These images talk about the passage of time and captures four different generations. The pieces included are (from left to right) Alec Soth- Charles, Larry Sultan- The Green Wall, Tina Barney- Father and Sons, and Ellen Van Meene- Entitled. Through the photographs we are able to visually see four different types of time periods and social statuses. I find the gaze to be particularly significant in each of these photos. You get a sense of the mood and a look into each person’s life. Considering how different each lifestyle is, you can feel a particular solitude in each of the gazes. They way they are composed also accentuates this certain feeling of loneliness.

Our Family Portrait

How does a photograph give enough information and feeling to make it a portrait of a group of people and their relationship? The following photographs show the artists interpretation of the "family portrait". With each piece you feel a different distance between the photographer, the viewer and the relationship being photographed. Together these pieces give a feeling of home and family but distance as well. With each photograph the relationship are different yet the relationship between the photographer and the photograhed speaks loudly. The confirtational stare between the two parties is a reocurring theme, both physically and theoretically. Neeta Madahar confronts the viewer with a hyper real velvet print of birds, the beautiful image talks about the struggle her family has made and the migration similarties between her identiy and the birds. Tiny Barney although has the viewer face to face with her family, the father is confronting the viewer with large open eyes taking up more than half the frame.

Neeta Madaher
Sustence #104

Irregular Landscapes

Each image is related in different ways, but the most obvious relationship to me is the way each image is viewed close vs. far. Each image is a landscape of their own and from far away each can be seen as something different than when you look up close. In addition, each can be seen as something other than what they actually are. For example, the chocolate mass looks like a large crowd of people, but when you get up close the viewer realizes it is chocolate syrup and is somewhat of a 'landscape' on its own. I pick these for images because I greatly enjoy images that can be natural objects and yet can be completely abstract.