Lisalyn Dresser

For this project, I wanted to capture images that meant something to me when I look at them. Random Images in my daily life that captures my attention. These images are upload to Flickr website. So far, I have two different albums that shows my progress in this project. The first one is called  Road-Trip to the Country Side  and the second one is called  Random Shots . These two different album contains such a different images in it as they were captured in different place. Stephen Shore stated, photographs is away in which “photographers express their sense of the world, give structure to their perceptions, and articulation to their meanings” (p. 39). I totally agree with this statement. When I capture images, is not because I just want to, it’s because I want others to see how I see the world. For instance, my friend who drove with me when I took the “Road-Trip to the Country Side” images, hates the country side and he finds it dull as it looks “empty”. He never understood my fascina

  Completing my project made me realized that it has to do with Baudrillard's idea of representational imagery and the resurrection of difference. I think my project relates well to Baudrillard's statement regarding using representational imagery becomes the "reflection of basic reality" (pg. 11). The questions I asked for the people I interviewed were meant to simulate the reality that students went through during the pandemic. I did a lot of editing in this project but I made sure I did not remove clips even though I did not like the answers. This way, I made sure that my audience will get nothing but the truth of how these students felt and what they went though during the pandemic. Comparing the answers of these students, it demonstrate that we are not "under the signs of dead differences" (pg.16). Though all of us lives with the same reality and everyone had to battle the pandemic, this project  shows that it affected us differently and that we battle t

Friends of Dorothy- Andrew Norris Sadly, I could not attend the talk but lucky my friend was able to record it. From what I listen,  Andrew Norris  when speaking he does not mask the truths. He say what he needed to say and answer the questions with full honesty. I like how through recording, not only I hear that he has sincerity to the arts his arts but also to his audience. I love how when people asked him regarding "body struggles" he did not sugar coat it and instead he delivered a truthful answers in which everyone in the room could related to. In his arts, though he masks the backgrounds unrealistic backgrounds which can be seen throughout his artworks, I love that the focus of his artworks are filled with realness. I also like that he used different characters from different generations such as Lil nas x who is a well-known queer of this generation. I think this way, it allows different generations to access and understand his work. 

  Alfred Hitchcock  is a famous director and filmmaker. In most of his films, he uses psychological suspense which produce a distinct viewer experience. Due to this technique, he was nicknamed as the "master of suspense". Growing up, Hitchcock did not have a good experience with the people who surrounded him that's including his strict catholic parents. As an obese kid, he did not have a lot of friends and was bullied because of it. In fact, he described his childhood as lonely and sheltered because of his obesity. When he does a bad things, his parents would have tie himself or go to the local police station and be locked up as a punishment. He did not let these things stop him from being successful. He made more than 50 films and contributed to World War II by making a film propaganda against the nazis. He has a talent on what angle to hold the camera to make sure the viewers would work their mind off while watching his films but at the same have the best experience. Pe

  Alexandra Bell  convacation talk was very interesting and impactful. I like how she manage to use newspaper and the content that's in it and transfer it to something more valuable. Her art using newspaper reminded me of the "realness" we talked about in class. Bell, work on what's already in the news paper and probably manipulate it a little bit. Therefore, this relates to the topic of "realness". The thing I was most pleased in her work are the content in the newspaper she used. I love how through her simple work, she's able to inform her audience about the some of the biggest problem our society currently have which are politics, racism, and culture discriminations. Overall, her talk was informative and gave good lessons to her audience/listeners. 

 Jean Baudrillard stated “it is possible that very memory of the original caves will fade in the mind of future generations, but from now on there is no longer any difference” (p. 18). I personally disagree with this statement. I believe that this world is filled with differences. Fo instance, Lawrence university is filled with differences. The students and professors have their own opinions, beliefs, language and culture. Though, someone might argue that Lawrence might not recognize those difference by encouraging the students to speak in English and most classes are taught in English language. However, as seen in a lot of events in campus, Lawrence does a good job in recognizing and celebrating those differences. I don’t know about Baudrillard, but it think Lawrence community is work very well because of those difference that the people in it has.  Work Progress Update  Capture by me  Biggest Update Right Now I finally deciding on a concrete idea for my final project is the biggest u