Locations and Emotions- Mexico

Any photo of a location can bring an emotion within it. For example a calm seaside scene can be a romantic emotion whereas a dark, eerie woodland can be spookey and scarey. A location can be sentimental to somebody as it may be a specific location they visited when they were younger which brings back childhood memories or a a location can be emotional for somebody.The picture above is an image i took on a holiday in Mexico, i captured many images from this holiday as it had many memories, the calm sunny scenery with the canoes and sunbed on the white sand shows a tranquil emotion. i remember myself having a happy emotion that i was in a sunny place and with my family. Here are some more images from Mexico:

As you can see from the images above the place i visited in Mexico,Puerto Aventuras, was a perfect setting to include some photographs in this project. The clear water and the swaying palm tree's captures the relaxing and happy emotion in these images. Looking back on the pictures reminds me of the undisturbed atomasphere it was in Mexico. Including the calm day time scenery one of my favourite memories from this holiday was the nightlife and entertainment of the Mexican Culture.

Here above are two images from a dance show i saw with my family in Mexico, it included all different aspects of the Mexican culture. I like the way i have captured the movements of the dancers and the ruffles of the feathers in their costumes. These images are fun and exciting and shows the sense of atomasphere that the audience captured in the show. i really like this picture because i can look at the pictures and think of the emotions i had when watching the show.

Anger-

Anger is defined as -a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance.

Gestapo Informer (1945)

In a camp of displaced persons waiting for repatriation, a Gestapo informer who had pretended to be a refugee is discovered and exposed by a camp inmate. The faces are the most striking part of this photo. On them are the judge’s aplomb, the denouncer’s rage, the Gestapo informer’s resignation, and faces of apathy and anger that frame the picture. The picture draws the audience into that anguished circle of the wronged. Had Cartier-Bresson been a painter, these would have been the allegories of Rage and Shame standing before Justice with a Greek chorus in the background. And we are that Greek Chorus. The intimate circle ensured that we share not only Agony, but also Shame and Responsibilities in the Aftermath of a War.

Love-

The web definition of photography-

• a strong positive emotion of regard and affection


• any object of warm affection or devotion


• Obsessive love is a form of love where one person is emotionally obsessed with another.

Starting with the emotion love was hard to start on the emotion that everyone has in their life either being love from another or love for something you enjoy. However love can become overwhelemed and obsessed which will be possesive and evil.

Renate and L.Fritz Gruber 1989. Annie Leibovitz photogrpahic sequece of the collector couple,is undoubtedly and unusual example of her work: she dispenses with all elaborate staging and captures the loving embracing couple with an apparently spontaneous snapshot. i really like the black and white images which highlight the couple in their embrace with each other. The way her head is resting within his arms shows how safe she feels with him and the comfort she feels when she is within his arms.

As love is such a strong emotion within someones everyday lives, i would like to capture images of the people that i love, or mean a great deal to my personal life. This could be family,friends, or anything that i have a passion for.

Fear-

James Nachtwey may possibly be the best war photographer to date. His work is definitely fine art as each picture successfully tells a specific story and capture so many emotions within his work. Nachtwey specializes in documenting war-torn countries. He once stated, “I’m working on a story that the world needs to know about". I found a few photographs which showed a sense of Fear within his images, such as the real-life ruins of the world trade center in America. The cold

dark image with the ruins in the backround and the sunlight shining of the dusty ground brings a sense of lonelyness and emptyness.With all the lives lost it shows how much of an infact this had on America.

When looking at peoples emotions in portraits ect, i came across an image i found the most overwhelming and had an impact on the people who see it. Nick Ut is a photographer for the Associated Press who worked out of Los Angeles. His best known photo is the Pulitzer Prize winning picture of Phan Thi Kim Phuc, who photographed a naked 9-year-old girl running toward the camera to flee a South Vietnamese napalm attack on the Trang Bang village during the Vietnam War. From looking at this image the look of horror on the childrens faces show how traumatic the situation is. This image of the girl has also been used as a cropped image of just her, this shows the symbolism of fear. This shot is most famous for the pain and suffering on the boy on right left and the naked girl.

