I really enjoyed the Snapshot 2009 day for Macaulay students. It was suprisingly a beautiful day in New York City that Sunday. The skies were clear and it was oddly warm weather to be mid-October. I knew I didn't want to take the event too literally--I didn't want to take a picture of an actual neighborhood. I wanted to take a picture of something that was important to me. The challenge was to take a picture of an area where you can imagine yourself when older, a place you can come home. The image of "home" is what led me to the Conde Nast building in Times Square.

Dear Professor Bergman,

You stated that we can comprise a blog of where we were going with our essay, so that you can give us feedback on if we're making a right start.

Here is the my rough title and introduction:

I wish I could go on and on about how the photographer's (who's name I forget, and I am truly apologetic) captured moments of the aftermath of Hurricaine Katrina truly affected me, but I cannot. I liked what he did--going into New Orleans and speaking with and capturing the actual victims still trying to survive the aftermath. He went to people's homes and found people who were literally confined to the upper levels of their house because the bottom floors were flooded. He talked to them, and learned their stories.

Now, since we have not discussed this reading, I cannot say "Oh, I was confused, but now I understand the point Krauss was attempting to prove." That reading was completely confusing, although not as confusing as Camera Lucida in my eyes. What I got from this reading was a background on landscape, the importance of the beginning of the museum, and the change of the word "landscape" to "view". Now, those are just the key concepts. If I were asked to delve into each topic, I couldn't relay any more information than given.

The oh so sweet Camera Lucida. Ha ! This book is FAR from any wonderfully delicious treat I've ever eaten. Camera Lucida is definitely one of the most difficult books I have ever read, and I am still determining if it lands at lucky number one. When were given this book, I admit, I was a tad bit angry that we were given this as an assignment. "This is a book given to graduate students!", Dr. Bergman said. "Soooo, why are WE reading it" I thought . But then, I thought, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I can get through this book. I was wrong.