| 201181021 Huiyeong Kim Intermediate English Writing 1
The Record of Light
"Through a picture, daily life is revealed, and it becomes a picture," a photographer, Choi Kwang Ho said. Like this, people can see other people's lives with a picture. First photograph is called "Life-Giving Water" by Piestrasik in India. The other is called "Journey for Water" by Kim Jung Man in Africa. In both photographs, they deal with a subject of same message, the importance of water. However, they show some differences.
In the Piestrasik photograph, the main center of interest is a boy. He lifts a bucket above his head and pours water. His head and body are wet, and water flows on his face and body. It makes this photograph dynamic. The boy also closes his eyes and opens his mouth a little. From the expression on his face, people can realize that he is happy and cool because of water. The periphery is dark, but the whole atmosphere of photograph is bright due to his expression which the photographer especially focuses on.
In the Kim Jung Man photograph, the main center of interest is 6 women. Almost all of them set a water jar on the head. They also carry an umbrella in one hand. Their hair and clothing styles can enable people to guess that they are a tribe of traditional African people. In the background, there are green trees and blue sky. Because the sun may be blazing, the light is shining overall on the photograph.
Both photographs depict people, and for them water is very precious. The "Life-Giving Water" is made up of only one boy who pours water on his body. Also, the viewer can see a figure, including his expression. In contrast, the other includes 6 women who go to a well, which is far away from their tribe, to draw water, and the viewer cannot see their face. Therefore, the viewer can think that water is more important to him than women because the viewer can concentrate on one person and expression although "Life-Giving Water" is dark overall compare with the other.
Even though two photographs are completely different, they convey same message that water is important in life. Thus, through photographs, the photographers may express worldwide issue to inform people how serious it is. Then people can know more about it, so the power of a photograph is getting bigger than simply seeing it.
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Monday, June 6, 2011
Huiyeong Kim - A five-paragraph reaction essay
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Yoon Jin-Soo 5 paragraphs essay about photographs
Silent messenger
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These photos are two of calendar photo project in famous Korea comedy program 'Muhandojeon'. In this project, theme of July was anti-war. Those two photographs are photos of Jeong Jun-Ha and Yoo Jae-Seok who are members of this program. These photographs became popular after this project. There are many differences between two photographs in part of angle and mood, also have common things.
First photograph is picture of Jeong Jun-Ha. Actually this photograph won the competition that for deciding the main photo of calendar. He acted a soldier who was shot during the battle. He is emphasized in the middle of the photo and his face is on the top of the picture so expression comes to his face. Blurry and dark background forms a striking contrast with red blood and face. The mood is stillness and sensitive.
Second photograph is picture of Yoo Jae-Seok. He acted with his colleague and expressed the moment of dying. In this picture, he is shot while trying to rescue his friend in battle field. Flutter dust and bent waist are very dynamic and they make the picture seems like a still cut of the real battle. He and his colleague are in the middle of the photo and flying fragments emphasize them. Dropped gun and helmet make the picture more naturally.
These two photos are pictures that express the sadness and horribleness of war. While first picture handle the soldier's emotion who are dying, second picture show the moment of death. Angles and moods are different but both of them seem like old picture because they use dark achromatic colors. Dirty and messy background emphasizes the mood of war.
Angle, background and color are language of photographs. Photo expresses their meaning through these elements. One of my friends who love taking photo said 'Good photo doesn't come from good plan. It comes from perfect moments.' Pro photographers are good at making perfect moment. They take pictures and say many stories without words. Because photographs still stay with us as a good messenger.
Park Jin Kyung / Five paragraph responsive essay
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200904082 Park Jin Kyung
Two men
Looking at these two photographs, you might think they are scenes from black and white movies. One looks like a scene from a heavy detective movie and the other from comedy. Although both of the photographs are taken by the same photographer, Henry Cartier-Bresson, they show different atmosphere and feelings.
First photograph was taken in Paris, France in 1946, showing two men standing on the bridge. They seem to have a serious conversation. In this photograph, the man who is holding a pipe tobacco in his mouth is mainly focused as everything else except this man looks blurred. It looks like the man holding pipe is just listening and the other man is talking about his problem.
The second photograph was taken in Brussels, Belgium in 1932 and it shows two men standing in front of a wall-like screen. They are facing the screen and the man wearing hunting cap seems to try to look inside the screen and the man wearing felt hat is looking around. It looks like he is checking if there's someone around them before he attempts to peek inside the screen.
Both pictures describes two middle aged men doing something together outside. While the picture depicting the men on the bridge has a little heavy feeling due to the cloudy weather and two men's reflective and gloomy facial expression, the picture showing the men in front of the screen has a bright and clear image as the weather is sunny and the man checking around has funny looking mustache.
