Mediation in Relation with Photography

Mediation in Relation with Photography Name Course Date Introduction Mediation indicates that there is intervention to bring people or things together or balance them and this is especially when they are differences between them. When there is reconciliation of the two opposing ideas, concepts of people it is more likely that there is communication that influences the mediation process. The media creates active cultural and social spaces that communicate to the audiences where the media focuses on shaping opinion based on the information highlighted and what is left out. The photographic image has played a crucial role in the development of visual arts and good lighting is necessary to achieve the desired results. Photography functions in mediation as a medium that integrates extremes and the most common is the contrast between light and darkness. Being able to see several shots, in different positions and needs allows photographers to capture the intended moments and show contrasts. Photography has the power and potential to transcend our understanding of reality and it does not always have to be limited by our own perceptions. Section 1: Duality Duality indicates the existence of two phenomena or different characters in the same person or in the same state of affairs. In Barbara Probst’s work she merges black and white photographs with colored ones depicts herself in different positions and divided locations in the form of photographs. There is focus on duality rather than opposition as the images reflects the subject in the same poses, but the color, lighting and emphasis on the surroundings differ. Duality affects how we interpret art and photography since it provides context, which is strongly influenced by environment and circumstances. A collection based on contrasts draws attention on how small changes affect how the viewers interpret the images.[Kate Lauren Sherman,. "The Manipulation of Perception: Barbara Probst's Exposure# 106." The Journal of Undergraduate Research at Ohio State 6 (2016),2.] In Probst‘s picture where there is a female subject walking in the direction of the camera, and in an urban setting taking behind her, there are differences in how the two images focus on the female subject walking. The moment are transformed by choosing different locations and distance from where the photographs are taken, and the more close up the photos the more they appear personal as is the case with focus on the woman in nature. On the other hand, in the urban landscape, this is a long shot and shows tall buildings and the figure of the female is smaller. The differences are trapped and the photographer reproduces situations of the same subject in contrasting situations. The patterns of duality, are subject to time, space, polarity and separation where polarization is defined by its opposite poles. The photographs are combined or merged to demonstrate that opposite poles can share the same reality. It is possible to identify with two places at the same time, they both have meaning. It as though there are dissected moments in Probst ‘s of the same women in the alpine landscape and skyscraper where the background is black and white. Time and space limit where people can be at a certain moment, but mentally they m...