Read first paragraph slowly with a lot of dramatic pauses.

http://www.boingboing.net/images/genesis007.jpg

<!--StartFragment-->

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.

Art is a medium used to open people’s eyes.
On a Tuesday night I attended an exhibit called Darfur/Darfur. It was organized in order to promote and spread awareness about the situation in Darfur. It is a travelling exhibition that through digitally projected images aims to open people’s eyes to the catastrophe that is happening in Sudan. It is only one of the steps taken by the organization in NYC, which during the week of G-8 meetings, is planning more protest and rallies.

On Thursday September 24th, 2009, I exited my last class and met up with a few friends for a trip to meet a photographer by the name of Thomas Neff. The trip was a disaster before we even arrived at the Macaulay building. We were stuck on the 1 train for nearly 10 minutes! Eventually, we made it to the building. After we got seated, Thomas Neff was introduced. He stated how he was a volunteer photographer who went around taking pictures because he wanted to, not because it was his job. His presentation were photos of the disaster of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

On a break between classes the other day, I met up with a few friends in Madison Square Park. While walking along observing all of the different people and hearing the mumbled chatter of hundreds of conversations, I saw a golden retriever laying on the ground. As I followed the dog's leash up to the hand of his owner, I noticed that in the man's lap was a large piece of canvas and scattered around him were various painting supplies. I noticed that the painting was a self-portrait which displayed both the painter and his dog just as they appeared at that moment.