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You don't have to go all arty-farty here, but you can post links to photographs or short films that you like or find impactful/meaningful, talk about exhibitions, add poetry or even show what you've done. It doesn't need to be professional, and we don't have to critique snobbishly. The stories behind them are just as fascinating and I hope to see some.
I'll start the ball rolling with this collection of photographs by Jordan Matter of various women, and their stories about how they learnt to be comfortable with their own bodies, when "society expects perfect forms from imperfect beings".
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I've always been fascinated by the detail in each Norman Rockwell picture.
Although most are pretty as heck, each has a little story to tell. Perhaps his most famous series is the one he painted to portray what his country was, and what they were fighting for.
From his whimsical drawings of perhaps a too idealised and clean America, to his later art which told of the discrimination and his quiet contributions to the Equal Rights movement, his illustrations told a story of an America of his time.
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Originally posted by Kuali Baba:
You don't have to go all arty-farty here, but you can post links to photographs or short films that you like or find impactful/meaningful, talk about exhibitions, add poetry or even show what you've done. It doesn't need to be professional, and we don't have to critique snobbishly. The stories behind them are just as fascinating and I hope to see some.
I'll start the ball rolling with this collection of photographs by Jordan Matter of various women, and their stories about how they learnt to be comfortable with their own bodies, when "society expects perfect forms from imperfect beings".
how were those pictures taken .....
I mean .... they actually went topless on the streets ? .....
or they were simply photoshopped on later ? ....
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Originally posted by the Bear:
I've always been fascinated by the detail in each Norman Rockwell picture.
Although most are pretty as heck, each has a little story to tell. Perhaps his most famous series is the one he painted to portray what his country was, and what they were fighting for.
From his whimsical drawings of perhaps a too idealised and clean America, to his later art which told of the discrimination and his quiet contributions to the Equal Rights movement, his illustrations told a story of an America of his time.
That reminds me of 'The Thankful Poor' by Henry Ossawa Tanner, which is among the collection of Bill and Camille Cosby. You can take a look here (Google book preview).
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