Reflection On The 9/11 Memorials
For this exercise I took around ninety photos over the course of an hour and a half, attempting to portray some of the happenings and elements at the 9/11 Memorial. Out of all these photos I took, I chose these four because they display how expansive the memorial is, in terms of meaning and significance. Some of my other photos are interesting and portray many of the elements I am interested in, such as people touching the memorial, however, these few stuck out and seemed unique from the rest. Although, it should be noted that all four involve the theme of ‘interaction.’ The pictures depict other ways that I did not initially understand as the memorial’s space and how this could shape the guests interaction.
For the first photo, in terms of what the memorial is, …show more content…
Zooming in to see far away details, which could provide more information on the surrounding elements, would be helpful. My strategy was my usual one. I walked in circles around the pools, looking for people or other things that could reveal more about the memorial. My editing process was nothing extensive. I cropped a little bit of my second image, however, I kept most of them the same. I did not see a major need to edit. The photo backgrounds were necessary to capture the full image. In addition, since I did not use photos where the individual’s face was particularly in frame, I felt no reason to blot them out. Overall, I thought this was a good ethnographic method, however, photography does fail to capture the sound of the memorial, that perpetual falling of water. That specific sound does add to the memorial experience. I will have to try out video recording next time to see if this is better or worse. Although, for video recording I think I would need better equipment and more time, at least to be able to record what exactly I want, such as higher angles and prolonged framing of the
For the first photo, in terms of what the memorial is, …show more content…
Zooming in to see far away details, which could provide more information on the surrounding elements, would be helpful. My strategy was my usual one. I walked in circles around the pools, looking for people or other things that could reveal more about the memorial. My editing process was nothing extensive. I cropped a little bit of my second image, however, I kept most of them the same. I did not see a major need to edit. The photo backgrounds were necessary to capture the full image. In addition, since I did not use photos where the individual’s face was particularly in frame, I felt no reason to blot them out. Overall, I thought this was a good ethnographic method, however, photography does fail to capture the sound of the memorial, that perpetual falling of water. That specific sound does add to the memorial experience. I will have to try out video recording next time to see if this is better or worse. Although, for video recording I think I would need better equipment and more time, at least to be able to record what exactly I want, such as higher angles and prolonged framing of the