Word: gazing
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...tragically well-hung post-emancipation sharecropper through his graphically depicted tricks with the wives of the white folks in his county. While the actors may have been doin’ it like it was their job by the time the curtain went up, getting it on under the watchful gaze of a room full of strangers was a new experience to most of them. Stephen N. Smith ’02 admits to having terrible bouts of stage fright before entering the limelight for his starring role in buck, but the challenge appealed to him. “I liked...
...wide variety of works from sketches to oil paintings. The earliest of the six paintings, “Carmen Gaudin” (1884) is a formal, stark portrayal of the redheaded model, who wears a black dress and poses against a black background. She is not confrontational; her gaze falls somewhere above the head of the viewer. In “Carmen Gaudin in the Artist’s Studio” (1888), the subject stares directly at the viewer from a seat in a room cluttered with colorful canvases and furniture, wearing a white blouse, with her hands folded...
...Fifth Avenue. Carriages stream uptown on the street below him. The tallest building, superimposed against a bright sky in the distance, does not exceed twenty stories. The central figure, the cameraman, looks west, but the actual photographer looks north. But in some sense the fictional and real artists actually gaze towards the future of New York City...
Several prints on display focused on children, and these ring with the greatest honesty perhaps because the subjects seem completely unaware of the camera’s gaze. In one striking scene, several grade schoolers labor to push a hamper up a dirtied urban avenue. Despite the squalor of the surroundings, their impish smiles and doubled-over laughter show that the activity is more of a game than a chore. In a careful composition, the children’s clothes pick up colors in the graffiti and painted residences in the background, suggesting a unity with their surroundings...
...club-sized venues in all parts of the country as he tours in the wake of his latest album, Room for Squares. Mayer’s maturity and confidence while discussing his life and career choices during a phone interview were sharply contrasted with the boyish wonder and starry gaze of the tall, lanky guy who appeared on stage. While Mayer may not know quite how to deal with his newfound fame as he transitions from being the solo, acoustic opener to the top name on the bill, his fans didn’t seem to care...