In the week 2 reading, Practices of Looking, the topics of Representation and Realism were covered. Whiles reading the pages about representation though about how images of violence attracts attention as well as using language and images to create meanings about what is happening in the world, I could not help but to think about the incident and riots that happened in Ferguson Missouri a few weeks ago. The incidents were triggered when a white police officer shot a black teen who apparently stole from a gas station. Without much other information, the images sent through social media and eventually the media was police brutality and the overwhelming force they have when dealing with riots. This brings up another topic from the book that talks about the myth of photography in which images can tell certain different truths. Images from the riots shown that a McDonald was looted but another image taking from the looters was released showing that they took the milk from the restaurant in order to help out the tear gas victims. Therefore this helped showed different truths that an image could have depending on the perspective the photographs were taken. Representation also attracts to Realism because realism tries to capture the accurate truths and meanings of people, objects, and events while representation can contribute depending on the point of view that has been capture on film, art, or images.
Interesting, relevant, and poignant post, Melinda. Very timely given the incident in Ferguson. Good job relating post to POL reading and current events. Noted a couple of grammatical/spelling errors (Don't forget to proof). :)
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