Visit the website of photojournalist Julie Denesha. Look through her extensive collection of series works. Choose one specific series to speak about at length. Summarize the subject matter and purpose of the series, and then choose one image from the collection to complete a formal analysis. Finally, share your overall impressions of Denesha's work.
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The series I chose was titled: Off The Map. This series includes images showing the life of children is Slovakia. For the fourth image: it shows a young boy standing in front of architecture of some kind. The shot looks like it was take through a hole in a wall or large rock. The conditions seem squalid but the young boy looks quite happy. I notice the boy, and the rock or wall that surrounds the picture. I then look at the building behind him, which looks like a log cabin or something similar. I see the dirt and rocks all around; also the boy’s clothes are very dirty. What interests me the most about this image is how it is taken through a hole. I like how it seemed that the artist was playfully following the boy to get a shot. The boy may have been bashful while the artist took pictures of him. Julie Denesha’s work is very powerful. It shows us what people from third world countries go through day to day. It is neat and most of the time sad, how we can see the drastic difference in our lives compared to those people.
Latendresse
Period 5
5-6
The series that i choose was kosovo exodus(the balkans). The series shows the life of north albanians in need. They show the effects of what I imagine is a war. The subject matter in the series are the lives of diferent people. Theres people reaching out to get supplies food etc. Also of a man in a truck trying to call a relative and the abandonment of people in need.
The image that was most striking to me was the image of the poor pshyciatric patients abandonment. When I first took a look at the image I saw the boy in the floor. It made me realize that this boy was sick and then I was forced to look at the other boys around and realized that all of them were sick and need to be taken care of. When reading the caption in the side it made me think of how can people to this specialy doctors. They are suppose to dedicate themselves to saving and taking care of patients yet no one is there.
Overall Julie's work is very impressing she can realy tell you a lot by a simple photograph.
I would have to agree with Stephanie. I also chose Off The Map, the same picture as well. It looks like the boy's house is made out of stone or a clay of some sort. There is a hole in the house, and the image shows the boy happily playing, or maybe just making funny poses and faces. For what looks like misfortune for him to live in that kind of environment and lifestyle, he seems pretty happy to me. It makes me realize how lucky I am to not be stuck in his lifestyle. What interests me the most is how the hole itself is blurred, but the boy is in complete focus. It definitely has more meaning and focus on the boy, rather than the weird looking hole in the wall, or anything else for that matter. It makes me sad to think about how they live, but at the same time it shows how the cultures are in other parts of the world.
Ryan Hamlin
Period 5
I feel like I have just arrived home from school and finished flipping through a new issue of National Geographic that I found in the mail. I have accumulated several National Geographic magazines over the years because I have grown extremely indulgent in both the imagery and articles found in them. It is not easy to work at National Geographic, especially as a photographer. No other magazine is capable of telling a story like National Geographic.
Julie Denesha is easily able to share a story without an article, a story undoubtedly worthy of National Geographic. I am shocked to find her work has not been featured there.
Slovakia’s Outcasts is a series that is unmistakable. It clearly shows a peak into the lives of another lifestyle, though it may be out of place even for its society. This imagery can be viewed in any way and the story would still be clear. I am amazed at how easy it is to relate to everyday occurrences of another culture despite how contrary it all is. These everyday occurrences range from preparing a meal, to a morning shave to an afternoon funeral.
The one image that stands out to me in particular is of a family sleeping during, what appears to be, the afternoon. An unexplained phenomenon is in the works here, I cannot put my finger on how this image is so different. It almost seems unreal.
when i look at these images i see a little bit of anger. you definatly get a taste of foreign culture. thats really nice. in these pictures you see all the different people of the world and different things thata they do on a day to day basis. at the same time, you see some people that may not have as much money as everyone else and in some pictures it looks like they are begging for help. it can get sad at times.
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