ted talk

The speaker shows many different documentary photos that were taken by various famous photographers. Photographers tell the stories through their lens, while the viewers can see the amazing things through the photographers' work. It is impossible for a person to see every moment that is happening in this world, but photography enables us to connect with other's life. 

As a fan of national geography for years, I have found many photography work in extremely fascinating because many of them would create resonance with my feelings. Some of the special moments and scenes that the camera captured are the treasure of the beautiful earth, whereas others reflect the issues that exist in some exotic areas. Without those documentary photography, we will never be convinced that the polar bears in Antarctica and the elephants in South Africa are experiencing life danger that are directly caused by human being. Without the bloody images that record the ivory pulled from the elephants' mouths and the meatless bone of the filet sold to the indigent Africans, perhaps we will never be able to know the dark and cruel scenes behind the things we buy from the markets. 

The power of documentary photography is telling the stories and reflecting the unknown truth in a silent yet influential way, because as the moments touch our heart, we begin to cherish our lives, to appreciate the beauty of this word, but most importantly, to think of ways to make the world a better place to live.

me myself and i

maintain freshness(wrapped object)

found pattern

siskind

my day : )

wrapped object

I just realised that I have actually seen the wrapped parcel by Christo at Pompido Art Exhibition in Shanghai. (I didn't pay much attention to his work at the time when I saw it, because I didn't really know what he tried to express). But after looking up his other work, I feel like I have understood his concept of wrapping various objects.

One idea I have right now is to wrap a person's head with the red cloth and the other one is to wrap the window by sticking some red paper around the frame and to have a person standing beside the window and looking outside.

The first idea is inspired by one of the book we read this semester (The Doll's house). It's about woman's right. A lot of women in the world are arranged to be married with someone who they don't love at all. Men treat them like a doll, who can satisfy their desire. Therefore women at the time is more like a present to men instead of someone who is equally important as men in a love relationship.