Lauren Greenfield started out this project as a local one and it turned out into a worldwide project ranging from California to Shanghai. Greenfield photographed youth in various different settings and found one thing in common, a phenomenon of "getting older younger" which she talks about in her artist statement. Fast forward was the book of photographs she produced.
She immediately caught my attention with the first photo of a young girl at her graduation playing a hand held video game. That reminded me so much of myself sitting at my graduation on my phone that I had to laugh. As I went on though the photos were not as humorous. There is a picture of a little girl looking in the mirror poking her butt out posing in a bathing suit. The girl looks no more than seven and she already is trying to pose sexy, yet there are Winnie the pooh characters on her tub. That was a great example of getting older younger.
Her photos also delt with race and class. She showed pictures of youth in different settings both upper class suburban youth and also poorer urban youth. The difference was very clear to me in the pictures but the common theme of "getting older younger" still stood out to me.
What I didnt understand from her artist statement was why she set out to take these pictures. How did her project begin?
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Listen Up.... Part 2
So after taking another look at the site here are some more thoughts....
Question 1
On this site there are many many videos that are all produced by teens. It is very empowering to have a site were youth can respond to mainstream media. One of the things that stood out to me was how many Public Service Announcements (PSA) there were on the site. It is as if teens felt the need to produce there own PSA from their point of view. I think it is much more powerful to watch a PSA related to teenagers which is produced by a teenager. Many of the videos on the site were positive. They touched on all kinds of subjects from relationships, family, abuse (of all kinds), sex, drugs, alcohol abuse, LGBTQ issues, racism ect.
Question 2
Mission of the site:
Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
Question 5
This site reminds me of Youtube which is another site on the internet which allows anyone to post their own video. Teenagers can also "Talk back" on sites like youtube which allow people to freely express themselves through video.
Question 1
On this site there are many many videos that are all produced by teens. It is very empowering to have a site were youth can respond to mainstream media. One of the things that stood out to me was how many Public Service Announcements (PSA) there were on the site. It is as if teens felt the need to produce there own PSA from their point of view. I think it is much more powerful to watch a PSA related to teenagers which is produced by a teenager. Many of the videos on the site were positive. They touched on all kinds of subjects from relationships, family, abuse (of all kinds), sex, drugs, alcohol abuse, LGBTQ issues, racism ect.
Question 2
Mission of the site:
Listen Up! is a youth media network that connects young video producers and their allies to resources, support, and projects in order to develop the field and achieve an authentic youth voice in the mass media.
Question 5
This site reminds me of Youtube which is another site on the internet which allows anyone to post their own video. Teenagers can also "Talk back" on sites like youtube which allow people to freely express themselves through video.
Listen Up!
Listen Up is a Youth Media Networking site that empowers youth through video production. I found this site to be very interesting because not only was it youth in the media but it was youth producing their own media. Everything is from their perspective and they tell the story, not someone telling a story about them.
I watched several videos on the site, they were all quite interesting.
Under 21: Is a video produced by a female teenager. In this video she interviews her friends and they tell a story about how alcohol has personally affected them and their relationship. This video gave a very realistic outlook on teenage drink and it came from actually teenagers. Two girls within the group were hospitalized from over drinking.
I was confused though because at the end of the video they all sort of laughed it off and continued to talk about partying and smoking pot now.
Equal Opportunity: This film was produced by a teenager and was interviewing an adult who told a story of a gay man who was hospitalized with a terminal illness and the fight his partner had to go through to visit him in his last dying hours.
Rated R: Is a video on violence on the Internet. This video shows many teens being interviewed on Internet violence and why they find it so entertaining. I think this video is a great representation of how obsessed our society is with violence
I found it very disturbing how people found these brutal fights to be funny and entertaining.
Girls and the media: This video is from the 2007 Young intern Program and was produced by three young women. These girls looked into the effect that media had on women. This video was very interesting, one older women talked about how the media when she was growing up gave her very few options.
I watched several videos on the site, they were all quite interesting.
Under 21: Is a video produced by a female teenager. In this video she interviews her friends and they tell a story about how alcohol has personally affected them and their relationship. This video gave a very realistic outlook on teenage drink and it came from actually teenagers. Two girls within the group were hospitalized from over drinking.
I was confused though because at the end of the video they all sort of laughed it off and continued to talk about partying and smoking pot now.
Equal Opportunity: This film was produced by a teenager and was interviewing an adult who told a story of a gay man who was hospitalized with a terminal illness and the fight his partner had to go through to visit him in his last dying hours.
Rated R: Is a video on violence on the Internet. This video shows many teens being interviewed on Internet violence and why they find it so entertaining. I think this video is a great representation of how obsessed our society is with violence
I found it very disturbing how people found these brutal fights to be funny and entertaining.
Girls and the media: This video is from the 2007 Young intern Program and was produced by three young women. These girls looked into the effect that media had on women. This video was very interesting, one older women talked about how the media when she was growing up gave her very few options.
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