Post #13 - Reading, GRQ, and Discussion - Margot Lovejoy - The Camera as Artificial Eye and the Influence of Tools

Guided Reading Questions:

1. Camera Obscura, Camera Obscura
2. Light-Sensitive Chemistry
3. Daguerreotype
4. Negative/Positive
5. "Aura"
6. Commodity
7. Exhibition
8. Cult Value, Cult Value
9. Photo Montage
10. Elements
11. Cinematography
12. Photomechanical Reproduction
13. Eadweard Muybridge
14. Jules-Étienne Marey
15. The Dadaists
16. Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, and George Grosz
17. Pablo Picasso

Discussion:

In the photo below, I see a barber shop underground and a restaurant right next to it. The prices for both are way cheaper than we are used to and it is also in black in white. There are a couple subjects and once looks to be a barber. There is a barber shop pole and the other subject is to the right of it. To me, this photograph reminds me of Boston Massachusetts, a place that I visit from time to time and a place where I walk in the Jimmy Fun walk. While on that walk, I see a lot of businesses either at ground level or underground like that barber shop. Although I see Boston in color, this picture brings back memories because when I was younger I used to walk by and say how I wanted to live in one of the underground apartments there. With that it makes me reminisce.