#7 Pay close attention to the types and number of photographic portraits you see in one day. Where did you see them? How do you think that the content of the portrait changes based on the context in which you see the image (news, facebook, magazine, advertisement, television, youtube, etc)? In other words, what is the difference between the portraits you see on facebook vs. those on the news? What is the difference between the “viewpoint” of the photographer in each situation? What is the difference between their “intents”?
The photographic portraits I saw in one day basically came from two sources: facebook and sorority composites. I check facebook daily, so I saw friends' profile pictures. I also live in a sorority house, and there are past composites hanging on the walls, so I saw those. These two types of portraits are very different. On facebook, most portraits are fun and aren't usually serious. They describe the person, but their intent is to do so in a casual way. The sorority composites, on the other hand, are taken for more of a purpose. While pictures on facebook are taken for fun, composite pictures are taken for composites. Their intent is to record everyone that was in the house a certain year. These two sources are very different, especially in their intent.
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