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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Avant-Garde and Matisse
Going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art at night was a very different experience. Compare to the rushing crowds going back and forth in the morning, the soothing atmosphere created by the empty museum was, at least in my opinion, … Continue reading
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Who He Was/She Was Who He Is/She Is
I know that you are all under great pressure so I am pushing back the deadline for the Who He Was Project from Tuesday, December 11th to Thursday, December 13th! Prof. B.
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More than just a phone
It is amazing how far cellphones have come in the last five years. Ever since the launch of the iPhone back in 2007, phones have become more than just a phone. Leading the pack of the smartphone revolution was the … Continue reading
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A Great Puzzle
The constant switch between the aftermath of The Great Depression and the stock market crash in 2008 drove a perfectly formulated play into a great mess. Marianne Weems directed House/Divided, a play performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. By … Continue reading
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Art From Around The Globe
This past trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art went better than I expected. Something happened that I wasn’t sure would happen; I was interested. We began our journey into the African Art exhibit. It was amazing abstract art in … Continue reading
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Apartheid Brought Back To Life.
Apartheid was brought back to life in the form of the ICP exhibit, Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life. But the big question was if it ever died. Apartheid is the legislated racial segregation of blacks. It … Continue reading
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“Fear Turns to Wrath”
Walking into the theater, I didn’t know what the unfinished structure in the middle of the stage was. It looked a little like a house, but surely it wasn’t done yet. Were we too early? Was the stage crew still setting up? … Continue reading
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Styling Personality
Often times we overlook the amazing hairstyles people have until we see that wacky one with all his hair gel straight up into multiple spikes or that one with so many highlights that the person’s head looks like a rainbow. … Continue reading
The Spirit of Thanksgiving
This year again, like the previous, my family met with my aunts and cousins in my mother’s brother’s family in Brooklyn to celebrate Thanksgiving. This is actually a fairly new tradition. Sometime a few years ago it was just suddenly … Continue reading
Bending Reality, Art That Changes Our Perspectives
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a plethora of arts from various eras and all over the world can be seen. The first exhibited we visited was a little room section within African Arts. In particular, African art was relatively … Continue reading
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“I Am My Own Boss”
Not many people can say they are the head of a successful business. But Max Flatow can. Max Flatow is a self-taught photographer who went to Southern Vermont College. It was a small school with about 450 students. This is … Continue reading
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People of New York
In my collage project I wanted to do something that would represent all the people of New York City. This is one of the things I was struck by most when coming here for the first time. I think many … Continue reading
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A picture is worth a thousand words
The carefully selected and curated photographs in the exhibit of Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life at the International Center of Photography (ICP) show the remnants and everlasting struggles of apartheid, the segregation in … Continue reading
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William Henry O’Dowd
I’ve also been fascinated by war and WWII in particular. I am an avid fan of history, and for me WWII is really the turning point for the world in entering the “modern age”. Life has changed so much since … Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall of Apartheid Review
A profound and explicit exhibition at the International Center of Photography, Rise and Fall of Apartheid holds a magnifying glass up to the Apartheid, offering a multi-faceted view of South Africa in a span of 60+ years.Not only does it … Continue reading
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A Dried Herring, Please
I recently went back to my hometown in Queens for some grocery shopping. I stopped by a little shop in Rego Park where I was sure to find smoked salmon and Russian herring. Bringing our shopping cart to the cashier, … Continue reading
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Is Technology Destroying our Culture?
