{"id":99806,"date":"2018-06-29T09:45:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/29\/the-propaganda-of-images\/"},"modified":"2018-06-29T09:48:20","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:48:20","slug":"the-propaganda-of-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/29\/the-propaganda-of-images\/","title":{"rendered":"The propaganda of images."},"content":{"rendered":"

Barbara Kruger<\/a> is a genius to me, a master aphorism poet, visual artist, and social critic\/philosopher.<\/p>\n

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Kruger has taught me the power of images — how propaganda could be used as a weapon against us by governments, companies, and “culture vultures”. Often we think we’re buying into a culture, when in reality we’re getting suckered into buying stuff.<\/p>\n

Practical idea: combine your own photos and text. Examples that ANNETTE KIM did for my upcoming book, THE ZEN OF ERIC.<\/p>\n

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The thing is, propaganda isn’t necessarily evil. The French use the word propaganda as meaning a message that a government usually spreads.<\/p>\n

For example, the government telling us to be good parents and send our children to preschool sounds like good advice, but it is also propaganda.<\/p>\n

Propaganda means to “propagate”, or to spread, or if you study the etymology of Latin (propago<\/a>), it means to attach:<\/p>\n

\n From pr\u00c5\u008d-<\/a><\/em> and Proto-Indo-European<\/a>*peh<\/a>\u00e2\u201a\u201a<\/a>\u00c7\u00b5-<\/a><\/em> (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153to attach\u00e2\u20ac\u009d)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So as another idea, reflect on what kind of messages or ideas you’re attaching or propagating through your photos and images.<\/p>\n

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My favorite Barbara Kruger<\/a> images:<\/p>\n

When you study her photos, meditate and reflect on these questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Why did she pair certain images with certain images?<\/li>\n
  2. What is her critique on American society? Do you agree or disagree?<\/li>\n
  3. How could you make your own Barbara Kruger styled images?<\/li>\n
  4. Why does she use the color red?<\/li>\n
  5. Why do you think she makes her art? What do you believe is her personal philosophy on consumerism, capitalism, society, and culture?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Masters of Art<\/a><\/h1>\n

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