- Photography -
Tom Harrison - Humphrey Jennings - Charles Madge - Humphrey spencer
These photographers were introduced to us to show to cultural power in documentary photography, they all contributed towards the documentation and observation of the town Bolton that started in 1937. We were shown examples by each photographer but one that I took interest in most was Humphrey Spencer.
This example above is a good representation of the culture and life of pubs back in the 1930's. Everything in the photograph from the fashion of the men, to the posters and bottles on the wall show how completely different peoples lives were back then. It was a lot more grim with the country still recovering from the first world war and the great depression, these gentlemen would of earned well enough money to be able to afford the pub.
This a reel of examples I found off a website dedicated to the Bolton Work town project called http://boltonworktown.co.uk. The website shows all kinds of photographs from Bolton at that time period documenting the culture.
- Animation -
This photograph was taken during the Prague spring in 1968 which was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War 2.
This animation was created by Jiri Trnka called 'The Hand'. Although I did not really enjoy the short clip myself there was something very interesting behind the meaning of the animation. In my eyes it tells a story how we are all puppets in a system. Everything has a structure that we must follow and obey in the world otherwise bad things could happen to you.
- Illustration -
Norman Rockwell
This illustration was created by Norman Rockwell back in 1943. It is a basic representation of the 'American Culture'. How the families are all joyful and excited sat around the dinner table waiting for food, it gives a sense that all Americans were loving/kind which in fact was a mythic fantasy like identity. The image also shows the loss of a generation where this style of illustration was heavily depended on. Only talented and skilled people could create these types of illustrations whilst in modern day people can a similar effects by using photoshop.
This example above is a good representation of the culture and life of pubs back in the 1930's. Everything in the photograph from the fashion of the men, to the posters and bottles on the wall show how completely different peoples lives were back then. It was a lot more grim with the country still recovering from the first world war and the great depression, these gentlemen would of earned well enough money to be able to afford the pub.
This a reel of examples I found off a website dedicated to the Bolton Work town project called http://boltonworktown.co.uk. The website shows all kinds of photographs from Bolton at that time period documenting the culture.
- Animation -
This animation was created by Jiri Trnka called 'The Hand'. Although I did not really enjoy the short clip myself there was something very interesting behind the meaning of the animation. In my eyes it tells a story how we are all puppets in a system. Everything has a structure that we must follow and obey in the world otherwise bad things could happen to you.
- Illustration -
Norman Rockwell
This illustration was created by Norman Rockwell back in 1943. It is a basic representation of the 'American Culture'. How the families are all joyful and excited sat around the dinner table waiting for food, it gives a sense that all Americans were loving/kind which in fact was a mythic fantasy like identity. The image also shows the loss of a generation where this style of illustration was heavily depended on. Only talented and skilled people could create these types of illustrations whilst in modern day people can a similar effects by using photoshop.
