Sociology:
| The study of the development, organization, functioning, and classification of human societies. |
| Sociology is essentially the study of people and
photographers, in my opinion, do that without thinking (I would also
include artist's and writers as well). They study people to capture a
moment (or even create one). They bring attention to a situation (good or bad) that would
otherwise go unseen. As a photographer, I have in a sense, trained my eye to look at the minute details of what is in front of me. I often find that when I'm shooting that it's the moments in-between shots I always miss. I guess people like me want those moments the most because they cannot capture them. But hey, I'm still learning. A few months ago, I went on a creative writing trip to University of Wisconsin Whitewater. To be surrounded by so many creative minds and to listen and be critiqued by people who have fine-tuned their own craft was incredible. When it was my turn to be critiqued, the professor gave me all positive feedback and then when I asked if there was anything else that I could do to improve he replied, "I want you just to sit down somewhere, doesn't matter where, and observe. Create more moments and then take them from moments and create a story." Now, how does this all relate? I believe in sociology that you not only study people and what they do. You also study the moments that people create and then what happens after. Off to create more moments, Ariel |
A few places that capture moments consistently:
LIFE (life.com, I go there to get little snippet's of what's going on in the world) The Annenberg Space for Photography (Tiny space in California that is known for their photography exhibits; they post their past exhibits online for all to enjoy. I would suggest the beauty culture and extreme exposure sets to look at) |
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