Read first paragraph slowly with a lot of dramatic pauses.

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After reading Professor Bergman's comment suggesting that I compare photojournalistic photography to the kind of photography done by artists like Thomas Neff, I decided it would make a perfect blog topic! Walking down the streets in the city everyday we see photographs on newspapers and magazines, and at home we see images on TV and the internet. Every image we see impacts us in a different way. I found two similar images of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, one by Thomas Neff and the other by David J.

I felt so grateful to have had the opportunity to hear Thomas Neff speak about his experiences as a photographer and to see all of the work he did to capture the images of the people affected by the devastating Hurricane Katrina. I could write and write about numerous aspects of the presentations and elaborate on the many different thoughts I had while listening to Neff speak, but I think that the most important detail to take out of this presentation is to understand his approach.

     While traveling through the beautiful areas of Manhattan to the common event, "Meet the Artist," at Macaulay Honors College, I didn't think the art would be about a tragedy that had happened in New Orleans. It shocked me in the beginning because I couldn't think of any art in such a tragic place. However, the photographer/artist, Thomas Neff, proved me wrong. He enjoyed speaking with the people in New Orleans, while helping them out of the their overflowed homes. He took pictures of reality that had happened there.

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