Ground Zero

 Step 1. In this blog post the goal will be to describe the visualization of what motivates me, there will be references of my motivations compared to well revered photojournalists that have sent shocks through media. My plan to communicate these ideas about motivation and how it propels me, will be a series of AI generated imaged based on actions I find to be personally moving. At first the word that comes to me for motivation is justice, but then I think more about it and I think it would have to be truth or what is real. I believe the truth of any subject is very important and people deserve to know it regardless outcome of acknowledgment. Margaret Bourke-White is a connection to this philosophy, her truth was women in photojournalism which many people expressed grave backlash but she didn't care and became a woman of firsts.  All images generated using Microsoft Copilot Prompt 1: Generate an image of a scientist doing research in a lab Prompt 2: Generate an image of a prof...

Alternative expression B response.  Image 7 Prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a news reporter ignoring the truth right in front of him"  Image 1 prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a doctor receiving a check from a pharmaceutical associate"  Image 2 prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a politician giving a speech"  Image 3 prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a lawyer giving a defense testimony"  Image 4 prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a teacher talking about history with their students"  Image 5 prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a biologist taking a picture of a group of wild bison" Image 6 prompt: Created by Microsoft Copilot "Generate an image of a physicist" Not able to supply hyperlink due to Microsoft Copilot being an App. 

  A. "Goin' home" taken by Ed Clark B. This picture, named "going home" is an interesting take with seemingly high amounts of emotion being captured in frame. I honestly can't tell if these are tears of joy or tears of sadness. Based on the way it looks I would have to think they are from sadness, it actually looks a lot like a military memorial service, possibly a service for one of his fallen brothers. The people in the background look sad too, focusing on their body language everyone looks very down and gloomy. If I had to guess when this picture is taken from I'd have to guess somewhere between 1951-1963, basing this off of the black-and-white, wars at the time, clothing of bystanders, and style of architecture. It looks like it was taken somewhere in the south as well, big white houses with columns for support. Maybe Virginia, Carolinas, or Georgia. Something Professor Nordell said in Photojournalism and Bias Pt 2 at 0:48 he talks about the differi...

 A.  Created using Snapchat Photo editor B.  Photo taken by Nick Ut The controversy I will be doing this on is a picture from the Vietnam war in June 8th, 1972. It is of a 9 year old girl that flees from a village, this village was accidentally bombed with napalm due to conspiracy of it being a threat.  C. This controversy was all about the Vietnam War and the United States being accused and proven to be committing war crimes. A large sum of the American people came out with vocal force, there were huge protests about what was going on in Vietnam, the veterans coming back faced a large portion of this backlash. When returning home they would be harassed by protesters about the atrocities they may have committed overseas. These 'hard to look at' photographs dramatically affected public opinion of this war, domestic and internationally.  The United States faced pressure from other nations about what was going on with little to any success most times.  D....