Archive for the ‘memory’ Category
All the World’s a Garden
From beginnings to endings now, as the semester closes down. This image is from the ending of The Constant Gardener (2005), directed by Fernando Meirelles. Though it’s hard to talk about endings without spoilers, it doesn’t give away too much to say that the protagonist of the film, Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), is the constant [...]
In: contemporary, endings, film, landscape, memory · Tagged with: Fernando Meirelles, John LeCarre, Kenya, Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener
Moon Memory
In class this week we’re looking at originals and copies. Today we listened to songs that my students suggested alongside their cover versions. One student said that one difference between the two versions was always one’s own associations with each. That is, memories can get in the way of a “pure” experience. Here, Brazilian artist [...]
In: contemporary, memory, photography · Tagged with: moon, Neil Armstrong, Vik Muniz
Child’s Play
The funny thing about photography, still, is that the children you see here will always be playing just like that, when the adults they became have moved on, and the photographer who took the picture has passed away. Helen Levitt died this year at age 95. The photograph is about 70 years old. The kids [...]
In: childhood, contemporary, documentary, memory, photography, street life · Tagged with: Helen Levitt, New York City