Exercise 1: Time’s Tentacles Take Hold

An Instantaneous Relationship to Time: This photograph evokes an instantaneous relationship to time for me personally because the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson believed in what he called the “Decisive Moment.” He claimed that there was one moment that was meant to be captured: a moment that was truly ephemeral and spontaneous. In capturing these moments, Cartier-Bresson turns ordinary moments into visual pieces of magic.


A “Stable” Relationship to Time: For me personally, a “stable” relationship to time evokes a narrative. For example, Duane Michals’ photography is a great example of this, as it aims through a series of photographs to help the viewer reach a certain conclusion. I also embedded a video of one of my favorite beauty YouTubers kidjess and her “Get Ready With Me” series, basically documenting different makeup looks that she creates. The narrative has come to be expected within the YouTube Beauty community in a sense. 



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