Initially, I was interested in taking this course in order to understand and comprehend how digital images could/can impact and convey information to readers. With this course, I’m hoping to understand how the role of these images can convey various information and context to readers. As technology plays such a large role in our lives today, the way we read and absorb information has evolved and changed over time. Most people no longer rely on pure text to get information across, instead, images speak a thousand words, and have become the main source in getting information across. Just like past billboards, newspapers and paper ads, digital images, Instagram and influencers have become the new source of information. Although I was hoping to learn techniques in photoshop or photo editing applications, I’m looking forward to understanding the interrelation between technology and humanity, and its significance within our Anthropocene.
Initially, I was interested in taking this course in order to understand and comprehend how digital images could/can impact and convey information to readers. With this course, I’m hoping to understand how the role of these images can convey various information and context to readers. As technology plays such a large role in our lives today, the way we read and absorb information has evolved and changed over time. Most people no longer rely on pure text to get information across, instead, images speak a thousand words, and have become the main source in getting information across. Just like past billboards, newspapers and paper ads, digital images, Instagram and influencers have become the new source of information. Although I was hoping to learn techniques in photoshop or photo editing applications, I’m looking forward to understanding the interrelation between technology and humanity, and its significance within our Anthropocene.
The image I chose is a picture I captured while visiting China this summer. In the image, it captures the interaction between a grandmother and an elder farmer, selecting fresh vegetables from his rustic food cart along a bustling main street. The cart is filled with various vegetables, from freshly picked garlic to spinach, all neatly lying within worn foam boxes. A black umbrella hangs from the left corner hook of the cart, right on top of the miscellaneous plastic bags. The grandmother, back hunched, leans in towards the food cart and selects her ideal zucchini. Hands shaking, she attempts to grasp each zucchini steadily. The pink collar of her pajamas peaks out from her worn grey cardigan, with the sleeves perfectly rolled 1/4 away from her wrists. Next, to her, the elder farmer, dressed in a classic blue button down workman jacket and army green tweed newsboy hat, slowly leans in to assist his customer to help select his finest zucchinis, as the corners of his mouth upturn to give her a warm smile. Even though the sidewalk bustles with a continuous slew of motorcyclists, rushing to delivery packages, both subjects seem to be within their own time and space, disregarding their surroundings.
In actuality, the image captures the moment between not just any grandmother or elder farmer, but my grandmother and her friend, who she’s bought all her groceries from for 20 years. From my memories, I would always accompany her to buy groceries from her friend, from the same location regardless of the changes in the surroundings over the years. This image really makes me emotional since, I can see how much my grandmother has aged over the years, but also her continuous persistence in preserving such a friendship, despite her continuous memory loss. Despite her memory loss in remembering the names of friends, co-workers or even family members, she’s still able to remember her friend whom she would always see every day, to feed her family. Sometimes the smallest things in life hold great significance to us, hence why I found this photo mesmerizing and memorable to me.
Initially, I was interested in taking this course in order to understand and comprehend how digital images could/can impact and convey information to readers. With this course, I’m hoping to understand how the role of these images can convey various information and context to readers. As technology plays such a large role in our lives today, the way we read and absorb information has evolved and changed over time. Most people no longer rely on pure text to get information across, instead, images speak a thousand words, and have become the main source in getting information across. Just like past billboards, newspapers and paper ads, digital images, Instagram and influencers have become the new source of information. Although I was hoping to learn techniques in photoshop or photo editing applications, I’m looking forward to understanding the interrelation between technology and humanity, and its significance within our Anthropocene.
Initially, I was interested in taking this course in order to understand and comprehend how digital images could/can impact and convey information to readers. With this course, I’m hoping to understand how the role of these images can convey various information and context to readers. As technology plays such a large role in our lives today, the way we read and absorb information has evolved and changed over time. Most people no longer rely on pure text to get information across, instead, images speak a thousand words, and have become the main source in getting information across. Just like past billboards, newspapers and paper ads, digital images, Instagram and influencers have become the new source of information. Although I was hoping to learn techniques in photoshop or photo editing applications, I’m looking forward to understanding the interrelation between technology and humanity, and its significance within our Anthropocene.
Weekly Challenge 1:
The image I chose is a picture I captured while visiting China this summer. In the image, it captures the interaction between a grandmother and an elder farmer, selecting fresh vegetables from his rustic food cart along a bustling main street. The cart is filled with various vegetables, from freshly picked garlic to spinach, all neatly lying within worn foam boxes. A black umbrella hangs from the left corner hook of the cart, right on top of the miscellaneous plastic bags. The grandmother, back hunched, leans in towards the food cart and selects her ideal zucchini. Hands shaking, she attempts to grasp each zucchini steadily. The pink collar of her pajamas peaks out from her worn grey cardigan, with the sleeves perfectly rolled 1/4 away from her wrists. Next, to her, the elder farmer, dressed in a classic blue button down workman jacket and army green tweed newsboy hat, slowly leans in to assist his customer to help select his finest zucchinis, as the corners of his mouth upturn to give her a warm smile. Even though the sidewalk bustles with a continuous slew of motorcyclists, rushing to delivery packages, both subjects seem to be within their own time and space, disregarding their surroundings.
In actuality, the image captures the moment between not just any grandmother or elder farmer, but my grandmother and her friend, who she’s bought all her groceries from for 20 years. From my memories, I would always accompany her to buy groceries from her friend, from the same location regardless of the changes in the surroundings over the years. This image really makes me emotional since, I can see how much my grandmother has aged over the years, but also her continuous persistence in preserving such a friendship, despite her continuous memory loss. Despite her memory loss in remembering the names of friends, co-workers or even family members, she’s still able to remember her friend whom she would always see every day, to feed her family. Sometimes the smallest things in life hold great significance to us, hence why I found this photo mesmerizing and memorable to me.