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Collotype: A Resurrection, Caleb Rose Aug 2014

Collotype: A Resurrection, Caleb Rose

Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Detecting Rule Of Balance In Photography, Uyen T. Mai, Feng Liu May 2014

Detecting Rule Of Balance In Photography, Uyen T. Mai, Feng Liu

Student Research Symposium

Rule of Balance is one of the most important composition rules in photography, which can be used as a standard for photo quality assessment. The rule of balance states that images with evenly distributed visual elements are visually pleasing and thus are highly aesthetic. This work presents a method to automatically classify balanced and unbalanced images. Detecting the rule of balance requires a robust technique to locate and analyze important objects and visual elements, which involves understanding of the image content. Since semantic understanding is currently beyond the state of the art in computer vision, we employ the saliency maps …


Gilded Age Visual Media As The Impetus For Social Change: Jacob Riis’S Reform Photography And The Antecedents Of Documentary Film, Denitsa Yotova Apr 2014

Gilded Age Visual Media As The Impetus For Social Change: Jacob Riis’S Reform Photography And The Antecedents Of Documentary Film, Denitsa Yotova

Graduate Research Symposium (GCUA) (2010 - 2017)

This study examines the birth and evolution of the social documentary genre in visual media. It suggests that a mixture of ideology, technology, and social awareness are necessary for a successful social reform. It finds that despite the limitations of technology during the nineteenth century, social documentaries were produced long before they were part of the genres of photography and film. By focusing on the work of Danish photographer Jacob Riis and tracing the emergence of film, this study demonstrates a connection between documentary film and Riis’s social documentary photography and public slide exhibitions. The study concludes that in order …


A History Of Nexus: How An Arist Co-Op Transformed Atlanta, Alexandra Troxell Apr 2014

A History Of Nexus: How An Arist Co-Op Transformed Atlanta, Alexandra Troxell

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


#Thelastsupper, Kyle Stubbs Apr 2014

#Thelastsupper, Kyle Stubbs

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Skinning Shed, Cary Smith Apr 2014

The Skinning Shed, Cary Smith

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Blaque Woman, Consuela Boyer Apr 2014

Blaque Woman, Consuela Boyer

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Mannequins, Patricia Villafane Apr 2014

Mannequins, Patricia Villafane

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Maxim Hot 100 (2012) / And People's Sexiest Man Alive (2012), Clovice Holt Apr 2014

Maxim Hot 100 (2012) / And People's Sexiest Man Alive (2012), Clovice Holt

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.