Our photography and arts essays cover a broad range of topics, spanning arts and visual culture, art histories, the classical world, theatre, creative writing, photographic fine art practice and more.
During the 1500’s art started to drift out of the churches, beginning with the Renaissance and then continuing on to the Baroque and Rococo periods. At the same time that art was experiencing a reforming the knowledge and exploration that was happening in science started to emerge as a something that was more widely recognized … Read more
Most designers would agree that there is a relation between graphic design, society and culture. Unlike the position that obtains in art; ‘art for art’s sake’; there is undoubtedly no question implying that graphic design is independent of society and/or culture, because were it not for the different classes and culture groups (also referred to … Read more
The film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night by Ana Lily Amirpour in 2014 is much more than your average vampire storyline. Other than Twilight, this film brings us a black and white presentation of bloodsucking vampires from Iran. This is a new wave film, which means Ana Lily Amirpour who is the director … Read more
Surrealism is art that looks completely real. However, it makes no sense. An example is melting clocks in a desert, created by Salvador Dali. Surrealism comes in many forms such as painting, movies, sculpting, etc. Many poets also use surrealism. Surrealism is important in many ways. We do not notice, but surrealism art is part … Read more
The event venue is Halifax, Atlantic Canada. The Halifax festivals host different festivals among the jazz musical festivals is film, music, theatres, family-friendly festivals and art. The Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia took place on Saturday 31st and it featured artist across Canada and other prominent Atlantic musicians. The Halifax jazz music festivals was attended … Read more
Young 12-year old Shaun is going by himself and is lost through the start of his school holidays, until he got a chance meeting Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhead friends. He found a new way of life, like girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaving his hair. The skinheads now … Read more
This movie adaptation is based on the best selling novel published in 2003, written by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Released in 2007, this critically acclaimed film was an international success. The story revolves around Amir, the young son of a wealthy secularist father, aptly dubbed Baba, the son of Ali, Hassan and Rahim Khan. An … Read more
Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? is a collage made by English artist Richard Hamilton in 1956 for the This is Tomorrow art exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London, England. The piece is widely considered to be the first pop art work to reach iconic prestige and … Read more
What role did art play in the telling of stories, when did we start using art this way and how has modern cinema still using techniques first devised by ancient artists. The investigation starts with the oldest recorded story, that of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk. The story tells the tales (and adventures) of Gilgamesh and … Read more
Towards the end of the 19th Century, the UK became part of the film making process, as still images developed into moving images. George Smith, as well as others from Brighton were considered to have produced the very first film factory. Many films were made and produced from Smith’s garden, which can still be visited … Read more
The foundation for my piece, ‘Density,’ is a scanned image of the sleeve insert for the videogame, Destiny (Bungie, 2014). A little background on the game is necessary to understand the piece. The game is a first person shooter that takes place in the far future on a nearly destroyed planet earth. The central mechanic … Read more
A lot of people tend to say movies are their escape into a fantasy world. However, the movie industry is now the largest industry with millions of employees, and producers have started to earn large amount of money from the movies that they made. There are several different types of movies people like to see. … Read more
Do we all interpret a situation the same way? Or do we even think about the consequences our actions have on other people’s lives? ‘Elephant’ is a film instructed by Gus Van Sant and premiered in 2003. The film follows a number of high school students’ lives, and it centers on the shooting that eventually … Read more
Born in to a poor family, the eldest of eight children, Lefty Frizzell is considered to be one of the most prolific songwriters and innovators of Honky-Tonk and Country Music in the 20th century. As reported on Biography.com (2015), ‘Lefty Frizzell is widely recognised as one of the most influential Country singers in history’. William … Read more
Stevie Wonder was born May 13, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan. Mr. Wonder is a self-taught singer-songwriter and has the ability to play multiple instruments: drums, harmonica and piano before the age of 10 (Stevie Wonder, 2015). Although Mr. Wonder is a blind man he overcomes such diversity through his music a true inspiration to us … Read more
