Connor Albaugh

  November 29th, 2022 Leslie Mullen’s Truth in Photography By: Connor Albaugh           Blog Requirements : Comment on Leslie Mullen’s Truth in Photography. Read the following in Chapter 4 The Nature of Art: The Function of Art (pg. 35 – 37) and Art as Persuasion (pg. 37 – 42). Choose 3 sentences and/or paragraphs, and comment on them.         Leslie Mullen’s Truth in Photography was eye opening in multiple ways. Touching on “Art as a function” and “Art as Persuasion” and relating it back to photography and other beautiful forms of art was quite fascinating because there are more things to consider on behalf of art I hadn’t taken into consideration. With a lot to unravel, there were three sentences that really stood out to me throughout this reading that I wanted to discuss and analyze. They are bolded below.          The first sentence that stood out to me from this article is as follows: “ Not only can art simplify in order to show what matters, but it can often show us things previo

 November 16th, 2022 Self Portrait By: Connor Albaugh Blog requirement: Take a self portrait and comment on it.          When I was brainstorming ideas on behalf of the self portrait I would take, I didn’t have many. There are a lot of things that embody my self image and fitting them all in one would be quite cumbersome and difficult in a self portrait. However, as I walked into my room after lifting, I looked around my room for some inspiration concerning an accurate self portrait that would represent me well as a person. Then, I looked at the various flags on the wall and that gave me a great idea. I have 5 flags/banners that hang on my wall, but two were very perfect for taking a self portrait and represent my personality and morals quite well. I decided to take my self portrait in the middle of my room in between the flags that say “No one cares, work harder” and “Academic Weapon” as they proved to be vital in this self portrait I chose.           On behalf of my self portrait, I

 November 9th, 2022 Patrick Zachmann By: Connor Albaugh Patrick Zachmann  Beijing by night. China. 2005.  © Patrick Zachmann | Magnum Photos Requirement :  go on https://www.magnumphotos.com/, research a photographer that appeals to you, find one photograph, and comment on it in 3-4 paragraphs.          It feels like it has been ages since the last blog post. Having written a paper on a photobook and a summary reflection on a body of text, this gave me the opportunity to “warm up my hands” so to say for this blog. This blog is a rather interesting one, mainly because we have the freedom to choose any photographer we deemed to be “appealing” in a sense. On behalf of my own photography, I really like to include color into my work as well as photograph during the night hours. This was an emphasis while I searched through countless numbers of photographers on the magnum website, and I happened to come across one that I really liked. The photographer I chose for this blog to analyze and pro