The
woman photojournalist that i chose is named Homai Vyarawalla, who was India’s
first woman photojournalist. Vyarawalla was born December 9th,
1913 and passed away January 15th, 2012. Her place of birth was
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Some of her noticeable works was
covering the visits to the country of Queen Elizabeth and the former United
States president, Dwight Eisenhower.
Her career of shooting photos ended unnoticed though. She was in the profession for
nearly four decades before retiring soon after her husband’s death and settled
down in Vadodara since 1973.
Doing
research on non-photo-journalistic jobs/professions where women have faced
discrimination in workplace, it was hard to find a specific profession. But
there were findings reporting how women felt they weren't being criticized
equally to where they couldn't improve. “Researchers found that women in the workforce received more
narrative praise than their male counterparts but lower numerical ratings
related to job performance. Experts said this meant that bosses were too nice
to openly criticize the women and, as a result, those employees didn't get the
feedback they needed to improve or advance in their careers.” With that being said it isn't fair for women
to not get the same treatment because they won’t be able to develop the way men
will with getting truthful constructive criticism.
As
far as a personal experience I wouldn't say I've witnessed gender
discrimination. But just throwing a thought out, I work at Home Depot and I
work in the Lumber department and I must say that there aren't any females who
have worked in that department since I've been there. Not sure if they believe
it’s a guys job but I don’t see why a women couldn't work over there just like
men.
Looking
at the course material in module 5, I watched the video of Lynsey Addario and
she made a great point about her being a female photojournalist. And she stated
she has access
to the woman in Afghanistan that her male colleagues don’t have. Men that are
not blood relatives or married into a family cannot enter a home in that part
of the world but she can. This is powerful because without her profession,
information such as that wouldn't be known to us. She also went to admit that
at times she is more vulnerable than her male colleagues but ultimately face
the same risks. Also looking at another source, people are noticing that with
the two genders in this profession, they bring two different but positive prospective.
“Until the 1970s,
[photojournalism] was a man’s world,” says Elbert. We’re starting to get
more-and different-interpretations of subject matter as more women come into
the profession. There is a different approach because of gender.” This just
shows that there shouldn’t be discrimination in any workplace because what each
gender brings is different and this allows for a wider variety.
Image
Source: http://www.genengnews.com/media/images/AnalysisAndInsight/Oct3_2012_37303934_MenWomenDivide_GenderBias7310236189.jpg
Photo
by: Genengnews
Principle
1: Rule of Thirds, in this image the figures are not in the middle of the
picture. Purposely to make the point it has the figures on opposite sides of
the third of the image that makes the picture.
Principle
2: Use of lines, with the use of the middle crack and line in this picture it
makes you look left and right to see the separation of the two genders. Without
this line I don’t feel like this image would have the same meaning. The line
also adds depth to this photo because you follow it throughout the whole
picture.
Principle
3: Use of colors, with the colors separate the two. If they were all the same
color you would not be able to separate the two and this image would not have
any meaning. And using simple colors like red, white and blue is comfortable
for the eye instead of using any exotic colors.
The
reason I chose this image is because it’s very simple and gets right to the point.
You clearly see the female is isolated from all the men and this just is a good
way to depict gender discrimination. This is a different approach because I’m
sure it wasn't a photographer who took this but at the end of the day the creator
of this had the same mentality as a photographer would to create their meaning.
Photo
by:Unknown
Principle
1: Abstraction, with abstraction in this image it isn't clear what is being
used to highlight the word discrimination. Its almost as If it’s a magnify lens
or just a piece of glass, it’s not clear but it impacts the image greatly.
Principle
2: Depth of field, this image has a shallow depth of field. The front of the
image is in focus and you can see that the bottom of it is slightly out of
focus. With doing this it attracts the viewer eyes right to the main focus.
Principle
3: Keep it simple, this image is very simple because it just wants you to
understand what discrimination is. If it was any other way I feel as though
people would be distracted with looking at other words.
The
reason I chose this image is because it just shows people what discrimination
is about. Although there are many words on the picture, the main focus of the
definition is enlarged. And that is discrimination is treating on in an unfair
way.
Image
Source: http://media2.intoday.in/indiatoday/images/Photo_gallery/homai-vyarawalla_121112040654.jpg
Photo by: Unknown
Principle
1: Texture, the texture in her face is what makes the picture. You can clearly see
the age in her face and then you instantly feel the history of her. Because if
someone was to edit this picture and smooth-en her face you wouldn't be able to
see the aging that occurred to her.
Principle
2: What feeling did this image create? When I first looked at this image it
caught my eye. With her holding the camera, it went perfect for what I was
looking for. If she was holding anything else it wouldn't be meaningful to this
extent. This just shows what she was truly remembered for.
Principle
3: Quality of light, the quality of light in this picture isn't too
overwhelming but its not completely dull. I feel that with it being at the
level it’s at it gives off a feeling a comfort. There aren't colors that take
away from her either, so just the use of all colors and the use of light go
well together.
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