Paul Swanson - Novelty

I want to use this photograph as an allegory examining what we see novelty to be and how we construct our understanding of reality through its definition. Novelty can be defined as the quality of being new, original, and even unusual. So knowing this now, what constitutes a novelty? Is it the first time you encounter an emotion never felt before, see something new, or hear a song for the first time? Could every day be a novelty? We approach each day with a new vivacity, eager to learn and challenge ourselves; to grow. And like that unusual thing that we all have encountered, whatever it may be, do we not come to try and understand it, much like every day we reflect on what we have done? Reality, in its purest form, might be a novelty in and of itself.

Alison Irwin- Novelty Redo

Novelty is something original & unusual, & this van definitely caught my eye from the side of the rode. It was originally for my 4x5 assignment but do to complications i am not able to use it & when i went back to shoot it again, it was parked in the back of this lot so i wasn't able to get it. I took digital images of everything i did so i thought this would be perfect for novelty. Let me know what you think!

Also had this before, original then crop with different placing. let me know what you think.

Amber Hartin - Novelty

It's a picture of a polaroid of a polaroid camera.

The polaroid itself is the novelty. I will be handing in the polaroid itself, not a print of this, I think.

Rebecca Turner - Novelty

Novelty, in my mind, could only be connected to novelty toys. The toys you once pulled from the magic chest at Swiss Chalet, or received from that strange neighbour on your street on Halloween night. To me these toys had no use or value, but had such meaning at the time. They were unique and different and that was all that was cool about them; just like the doll in this image. I had to have this voodoo doll, absolutely had to have it. But it's useless! It's kind of too cute to stab, and yeah, I did rip it's heart off a while back but... it's still just a stupid useless toy...
(probably going to reshoot, but I loved the light and couldn't not take the shot)

Alison Irwin, Novelty

Original at top, crop at the bottom but different placement. Thoughts? Also have the yellow van for novelty too so let me know what you think.

Locrin Stewart - Novelty

Hey Class,

So for novelty, I also found the definition that it is anything new (as Alex talked about in her post about tea), but interpreted it quite differently. In my opinion, it's almost impossible to create something in art in general that is truly new, or has never been seen before. The image I created was my response to that. I partake in calligraphy, but, like pictures, it, too is limited to the confines of the letters, much like how photography is limited to what is in our surroundings, and what has come before.

The letters themselves are not perfect intentionally, because, in my opinion, the imperfections are one of the key aspects that differentiate images from one another, the small accidents.

I have a couple other pictures, and am considering straightening this one properly, but I think that the slightly off-kilter look to it adds to the "accident" kind of thing I mentioned earlier.

Feedback, as always, is greatly appreciated

Theme #5: Novelty - Alycia Kosonic

Hey all, so here's my photo.

I have another idea in mind that I want to try out but this is what I have for now. I came across this store on Church Street that just sells a bunch of novelty junk. Thought it was kind of interesting because you don't really see stores like this around much but also made me wonder who even buys anything from  here because its all garbage! Haha :P

Unfortunately I only had black & white film on me at the time and I am thinking it would look better in colour so I am going to try that too but anyways this is it for now. Feedback is appreciated as usual :)

Kristina Smith - Novelty

For me, a novelty is something that you have and don't often use, something you have mostly for the sake of having.


I got this toy in elementary school, and it was the coolest thing.  


If anyone doesn't recognize or know what it is, it's this balancing bird toy that balances on it's beak. 


Comments welcome .
-Kristi

Katii Capern - Theme #5 - Novelty

Ideas always welcome (I've got some ideas I want to work with to make this better as well)! :)

NEW AND IMPROVED

I went to Shopper's this evening to get new scrubby things with which to wash dishes (found out they are called scouring pads) and then I walked up an down the aisles taking pictures of any product that said it was "NEW AND IMPROVED". I threw them all together in Photoshop and then blurred the pants off of them because they all looked gross. The result is Photo #1. I naively thought I might be able to reverse the blurring process by sharpening everything to the same degree. This didn't work - Photo #2 ensued. I like it because it reminds of an airport luggage scanner.

Photo #1

Photo #2

Lucy Lu - Theme 5: Novelty

What makes something a novelty is ultimately subjective. Personalize or change something and present it in the right way and it becomes novel.

What do you think, less or more?