Weekly Photo Assignment: Self-Portrait

I am a very religious guy, I was raised as a Catholic and I keep my faith my entire life. I go to Catholic Church every Sunday, I pray and I believe in Someone bigger is watching me and keeping me on the right path. This last weekly assignment made me think about what should I do. What kind of self-portrait should I take that really represents me. I decided to take a picture with a cross in my hand in front of a fireplace. Representing introspection, prayer, and faith. On the same hand that I have a tattoo that is written: “In  Nomine Patris, et Filli, et Spiritus Sancti.”

“A self-portrait is a representation of an artist, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculpted by the artist. Although self-portraits have been made by artists since the earliest times, it is not until the Early Renaissance in the mid-15th century that artists can be frequently identified depicting themselves as either the main subject, or as important characters in their work. With better and cheaper mirrors, and the advent of the panel portrait, many painters, sculptors and printmakers tried some form of self-portraiture. Portrait of a Man in a Turban by Jan van Eyck of 1433 may well be the earliest known panel self-portrait. He painted a separate portrait of his wife, and he belonged to the social group that had begun to commission portraits, already more common among wealthy Netherlanders than south of the Alps. The genre is venerable, but not until the Renaissance, with increased wealth and interest in the individual as a subject, did it become truly popular.”

Weekly Photo Assignment: Conflict

In this photograph that I took in the Amazon Rainforest, the Indians were showing us how they prepare for a battle with other tribes. It's a very intense and interesting demonstration.

Photojournalism is a photography business where information is clear and objective, through the photographic image, is essential. It can also be considered a specialization of Journalism. Through photojournalism, photography can display all their ability to transmit information. This information is transmitted by the framework chosen by the photographer before the fact. In printed communications, such as newspapers and magazines as well as the portals on the Internet, endorsement information through photography is a constant. For me, being a photojournalist is not an easy task, be willing to enter into conflict, get hurt or even die is to few photographers. Although it is very interesting, this profession needs a lot of knowledge of the region in conflict and courage. The conflict may be between neighbors or even a war. No matter the size of the conflict, the danger is imminent and take good pictures is important.

War or conflict photography is photographic images of armed conflict and military life in areas at war. Some photos can describe the terrors of the same alternated with acts of sacrifice. Contrary to paint and war drawing images based on real facts are not easily changed in the photographs. The photographers working in this filed of photography are sometimes injured or killed by recording images on the battlefield.

The most prominent photojournalist war was Robert Capa. Stands out especially in his work on the Spanish Civil War and the only existing images on the landing in Normandy on Omaha Beach. Some of the films exposed by Capa that decisive battle of World War II were poorly disclosed in the laboratory, losing invaluable war photography images.