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ABOUT ME.Name: Ellie - Louise Poyser.

Age: 19 Years Old.

University: Leeds Metropolitan University .

Studying: Photographic Journalism.

From: Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Module: History of Photographic Journalism.

Myth 4 - 6

Timeline 8 - 12

Dada 13 -15

Narrative 16 - 18

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Myth 4 - 6

Timeline 8 - 12

Dada 13 -15

Narrative 16 - 18

Propoganda 19 -20

Social Commentary 21 - 22

Story Telling Photography 23 - 24

Journey Photography 25 -26

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My chosen mythI have chosen to research the mythical Greek god

Morpheus. Morpheus was known as the god of dreams, he was known for his ability to take form of any human

and enter your dreams. The dream in which he controlled was known to be good dreams; his brothers Icelus and

Phantasos controlled the nightmares and unrealistic dreams.

Whilst researching Morpheus, I found a fair few paintings in honour of the god himself. These paintings seem to feature Morpheus as an angelic character reaching or

caressing a sleeping �gure, showing that he means no harm, this links back to the research of myths that

represent the good..

Whilst researching Morpheus, I found that poppies were a symbol of his existence, and also feature in a few of the

paintings. In Greek mythical times, the poppy �owers are a symbol of the dead and eternal sleep, as well as peace.

This makes me think that he had the power to allow people to rest in peace.

With this in mind it makes us look at the message that’s communicated through the images clearer, with the clouds and light surrounding the tops of the images. It is as if Morpheus was welcoming them to an eternal sleep to the afterlife, and to rest in peace. Maybe this is why the paintings were still popular through time as it backed up the stories about heaven and the afterlife.All in all Morpheus was known as a peaceful Greek god, who brings happiness to dreams and can o�er peace in the afterlife, however as time went on, there became a mythical character who took his role, The Sandman.Alike the form of communication (through imagery) changed from cave survival guides to the rich and powerful showing their status. So did the morals of the character, which controlled sleep.From the angelic peaceful god to the scary, tall dark �gure, the morals turned from good to bad. The sandman was created to scare children so they went to sleep when they were told. So not only did the character change, but the form of imagery that went along with them.

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Image AThis image signi�es the after life more then the others, with the ‘stairway to heaven’ and the guidance from the angelic characters. Which shows a signi�cant di�erence between the others. This has a larger religious message showing various angels, loosing the feeling of a Greek mythical God and relates more to the one and only ‘God’.

Image C(Whilst researching this painting I only managed to �nd that it was created in 1811.)The image shows Morpheus as a young boy, guided by the Greek God Iris (she was responsible in forming the communication between the gods and humans) to a sleeping body; his body shows that he is in a relaxed peaceful mood, showingThey’re no threat, also the fact that they are coming from the light, not darkness and that they are angelic with wings proves this. The pastel colours used show the delicate characteristics along with the clouds that they are lay on.

Image BAlthough this image doesn’t show the

god Morpheus himself it actually represents the drug ‘morphine’, which

comes from the poppy �ower, which represents Morpheus. It relates to the

other paintings, with the sleeping person, no prominent dark colours,

showing no darkness and surrounded by �owers, which represent peace. All the

covers and cushions set a relaxing setting again showing there is no threat.

However the drug now isn’t seen as a peaceful substance and is related to

death, showing that the poppy �ower is playing a more signi�cant part in this

myth than ever.

The colour red used on the dress to me resembles the blood colour of poppies, which represent the god himself, peace and death, and also match up to the pop-pies on his headwear. Morpheus seems to be portrayed as a hero, with the distressed woman needing his powers for a sound sleep.

Image BAgain in this image, light is

surrounding Morpheus, causing the pastel colours (which are used again) in

the wings to stand out. This image seems to be more

recent than the last image due to the characters wear-

ing clothes.

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These are images of the sand-man

Which I found to show the clear signi�cant di�erence between

Morpheus and this character. The black and white images show the

dark character in a literal sense whilst the other sticks to pastel colours, as well as showing the character purely with children

showing the reason for his made up existence.

URL’s used/ imageswww.powerful-psychic-reading.com/i-am-a-precognitive-dreamer.html

www.google.co.uk/imgres?g=morpheus+god+of+dreamshttp://chansness.wordpress.co,/tag/monster/

http://www.addis.com.au?2010/10/28http:/?community-2.webtv.net/TermcC/Morpheus/

http://ccthinks.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/matrices.html

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The colour red used on the dress to me resembles the blood colour of poppies, which represent the god himself, peace and death, and also match up to the pop-pies on his headwear. Morpheus seems to be portrayed as a hero, with the distressed woman needing his powers for a sound sleep.

LATER YEARS

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This image was taken by Richard Vantielcke, from france.

