Saturday, June 1, 2024

Photography: Exploring the World through Photography (DevCom and Humanities)

       Exploring the World through Photography (Development Communication and Humanities)

Dr Abe V Rotor

Windmills at  Bangui, Ilocos Norte 

Camera, camera everywhere.
     Fault not and beware;
Wear a Janus mask, its brighter side
     To trust and to abide.

It's the third eye of modern man;
     To see even the unseen,
Real images or just imagery,
     And those behind the scene.

But don't let privacy die in vain,
     If you must, be it a cause,
The lens more powerful than sword,
     Like pen its last recourse.
                                          ~ AVRotor
             
         
Why photography in the first place? Explore the world with this tiny gadget. Here are some applications.

                             1. Photojournalism - picture in the news.

Squatting and road obstruction

2. Creative photography - cultivating the 
right brain, seat of imagination.

Monster in the sky

3. Documentary -reliving the past and recording 
the present for tomorrow.

         Are we in the sunset of our species? SPU-QC

                     4. Photographic art - pictures into paintings

Water reflection

5. Photography in research - in pursuit 
of science and technology

Marine biology: brittle star

6. Photography and Nature - 
preserving natural history

Philippine crocodile, Malabon zoo

Return of the starling or martinez bird, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

7. Photography and Religion 
bridging man and his Creator through faith

Buddhist temple, Bangkok

Religious icon Angels' Hill, Tagaytay

8. The hidden eye - application of photography 
in business, security, GPS, etc.

9. Media network - print and cyber photography, Internet

10. Probing space - in search of other worlds

Solar eclipse and sunspots

11. Photography and culture
 - preserving cultural heritage

Obusan Dance Troupe presentation
Commemorative Sculpture, Ateneo de Manila University
Halloween, NFA QC

12. Photography and Ecology 
- preserving the environment

Air pollution

13. Photomicrography 
- revealing the world of minutiae

Tubercolosis bacteria under electron microscope

14. Photography and architecture

Neo-Gothic chapel, Parañaque MM

15. Photography and Education

AB students' practicum at the UST Publishing House

Assignment in DevCom Photography - 
Development Communication - advocacy in pictures; 
photos as ideas and medium of change.  Classify and organize your collection of photos under this subject. ~




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