Two different pictures with different angles give us very strong impression. They are all black and white, but the feeling and emotion they deliver us are so different. The photographer might try to capture the moment, but the impression can last forever. |
Friday, June 3, 2011
Hwang Yoo Jung, a reaction essay on page 176
The innocence of childhood photographed
Hwang Yoo Jung 200904349
Intermediate English Writing I (Tue 78)
A reaction essay on page 176 (first draft)
Photography has become more popularized while its technology is enhanced. So, nowadays parents take a photo of their children almost routinely as well as at the supreme moment. They treasure the photos for life and feel happiness whenever looking at them. The following is some of such precious photos which any parents can keep. "At a photo studio", taken in an ordinary photo studio in 1975, shows the young brother and sister. "At an amusement park", taken at a popular amusement park in 2011, shows the young brothers. Both photos, focusing on children, show their innocence although they are different in terms of mood, composition or color sense etc.
In "At a photo studio", the young brother and sister sit closely together staring at the camera. The children keep their mouth closed with the hands in their lap. They look a little shy in front of the photographer whom they maybe meet first. Especially the young girl looks more strained, judging from her shrugged shoulders and wide eyes. The children occupy almost all space and the background behind them is printed with single color not to interfere the subjects. Also, the photo, mainly using two contrasted color, red and blue, gives simple but strong impression. This photo is printed after being taken by the film camera and its faded condition makes viewers feel nostalgia.
In "At an amusement park", the young brothers pose freely with humorous facial expressions. The main center of interest is two boys, who enjoy outdoor photographing with the maybe familiar photographer. The smaller boy on the left is shouting merrily, and such noise makes the photo more dynamic. Background behind the children, that is, blue sky, exotic buildings, colorful flowers and big dolls delivers well the lively mood of amusement park; also, it emphasizes the innocence of childhood. This photo is stored as a file after being taken by the digital camera; so, it is always clear to which extant viewers cannot guess the date when taken.
Both photos depict the innocence of young siblings, each of whom is spaced two years or so apart. Naturally, the atmosphere of photos is close and warm. In two photos, main subjects are positioned horizontally; so, the composition looks stable but a bit monotonous. Meanwhile, "At an amusement park" delivers vividly the mood of park where the brothers play as it emphasizes the background as well as main subject. In addition, in the photo, the children pose uninhibitedly and colors are more varied; as a result, it is more dynamic than the other photo. Furthermore, storage media, photo paper and computer file, are extremely distinct in terms of mood, resolution or preservation etc.
Art depicts our life in various ways; for one thing, photography enables us to record our daily life as well as important events. Most of all, parents want to chronicle meaningful moments of their children. Buy the way, as time flows, photography has been transformed and there are many types of picture around us. Tow photos presented below reflect especially the differences between old and new. What is more important is that any types of picture taking children try to describe the innocence of childhood.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
200503311 Ji Chang-Min, a five-paragraph essay on p.176
Chang-min Ji 200503311
Jon H. Bahk-Halberg
Intermediate English Writing(1)
May 29th.
Feel an environmentalist's heart
Think about a view of the mountains. Have you thought that a mountain is just a mountain and gives us peace and calm? If looking at two above landscapes of the mountains, you will be surprised at images and feelings of mountains. One is called "The Tetons and the Snake River", by Ansel Adams, who included this picture in his photograph collection Parmellian Prints of the High Sierras, published in 1942. The other is called "Mount Williamson" by him which is included in his other collection My Camera in the National Parks, published in 1950. Both photographs have mountains and rain clouds as the background, but the expressions made by other parts are very different.
In the The Tetons and the Snake River, you see a river course and a part of a mountain range under rain clouds. The river is Teton River, a branch of the Henrys Fork of the Snake River and the range is the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains in North America. The overall mood of the photographs is sharp, gloomy, and cold. First of all, most trees and mountains are acute, which doesn't give us peace or a warm atmosphere. Contrary to a general impression, they are rather cold and gloomy. Somehow, I feel the areas are becoming devastated and ruined, and things are being changed into something negative. It means the photograph has more or less dynamics.
In the Mount Williamson, you also can see mountains and rain clouds. But instead of river, there are many rocks. Approximately, rocks at the front of photograph are big and ones at the back are small. This perspective makes me feel as if I were standing there. In addition, a ray of light is shone onto the center of the photos. The sun's ray lighten some rocks which I focus on in spite of myself. Thanks to the ray, there seems a ray of hope in the atmosphere.