I chose this image as it tells a story of a homeless man, the composition, lighting and colours play a signi�cant part in telling the stories.

The lighting seems to be used to set the emotion, with the dark shadows, re�ecting the emptiness, with nothing around. This works along side the light as it gives the silhouette a�ect on the body, as well as o�ering the light for the homeless man to lay in. The lighting from the manaquins almost seems to signify the people who walk past him without a second glance.

The red clothes on the mannequin also signi�es to me the dangers of being homeless.

‘What a beautiful day’

This image was taken in Amsterdam Square whilst there was an occupy protest going on. This man was just

passing through the centre when i asked my uncle was the banner above him said, due to the noise, he shouted a reply ‘It says ‘what a beautiful

day’.

after shouting this out, this man turned straight towards us with a very confused expression as it was unclear with what was actually happening.

The narrative of this story is all in the face and surrounding.

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Narrative photography is the idea that photographs can be used to tell a story. Allen feldman stated that “the event is not what happens. The event is that which can be narrated”. In this case,

the medium is photography.

The Narrative Photography Competition in Portland, Oregon describes the concept in the follow-ing way: “The power of narrative, or story telling is at the foundation of much of photography. Photograhers (sic) are creating complex and descriptive moments in time. Contemporary pho-

tographers are crafting and documenting new forms of a visual short story.”

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There are a few different takes on this. The first being the Female being portrayed in a

more masculine way, to show that they are needed as much as the men. The colours used

in the majority of the posters are all primary, leaving them leaning towards neither female or

male stereotypical colours. The hair is hidden and more clothing is worn.

Out of all 10 Images, 2 of them send a com-pletely different message. ‘Be with him at every

call’ suggests that the woman are needed purely to cheer up them men and soldiers. I

reckon this is older than the rest as there are needed for a much stronger involvement.

The other with stands out is the ‘Loaded’. This poster is aimed at the soldiers to stay away from the woman, purely so they don’t catch deceases and spread them. I find it very contrasting next to all the others showing how much there needed during the war, then this pops up suggesting they are more trouble then they’re worth. Also they both show the woman as Feminine characters, with long hair and bright colours.i find these very effective as this collections aims at all kinds of women, from the motherly figure being told to be supportive from the strong women, being told to ‘man up’ and do the jobs that should be doe by the men who are away from home.

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I Really thinks this is a hard hitting image due to what connections follow on from this piece of art.Firstly the fact that it strongly relates to children, draws your attention. Snoopy being a cartoon aimed at children would never have been seen in a situation like death and murder.Street art such as Banksy aimed to draw as much social attention as it could, just like this piece of street.The discussion topic would probably be whether its appropriate, funny or a piece of art.The fact that this is in London, were knife crime is a big problem, could be seen as insensitive or even bringing awareness to the problem, connecting children to the crime.I think that this is a very clever way of portraying a message through simple well known characters and limited colors. Reaching out to not only the young people but the older people who remember watching this cartoon as a child.Its a clever piece of art with a strong message representing how wrong the chal-lenges of the London streets are.

I found these examples on the website www.nicolasultana.com, under the heading Social commentary in a project named

‘The inner me’

To me, social commentary covers iconic imagery and how it causes conversa-tion between the public/audience. What i found interesting about this image is

how the stories, which people would try and guess to follow along side the image, is seen in the photograph itself. The emotion in the image can be seen

through the hand writing and the setting.

I think it is very clever how everything is given away, apart from the faces of the people you now know so much about. this is makes an audience look at a pho-

tograph for longer than the paragraph there reading along with judging/ agree-ing with what this person is telling us.

Gillian Wearing comes to mind when i see this.

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I found this image whilst researching ‘Narrative Photography.’ It was taken by Frank fournier, after the 1985 eruption of the Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano in Armero, Columbia. Omayra Sanchez was trapped in water by concrete and other debris, after three days of trying to free her, she passed away.

This photograph is very hard hitting for any one too see, it was said she died just minutes after the image was taken. The black in her eyes shows the lack of life in her, the limpness of her hands and colour also show how lifeless this thirteen year old girl is.

You can see in this photograph that all the hope has been lost. As i have already mentioned, it is her eyes that send out the message/ story. The black pupils �ll any colour, he dirty water, the wood being the only thing keeping her up right.

Everything in the photo screams out for us to reach out and help, but its only when you research into the story that you realise its too late, if the image doesn’t show you this already.

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You can see in this photograph that all the hope has been lost. As i have already mentioned, it is her eyes that send out the message/ story. The black pupils �ll any colour, he dirty water, the wood being the only thing keeping her up right.

Everything in the photo screams out for us to reach out and help, but its only when you research into the story that you realise its too late, if the image doesn’t show you this already.