Contextual Studies.
Duane Michals
Sequential Narratives - a story unfolding through still images.
In these set of pictures I think they are all abnormal because in the second picture you can only see one foot but then if you carry on looking at all the other photos and come up to photograph number three you can see that his other foot is on a wall. Another thing about this photograph is that he has his trousers on but only on one leg. And in photograph number three there is a reflection but some of the things in the reflection aren't actually in the room. In the photograph of where the reflection is, is it actually a reflection? or is it a window to see out to the garden?
In the photograph where it says 'Things are queer', it makes you think what the word queer actually means, my opinion of the word queer is the words exciting, surprising, odd, curious, remarkable and unexpected. In photograph number one the sink is backwards and also it has no taps and something i also noticed is that photograph number six is above the sink so its like the story has already happened because the series of photographs have shown its been created. The bathtub has no taps on it either and another thing the toilet has no flush. They have made this photograph so simple but yet its so interesting. My opinion of these photographs is that they really freak me out because they are not normal, they are abnormal.
In the photograph where it says 'Things are queer', it makes you think what the word queer actually means, my opinion of the word queer is the words exciting, surprising, odd, curious, remarkable and unexpected. In photograph number one the sink is backwards and also it has no taps and something i also noticed is that photograph number six is above the sink so its like the story has already happened because the series of photographs have shown its been created. The bathtub has no taps on it either and another thing the toilet has no flush. They have made this photograph so simple but yet its so interesting. My opinion of these photographs is that they really freak me out because they are not normal, they are abnormal.
Quotes from Duane Michals.
"All Lasting business is built on friendship."
"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."
"I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see."
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
"Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes."
"I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see."
"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."