Response Essays

Remember you have a 5 Pix or Less story due Monday, May 18.

Here are ALL the response essays due this week. Mind you, the article on the portal (which you'll read for Thursday's essay) is 12 pages, so you might want to print that out asap and take it on the train with you this week. Note the time changes on the due dates.

For all the essays, you'll submit them onto your blog. The essays should be at least 250 words, and please use complete sentences and correct grammar! You'll need to read the articles and respond to some of the things in them, AND you'll also need to answer the other questions I've indicated below.

A good essay will have well-thought-out answers to my questions, using specific examples to clarify your point. A good essay will also respond to the particular points made in the articles. Merely answering my questions without referring to the articles will give you a "C" grade at best.

These essays are your subjective responses to the issues, so it's not like there's a right or wrong answer. It's mostly a matter of giving examples (or reasons) to support or clarify your responses.

Due Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm:
Read and respond to the following articles:

As Ban Lifts, Photos of Soldiers' Coffins Increase Understanding Through Visual Storytelling

Readers Balance Compassion with Privacy

What is your take on disturbing images? Do you think people should be exposed to these images in order to convey the magnitude of a world problem? Do you agree with Wally Rayl's statement: "Not being able to face reality is a major problem in our society today."

Should news organizations censor some of their images? If so, to what degree?


Due Wednesday, May 20 at 7pm:
Read and respond to the following articles:

NPPA Calls Newsweek's Martha Stewart cover a major ethical breach

Pictures May Not Lie But Doctored Photos Change History

What is wrong with changing the content of a photograph that's published in a magazine or a newspaper? Considering what readers recall from pictures, to what degree...if at all...should images be edited for a newspaper or magazine? What do you consider deceptive, and what is a legitimate editing of a picture? Use examples to clarify.

Due Thursday, May 21 at 9pm:
Read the article in the Handouts section of the portal entitled, "Revealing the Unseen: Tourism, Art and Photography".

What do you think about some of the assertions made in this article?

Aside from the fact that a class required you to take pictures on this trip, why do YOU take pictures while on a vacation? What do you usually focus on (i.e. what do you usually take pictures of) when you are traveling? Are they different from pictures you take while you are at school or home?

What do you usually do with your pictures after you've taken them? If you put them on Facebook, why do you do this?