"Refugees on top of boxcars, exposed to all kinds of weather, returning to their homes."
Strumitza, December 1918
Lewis Hine in Euope
by: Daile Kaplan
Page: 125
I brought this image in because I wanted to talk about the idea of finding or stumbling upon artistic imagery everyday. Lewis Hine's work resembles everyday lives of his subjects that seem to have a truthful quality to them. Photographing what you see in front of you instead of constructing something to be photographed allows the viewers to see the same everyday situations through your eyes. My personal gravitation was directed more towards creating things to be photographed wether they be scenes or a crafty shoebox. Now as I have the camera in hand there are some things that just happen to find themselves sitting right in front of you, waiting to be photographed. Just because something isn't constructed out of material such paper and paint, doesn't mean it's not art. Simply turning your head to see an object at a different angle or holding a camera up to your eye to see the world through and different view makes what's happening around you alter just a bit.
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