Day One Hundred and Thirty Six
Some good moments
With some good people :)
The rest of this shoot is seriously so cute.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Art Prize 2013
Evaluative Photography Research
Ashley Kuntz
Ashley Kuntz
The
question imposed to a photographer trying to change the minds and hearts of
people is, how do you do it efficiently? How do you get people to think and
change their minds about an easy habit by looking at a few photographs? Better
question is how do you make a statement without just “preaching to the choir?”
Some photographers take a very non-aggressive approach. They simply pose a
question in the photograph along with a compassionate image to create
connections. An example of this would be a photograph like the one below.
Most
humans are struck emotionally while looking at a baby animal, even more so if
the baby animal is dead. Most people do not realize that all of our animals slaughtered
for meat and dairy are indeed baby animals. The industries do a great job at
hiding this. Although this is a known fact, an image like this doesn’t present
that. In fact, this image will create sad emotions, but will also create an “aw,
that is cute,” effect. This image doesn’t create change, but may provoke a
question.
Another
type of image is relatively the same. It produces a question within the viewers
head by presenting an image or compared images, and text. A comparison between
humans and animals can do two things. The first thing, is make the viewer think
a little bit more about why and how animals and humans are different, when in
fact, they both are animals, however humans tend to try and separate themselves
from any other species. Both animal and humans feel and experience pain, joy,
anxiety, boredom, hunger, and many other emotions. However, humans tend to only
put themselves into perspective because animals cannot talk back. The second
thing a comparison image can do is anger people. People don’t like being told
that they are not compassionate, nor do they like being compared to animals. The holocaust is an event that is time and
time again being compared to animal suffering. Why not? Animals are tested on,
shoved in cages, burned alive, branded, de-beaked, their teeth are pulled out
without anesthetic, they die from lack of food and water, they are raped and
their children are taken away, and many more procedures along with these. However,
these same procedures were also conducted during World War II. So what is the
difference? They both create loud noises while being tortured, they all cry,
and they all show fear.
Comparisons
in photography raise more questions to the viewers, and they may begin to think
about the comparison. Or, the comparison can completely backfire and the viewer
will take offense.
This
image is a comparison without another image. It shows humans being caged, as
they once were in the holocaust. The image is to raise question on what is
humane. If a human being caged is wrong ethically, why would it be okay for
humans to do that to another animal of intelligence?
Another
tactic used for photographers is straight up documentary photography.
Documentary photography usually cannot be argued with; however, the amount of
negative response to this type of photography is also a big factor. Those who
do not want to believe the images will simply say that it’s a rare occurrence,
and that the photographers just happened to catch a bad occurrence in a rare
time. During many factory farm investigations, there have been occurrences of
animals being stabbed, kicked, or beaten to death, however, people watching the
documentaries will usually say that it doesn’t happen that often to keep meat
on their plate and their conscious clean.
The
tactic I have discovered works well with those who live in America is pet
verses food. People don’t usually get offended if a dog is compared to a pig,
especially if they have been told that the intelligence of a pig is actually
greater than their “best friend.” This tactic of comparison between the two
wouldn’t work in many other countries because most other countries eat all
animals, where as Americans seem to have specism on their minds.
However
to get the point across to Americans, this is effective and efficient. The fact
is that most people alive today don’t know the facts of other animals. It seems
that we have all been brainwashed to what society’s standards are. Why is a
chicken less valuable then a cat? Why is a dog more fun to train than a pig?
Why is a cow acceptable to eat and a horse only available for riding? Most
animals have extremely close resemblances within their looks or their
tendencies. So the question is why?
I am
seeking to find the question from viewers within my own line of work comparing
pets and animals and showing the different amount of compassion that exists in
humans because of society’s companies, industries, and craving for greed.
Today
the industries are attempting to make photographing the cruelty illegal. They
are whistle blowing on the whistleblower. 
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Love.
Weddings.
It's amazing how you can feel something one week, and a short week later, feel something extremely different. Life is quite the Journey.. wouldn't you say?
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
126
Day One Hundred and Twenty Six
Wow.. when did spring get here? I have been inside so much that I feel like I missed the in between!
How glorious!
Do we know what this means?! Yes, it means that it is photo shoot time!
Message me for any booking that you need! :)
Yay for lovely weather!
Oh how time flies.
Relaxing day to say the least :) First one in a long time.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Exhausted
Day One Hundred and Twenty Four
So if you have been following me for awhile, it's obvious that my editing skills have increased, and you will know that I love doing it. This is one of those photographs that I wasn't going to keep because it was a little off, but instead I had fun with it :)
Today I am probably going to do a self shoot because I actually have time to breathe :)
Thursday, May 2, 2013
122
Thank God for the sunshine.
In times where it feels almost impossible to move forward, something, even small helps push us along. For me, right now it's the weather and my self discovery.
I never knew what it was to truly not care what people think. I used to think that I was like this in high school, but I had no idea.
I truly don't care what people think about me.. unless it's criticizing my work, then I hope that its a positive outlook.
Next week my photographs will be more creative.. this week has been rough.
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