The way the boy and girl in the backround are holding hands shows that in there situation they need to help each other, it makes us feel sorry for the little boy because he seems that he doesnt know why he is running away. The soilders in the photo have a big impact on the emotion towards the children, the soliders look like they are fleeing the children away from danger.

Envy-

feel envious towards; admire enviously is the definition of what we associate Envy with. It can also be a way of being jealous of someone or something. In this image it shows the girl

looking into the mirror looking into a image of herself with celebrities that she may be envious of in the backround. This could be because they are good-looking, beautiful, rich and famous

In my example i decided to do the same effect as the image on the left.

Richard Billingham- Candid Shots

When researching candid images. I found a photographer called Richard Billingham. He was a Mid-90's photographer who grasped his images of his troubled family. Most of his photographs were centered on Billinghams alcoholic father and his troubled brother which showed the intense ,real-life situations in his home. Billingham tried to capture that his family images were not going to be all fake-smiles but more like the everyday activities and tasks that go on in his home which makes the photographs seem so much more life-like. It seems he wants the emotions of his family to be shown to express his own emotions that he experiences at home and what his family are like. As you can see his photo's were everyday activities that encountered within his family home from his mum to the pet dog, and watching television and eating tea. i like the way Billingham captures hi s family emotions and his everyday life within his photographs. In my examples of Richards work i hope to capture the emotions in my family home and what happens in my everyday life.

Here is one image from my family shots.

Donna Ferrato-Anger

Donna Ferrato was a famous photographer in the 1970's which was the time when women took on the issue of domestic violence. Between 1976-1996 30% of women who were being effected by domestic violence were murdered. Donna had such an impact on her pictures, people were shocked to see the real-life shots she had taken. It started when she was staying with a couple (Gary and Lisa) when she herd them arguing. As she looked around the door she saw Gary in a rage and he hits Lisa. Donna captured there every move which brings a sense of reality and fear into her images. Ferrato then became part of the emergency services taking images of all the calls that the police,ambulance and fire services had recived which were related to domestic violence.It then became known that her images were brutally intamite.


The image (top left) is one of Gary and Lisa at the point were Gary hits her. You can capture his hand going across her face which for me is very shocking and overwhelming. The way Donna uses black and white in her images for me,shows the sense of colorless emotion in the photographs which makes the suituation seem dull and lifeless. But the emotions on the peoples faces and what is actually going on in the picture
makes the reader look deeper into the image.
Donna quoted " Everybody thought it was obseen that i was getting pictures of women being beaten up,they were shocked" Her quote shows how people were reacting to her pictures because of how brutal and shocking they were.
The image on the right is a bit different to the Gary and Lisa image. (Right) "i hate you! Never come back to my house" Screamed and 8 year old boy at his dad as police arrested the man for attacking his wife- 1988.


Looking at this image, you can see alot of emotions from every person in the image. The little boy is clearly upset, angry,frustrated, traumatised as he is pointing at this dad and shouting. This then reflects on the emotions within his fathers face, as he is turning away it shows the embaressed, ashamed , and disgraced within him as it seems he cannot look at his son.
When taking examples of Ferratos work i had to be very sensitive within my images as the ones she captured were real life so i couldnt be stereotypical. I decided to reinact a scence such as Gary and Lisa, some what developing a photo story which showed a sequence of images showing the emotions within each scene and person.


Here is one image that i started with :
I think the location for this image is the best effect as its old and decrepid showing the not so nice life-style within the image. In this picture i wanted to show that this person had been pushed down the stairs as you can see my make up is smudged showing an emotional scared image.
On Flickr i chose a few images that come together as a photo story like the Gary and Lisa examples. Also in my book i have shown black and white images of my images to show the effect that the colour has on the picture.

Here is an image that i wanted to interpret the Gary & Lisa images . I changed the colour of this image to black and white to show the emotionless situation within this photo.

I had to make an expression that i was scared and intimidated by the man, either being my husband or father. I told my dad to make an angry expression, instead he created a stern evil look which i think works well with the Donna Ferrato's examples. Even as Donna captured real life moments, this is a good example of this as my head is facing away showing we have had an argument or he has something to shout at me for.