VISA 1Q98 Lecture Notes - Roland Barthes, Weegee, Marion Peck
4 Aug 2013
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The practice of looking: a social practice that we do by choice or compliance and through this we can negotiate our social relationships and meanings. We use looking to communicate, to influence and to be influenced. Women is actually in resist of the kiss/ the man is not her significant other. Photo meaning then: war was over and was meant to be celebrated with love and joy. Photo meaning now: more known to the story and perception has changed. Relies on what we expect from the bond of a mother and child (symbolic) Photo is evident of many different expressions and emotions. Subject matter of the photo could be misconstrued in many different ways due to the variety of facial expression (curiosity, sadness, and excitement) Weegee calls attention to the act of looking at the forbidden scene and the capacity of the camera capturing the many emotions. Young black teen beat to death for allegedly whistling at a white woman.
