Discussion of Exam Paper

Discussion of Exam Paper

Everyday Activities

Social change refers to any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms. 

This image shows social change because it shows people fighting for their rights. In this instance it is race rights. We know this is representing social change because as time progressed on we know that race rights are much more equal today than they were before.

Family life is defined as the routine interactions and activities that a family have together. When members of a family enjoy each other's company and spend a lot of time doing things together, this is an example of a good family life.

Urban life is a catchall phrase to describe life in a major city. 

Contextual Material means the shots (visual effects or otherwise) immediately preceding and following a particular effect in the Work to Be Considered.

Robert Doisneau

    

Robert Doisneau was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He was a champion of humanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson a pioneer of photojournalism. He observed social change and we can see this by the photos that I have taken because he produces photos of old times which we can compare to today. The girl in the first image is holding an image of where she is standing from time ago which represents social change because we can see the difference in the two, for example there are now cars and there is a lack of people. In my opinion Doisneau is representing the bad aspects of social change, he uses his images to show us that it was better before.

Richard Billingham

 

Richard Billingham is an English photographer and artist who is best known for his photobook Ray's A Laugh which documents the life of his alcoholic father Ray, and obese, heavily tattooed mother, Liz. He observed family life and more importantly his own family life. Although I am not a big fan of these images I think they have deep meaning because he is showing how he lives and what he had to experience. In these images we can see that he is showing us the bad aspects of his family life. He lets us into his life by showing us what happens behind closed doors in his house. From these images we can tell his family life was bad because in the pictures we can see his mum almost hitting his father and the lack of cleanliness in his home.

Bruce Davidson

  

Bruce Davidson is an American photographer. He has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published. He recorded aspects of urban life as we can tell from his selection of photos. Davidson produces very different images as he explores equal rights and lives of people in the urban cities. In my opinion I think his images have very deep meaning because he explores peoples rights, for example from the images I have chosen we can see he has photographed a protest that shows black people's rights, I think this image is very powerful. Not only do his images on equal rights have an effect on us but also his photographs of train stations, they also interest us.