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Visual Culture Test 1 terms
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Art/Design
1st Grade
09/29/2009

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Photographic Truth
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Materiality
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1)The physical making of the object → literal sense
ex: what are Gee's bend quilts made out of

2)Also can be understood as the network of relationship in which every object exists and operates.
ex: what are Gee's bend quilts like in relation to other quilts by other african american quilt makers.
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Desire
Definition
Purpose of food photography is to instill a yearning for what you see.

Ex: photo of inviting restaurant makes us want to eat there.
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Inscription
Definition
1) Act of literal writing on something (graffiti), about the writing or imposition of meaning so all interpretation is kind of an inscriptive act.

2) Inscribing something with significance. Act of writing on, imposition of meaning onto an image.
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Souvenir:
Definition
•Souvenirs act as snapshots of a moment.
•They tell stories and are a second hand experience of owners.
•About consumption and production of narrative
•It alternates the immediate from the past
•Ex: kids eating watermelons, the image is a souvenir of that moment.
•This is image is a souvenir of an event that is reportable, rather than repeatable. It reports a past event (makes a record).
•The history is subjective as to how the image is captured. How it is captured can influence how one remembers that moment.
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