In the Mount Williamson, there are rocks while a river course in the The Tetons and the Snake River. Also, a ray of light creates a rosy atmosphere in one, but there is only dark and gloomy in the other. Due to different perspective, it seems as if I were standing at the center of locks in the Williamson Mountain, while I were looking down the landscape on the other mountain in the other photograph. But both photographs show mountains and rain clouds as the background and were taken by a photographer, an environmentalist. His many photograph collections including the two photographs consist of photographs about the theme of the environment.
Two landscapes are depicted in these two photographs. As you see above, these landscapes have both differences and similarities. They show differences in perspective, subject materials, existence of the sun's ray, and atmosphere. But they have similar mountains and rain clouds as the background and more to the point, an environmentalist took the two photographs to protect our environment.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Huiyeong Kim - A five-paragraph classification essay p.144
| 201181021 김희영 Intermediate English Writing 1
Our Feet, the Transportation
In the past, people had to walk, ride a horse, or ride in a carriage to go somewhere. However, today, as the technology develops rapidly, there have been also many changes in the transportation sector. If people have the time and a car, they can easily go everywhere, or they may use public transportation such as a bus, train, ship, and an airplane. As for me, after I came up to Seoul in March to take courses in Hankuk University of Foreign Studies as an exchange student, I use these things more than before to go to my house in Ulsan. To go there, people can usually use a bus, train, or an airplane, and each of them has some advantages.
First of all, to go to Ulsan, bus is the most frequently used. Not only it is the cheaper than any other transportation, but also people can watch TV or use Internet while the bus is moving. In addition, unlike the ordinary buses, this bus never stops to its destination, except go to the rest area for a while. Also, there is lots of legroom in this bus, so people can go comfortably by stretching out their legs.
A train is the second most used transportation to go there. Because of the development of technology, Korea has now a high-speed railway, KTX, throughout the country, and it was also opened in Ulsan last year. Now it takes just about 2 hours from Seoul to Ulsan by KTX because it is over 200km. It can accommodate a number of people and reduce carbon emissions. It is also cheaper than an airplane and faster than a bus. Therefore, the number of people who use it is gradually increasing, and I also use KTX a lot.
Finally, people get on an airplane. It is the fastest transportation, so they can go to Ulsan in just thirty minutes. Because they can reduce the time, they prefer to take an airplane. It also offers people the better services compared to others. For example, a snack is served onboard. In addition, they can fly in the sky. One of the human desires is to fly in the sky, so some people take an airplane to achieve it through an airplane.
In conclusion, people usually go to Ulsan by using public transportation such as a bus, train, or an airplane. Also, there are some advantages each of them. Now people can go everywhere they want if they put their mind to it because of the development of transportation. It is not only fast but comfortable. Because of it, people can also meet their family, friends, boy or girlfriend like me, so it has now become an essential part of life.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Jang Jun Hwa, a reaction essay p176
200802967
Intermediate English Writing (1)
Tuesday 7-8 period
a reaction essay(first draft)
Similar or Different Alleys
What do you think Seoul looked like 30 years ago? If you look at photographs taken by Kim Ki-chan, you will know how Seoul was like. The photographer Kim Ki-chan had taken photos of alleys in Seoul since 1980's. Here are two black-and-white photographs, which do not have the title. He only marked where and when he took them. In both photographs, the main center of interest is a child (or children), and there is a dog. However, each photo portrays different feelings of alleys in Seoul.
In the first photograph, there are five children almost in a line. They look close friends. They attach a long black tape to their and dog's eyebrows. They are making a wry face, which creates a humorous atmosphere. In the center, the tallest child is holding a baseball bat. Children may have been playing baseball before they were photographed. One boy is holding a dog, which is staring into space blankly. The dog might think that it does not care whatever children do to itself. What makes this photograph special is that children are not moving, but it does not seem quite. Because of children's funny facial expression, the mood of the picture is fun and enjoyable.
The center of focus in the second photograph is a little girl in the foreground. She is walking up the alley. In the background, there are a baby and an old woman. However, they are not seen well because they are just out of focus. Therefore, it seems as if a little girl is the only person in the alley. She looks isolated and lonely. However, there is something strange. The sense of solitude is not the only feeling this photograph gives. It also creates a sense of warmth and peace. The reason is because a little girl is carrying a spotted dog on her back. She may think of the dog as her best friend or her little brother.
The theme of both photographs is a child or children in an alley. However, they give different feelings. In the first photograph, five boys and one dog are the main center of focus. The impression of the first picture is communicated through children's facial expressions. It seems humorous and enjoyable. On the other hand, in the second photograph, the way a little girl is positioned is important. She is only with a dog in the foreground. This composition produces the impression such as loneliness and deep friendship.
