logtic and photos.

Online Discussion #5: Finding beauty and interest around you.

In this discussion, we continue our quest to find beauty in the most mundane objects and places.

For most people, picking a subject to photograph is difficult unless your teacher gives you a

specific theme or image. This discussion aims to help you understand how artists/photographers

choose their subject. It also aims to help you SEE beauty in everyday things, ordinary activities,

or people. For this discussion, here is the process:

1. Watch all 4 videos below.

Documenting unusual human lives. https://www.ted.com/talks/ryan_lobo_through_the_lens_of_compassion?referrer=playlist-close_up_and_personal Documenting nomad lives. https://www.ted.com/talks/kitra_cahana_stories_of_the_homeless_and_hidden?referrer=playlist- close_up_and_personal Documenting everyday objects from mass graves in Bosnia. These are used to identify victims but they also become

a visual archive of people once lived. https://www.ted.com/talks/ziyah_gafic_everyday_objects_tragic_histories?referrer=playlist-history_visualized

Documenting microscopic details of objects. https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_greenberg_the_beautiful_nano_details_of_our_world

2. Choose one that made the most impact for you.

3. Respond to teacher's prompt (14pts):

A. Discuss and explain the impact and why you are drawn to the subject/photographs.

B. If you have an opportunity to produce a series as such, what subject would you document and

why?

4. Respond to 2 classmates' posts (6pts).