Our society has become very dependent upon technology; but when will we have enough of it? The answer to this question is apparently never, and it can be quite disturbing at times. Growing up as a child, I am sure … Continue reading
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Apartheid: Gone, but Still Here
When something is outlawed, it does not fully erase the impact that it once had in society. Many people tried to destroy Apartheid again and again, but the legislation did not come down until the 1990’s. Even though it has … Continue reading
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Separate, Yet United
Apartheid was a era of racial segregation that existed in South Africa. With the power of photography, this harsh system came to an end in 1990s. Walking into the International Center of Photography (ICP), I witnessed for the first time … Continue reading
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Two Realities
Everyone perceives reality differently, and Katherine Vaz is able to add a unique twist to it in her novels. After reading her book, Our Lady of the Artichokes, I realized that there are two sides to every historical event. One … Continue reading
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Moving Stillness
Apartheid ended just twenty or so years ago. However, the pictures throughout this time period are extremely powerful, conveying the difficulty, hatred, and struggle experiences by black people. The International Center of Photography (ICP) is currently holding its Rise and … Continue reading
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House (And Opinions)/ Divided
The stage was set. The economy was booming, propelled by the housing market. Juxtaposed throughout the performance was the famous Steinbeck work Grapes of Wrath. Home owners and stock traders shared good fortune. But as the music portrayed, there was … Continue reading
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A Self Created Photographer
Max Flatow, originally from Brooklyn, has had an extremely interesting climb to success. Coming from a high school with a great photography program, he indulged in this art. However, college was a completely different experience. According to him, while the … Continue reading
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Beautiful Words Create Beautiful Images
As the 29th Harman writer, Katherine Vaz, stepped on to the stage, she was greeted with polite applause. She began with an introduction of herself, what brought her to Baruch on that rainy evening, and a short description of her … Continue reading
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Documenting True Beauty
Before coming to Max Flatow’s presentation, I always believed that photographers specialized in one subject. However, Flatow has changed this mindset because his photographs have proven that he “shoots everything.” His wide-ranged portfolio reveals how he is willing to travel … Continue reading
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White Flight
It’s actually as it sounds. In many neighborhoods—including mine— a lot of middle class white people started leaving and heading out to the suburbs. I didn’t want to find the answer by studying Census data. Instead, I wanted a personal … Continue reading
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Will It Ever Fall?
Images are powerful. Do you think Apartheid had ended? Well, after this exhibit, you are definitely going to say no. The Rise and Fall of Apartheid exhibit in the International Center of Photography has nearly 500 photographs, documenting the rapid … Continue reading
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“The Story Just Came To Me”
I wish stories just came to me. I, normally, have do some serious thinking before I can write long essays or even shorter ones. Coming up with a good idea can sometimes take me ages… This is not always the … Continue reading
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BAM: House Divided, Experimental Hi-Tech Design Puts Form Before Function.
Inspired by John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, House/Divided is an experimental, multi-media theater piece that features video projections, documentary clips, live acting and a moving set. When a play defies the conventional by diving into the digital realm, it … Continue reading
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A Dream for Me, A Living for Him
Becoming a photographer had been a dream for me for several years, until my reality check hit me and I fell back into the real world like those people who wanted to become a rock star realized after multiple auditions … Continue reading
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A Journey Through Apartheid
Upon my entrance to the photography exhibit, I quickly realized a certain things. The first had to do with the setup. The order in which the works were set up was interesting and made a lot of sense to me. … Continue reading
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Katherine Vaz
It was the first reading I have attended and I was pretty excited to have the opportunity to join in on Katherine Vaz’s reading of her fifth publication, Below the Salt. Even as I had planned to arrive about ten minutes early, … Continue reading
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Garden of Metaphors
The gold of Katherine Vaz’s writing lies within her powerful metaphors. Strikingly unusual, her style takes her readers deep into their own imaginations. Though an experience within itself, reading Vaz’s stories draws a magnifying glass to only one pulley within … Continue reading
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A Story Divided
Paying tribute to John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath is a noble task to take on. Marianne Weems had a vision of using modern day theater to bring Steinbeck’s story back to life by drawing a parallel between the Great Depression … Continue reading
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The Rise and Fall of Apartheid
The International Center of Photography currently displays a noteworthy collection of apartheid images. The two-floor exhibit contains a multitude of photographs taken from the early 20th century to the modern day, all showing the evolution of culture and politics in … Continue reading
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Feel the Love
Max Flatow lives the life of our envy. His job takes him around the globe to some of the most beautiful places on Earth where he has the pleasure of witnessing life’s most blissful moments. As a photographer, Flatow is … Continue reading
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Imagery– the Most Powerful Yet Invisible Technique
I first heard of Katherine Vaz from my IDC class. We had to read a book named Our Lady of the Artichokes, a collection of short stories for homework. As always, I resisted the reading. When I was reading, however, … Continue reading
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Max Flatow
“Everyone with an iPhone or camera can be a photographer.” Oftentimes you would come across someone with a really nice and expensive DSLR camera and call themselves a photographer. Max Flatow, however, believes otherwise. Flatow went to middle school with … Continue reading
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A “Traditional” Thanksgiving Dinner?
Thanksgiving, a traditional holiday celebrated by Americans and Canadians, does not have a true meaning among Chinese people, at least to my family. Sure, it is to thank the Native Americans for their help and blah, blah… Like we don’t … Continue reading
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Collage Project
Collage Project By Joseph Maugeri I begun this project with the intent of taking nice looking photos while longboarding around the city. I decided against that idea. For a few reasons. The main reason was because it was wet and … Continue reading
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