Word: photographs
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Above his computer hangs a black and white photograph of Leo Strauss, a professor of political philosophy whose desire to revive traditional approaches to the field spawned an influential movement in conservative politics...
...While the sect teaches peace, love and understanding, rival factions have actually come to fisticuffs over who should ascend the throne at Rumtek. And there's little doubt about which Karmapa the monks of Rumtek favor. A life-size photograph of the Tibetan Karmapa rests on the golden throne in a residence at the top of the monastery. But until the Indian government allows him to make the long trip to Rumtek, the controversy will doubtless continue. Some say the conflict is more about control of the monastery's surfeit of treasures than of spirituality. Until the ascension dispute...
...beyond the suggestion of a nursing home in the background might have helped to narrow down these emotional options; however, the inability to categorize the man’s expression so quickly prevents the viewer from dismissing the man himself as a kind of archetype. The sensibility of this photograph reveals a depth and potential to Dichtel’s composition beyond much of the other work displayed, including her own other pictures...
Despite the dialogue in Price’s photograph, it is Meghan M. Brown ’05 who shows perhaps the most potential of all the exhibited artists. Her subway scenes of a young family and a T-musician are well-composed shots of unexciting subjects. The quality of her self-portrait, however, suggests that she may have the vision to tap into her visual arrangement skills and arrive at terrific...
...subject, lifts a white veil off her face and above her head. She is inside some sort of tent, and Christmas lights spider down behind her. She averts her eyes from the gaze of her own camera. Here, the dialogue is not a two-way conversation within the photograph, but a tripartite one among the image, its composer and the viewer...