Sontag

After reading On photography by Susan Sontag, she let her readers see beneath the photographs by illustrating what we see when we look at photographs. Sontag also introduce the concept of a visual code which have alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have the right to observe. The perspective she provided gave me a greater appreciation of photographs, there essential and value to society is infinite.

It is amazing how far photography has come along and become so intertwine in our society given that it only been around for a hundred and fifty years. Sontag illustrate how life would be without these devices, for instances she explain that the wedding photo has become apart of the ceremony. The graduation of a child is another example of how cameras have become mandatory when taking parts in these invents.

Sontag also compares and contrast moving images and still images. Sontag believes that photographs are more memorable because”they are a neat slice of time not a flow.” I found this to be true I have old pictures and old movies, but I found it easier to throw old movies away than old pictures especially if it was given to me. I also view older pictures more than I would view an older movie I always get the feeling that the older movie leaves something out or the content leaves nothing to interpretation.

We Have a Crisis

After watching The Corporation and reading No logos I now realize that there are many issues with corporations and culture. The central theme in No logos and The Corporation is to expose the greed and corruption that these so call legal people are doing to the world. They have essentially reduce some third world nations to corporate farms where they exhausted there natural resources exploit there workers and leave a trail of pollutions just for good measure. Corporations have run amuck in the past fifty years, lobbying for favorable corporate laws to expand their powers and the list goes on forever.

For instances Naomi Klien met a young girl who was assembling cd-rom drives for IBM an impressive skill for a young girl. The girl explains to her that they make computers, but doesn’t know how to operate them. I liken this to a mechanic who knows how to repair cars but don’t know how to drive, it is just backwards to say the least. IBM has done nothing for this young girl but paying her just an enough to eat and still work. Unfortunately her and many like her lives will not change because of the strangle hold these corporations have on labor laws and the never-ending pursuit of profits. Michael Moore said it best,” how much is enough?”

In conclusion It is going to take a powerful minority yes I said minority because the majority is either unaware or just do not care for major changes to take place. What if Americans were working for food would that spark change. What if Americans were working in harmful conditions, would that spark change? What if Americans were the little girl in the third world country with nothing will that spark change? Until we as a people wake up and stand up, we will soon know what it will be like to be that little girl.

No Logos

In Klein’s book, No Logo the title was not meant to be taken in its literal sense but to tell her audience about the anticorporate sentiment rising from young people. Her hypothesis comes from her first hand experiences of large multinational corporations with big name recognitions exploiting the third world countries for profits. Her accounts of what she witness is truly eye opening, for instances she met a young girl who was assembling cd-rom drives for IBM an impressive skill for a young girl. The girl explains to her that they make computers, but doesn’t know how to operate them. I liken this to a mechanic who knows how to repair cars but don’t know how to drive, it’s just backwards to say the least. Klein wants her audience to hear about this little girl and other instances of this exploitation to spark an outrage in consumers who consume these products and give birth to the next big political movement.