual information.

 

C.    Have you gained any insights regarding your personal biases that may have been hidden, masked or unnoticed? What have you specifically learned about how you view the world? 

Where I feel we all have personal biases based on our individual experiences, I have learned in this class that understanding other people's perspectives, regardless of whether you agree or disagree, can help you be less bias. My view of the world is with sympathy because of how much suffering there is. Also, because of how loss the people causing the suffering seemed to be, our civilization seems tragically foolish. This foolishness is causing all of the problems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What Photojournalism means to me

Image
  Photo by  Anuar Patjane Floriuk To me, photojournalism means studying captured art through the lens, the natural beauty of the world, and the ability to capture moments in time. I chose this picture because of the dramatic and fascinating moment of time it has captured. Seeing the huge whale reminds me of the beauty of the ocean and how we are destroying it. I think the ocean is a good example of the diversity of subjects photojournalism can capture.
Read more

M5 Photo Art Assessing Photography

Image
Photo by: Photochrom image of Piccadilly Circus – no listed photographer (Londonist). Image Address : https://assets.londonist.com/uploads/2022/03/i730/piccadilly_circus__london__england.jpg Image Source : https://londonist.com/london/art-and-photography/early-colour-photographs-london-1900 Year Created: 1900 Principle #1: Depth of Field: This photograph is a good example of depth you can see far down the street. The roads allow for depth of field as the colors get darker, giving the image a greater sense of distance with the contrast. Additionally, the further the background goes back, the less focus the area has, which adds to the depth. Principle #2: Rule of Thirds: I also think the rule of thirds is displayed as the green statue in the middle of the road is on the line. The statue's positioning and the point on top of the statue is at an intersect point which draws your eyes to the statue. This gives focus and balance to the picture while providing interest...
Read more

Photojournalism and Bias

Image
" Going Home ", Photo by Ed Clark  B:  I see a man playing an accordion, he appears to be in a military uniform and at some social gathering that may be a funeral. It appears that he is crying as he plays, and the people in the background look upset. Also, I think he may be a naval officer, as his uniform resembles what sailors wear with an anchor on his hat. This image means to me mourning a death, a somber celebration. In the blog “ A Struggle For Democracy Part 1” by Shahidual Alam speaks about how photos can capture “personal stories”. Alam explains that images can be a documentation of “socio-political phenomenon.” History might not tell how much people care about the death of someone, but a photo can capture it. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was beloved. This photo tells me that this is something I did not learn in history class, I learned about what Roosevelt did for his country as President but not how the people felt about him. C: Looking at “Going Home,” I feel t...
Read more