Author Archives: Anthony Ortega Lopez

Blog Post 3

https://tenor.com/view/great-gatsby-fireworks-cheers-wine-glass-gif-5084330

This image is what Berger was talking about, what we see is a man showing off his fancy drink and suit looking at the camera with confidence and pleasure, the complete opposite of what for example, the women in chapter 3 of there book we see how they are posed and its said that they tend to look more vulnerable, seductive and weak and seen as objects since they’re just girls. Of course I don’t think that way but thats what I got out of those images, and as for this one I think the man is showing / flaunting his male privilege and his power both as a man and financially. its different from the oil paintings Berger discusses of course because its an image and not a painting and the message that it is sending out.  men are usually seen representing power and wealth throughout history, as for women they have been seen for sexual, domestic and maternal matters and put apart from male businesses. we can see that Berger means to let his readers understand that we all should articulate our own version of what we think but he lets us know throughout the book that certain things are just as the way that they are and thats that, I see this image and do as Berger said to imagine a picture and then in that painting in your head put both the man and the woman and see how the painting changes and how its message changes

Blog Post 1

http://www.hardrainproject.com/hrpl?n=9895

one image in specific that has spoken to me with no text or audio but with the photograph it captured is one about the amazon rain forest (posted in link above)and a road dividing the remaining forest and on the other side of the road we have huge plot of land with no trees or grass or plants or any sign of life, just traces of typical careless human doings to the earth, all for self interests, all for money, all for power, all for greed. wherever i am, if i see that image it speaks hard to me, it brings many emotions to me, especially because it is the land of my people, my ancestors and it is being destroyed for negotiations, for business, for some cash in big companies wallets. this definitely is something about what Berger talks about, he speaks about how you can see so much more to one single picture you can see the story and make so much of one image, and also he speaks about being able to view it firsthand and through for example on a phone and it can be different experiences and i agree, the image i saw shocks me, but perhaps actually being in the scene of the photograph might ignite a different experience and thought/emotions.

Blog post 2

https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/425053-the-next-steps-for-the-metoo-movement

https://seattlegayscene.com/2018/03/san-diego-pride-gives-back-to-community-with-metoo-lgbtq-conference/

In episode 2 we see a lot of images portraying women in a sort of sexual vulnerable objectifying type of way, making them seem as if they were weak and like only they were to be seen and portrayed in this manner, where as today images like this today have and would create a whole controversy and the painter would be defamed for discriminating against women this has to do with the mitu movement and the complete change of times that we are in, where today women play a big role in society and everywhere else not like in the older ages where those images were created, the LGBTQ community as well plays a big role in today society and with the #metoo movement this is an example of how women and the lgbtq have significantly grown and risen and have a voice since the times of these images and how they matter and make a change for their communities and show resilience and strength, of course everyone has their own opinions and some still have and will keep that old mindset and view on women and the lgbtq but for the most part the world is more accepting and sees this as a normal thing that women stick up and lgbtq community sticks ups as well and not be seen as less and not treated like in the past history books we see they once were.