tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-116065 2013-05-11T08:11:56-07:00 I am a teacher and documentary photographer. I began blogging in 2004 as a way of starting a conversation about visual ethics and photography. My blog has evolved over time as has my photography and writing. TypePad http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e201901c0fb9c4970b 2013-05-11T08:11:56-07:00 2013-05-11T08:12:42-07:00 dennisdunleavy Creativity is good for the soul and we all should have more than one passion in life. For a while now I've thought of bringing my love for cooking and photography together in my own way. Braised...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/05/cook-shoot-eat-meat-and-potatoes.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e201901bfe1a6d970b 2013-05-09T09:21:37-07:00 2013-05-09T09:26:41-07:00 dennisdunleavy Tax Day by Dennis Dunleavy 2010 For the past few years, students in Dr. Paul Lester's Visual Communication class have been writing to me asking about this picture. As part of their studies students...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/05/thoughts-on-an-image-1.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017ee9c937b3970d 2013-03-27T13:24:29-07:00 2013-03-27T13:33:31-07:00 dennisdunleavy Once in a while, while looking around for interesting books about the subjects I teach, I find something that stands out. During a recent Amazon book search on digital photography books, Tony...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/03/stunning.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c381899e5970b 2013-03-25T09:12:23-07:00 2013-03-25T09:12:23-07:00 dennisdunleavy I am thinking of giving a new assignment out to my digital photography spaces. This image, made yesterday, really sums up what I mean by "quiet space."<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/03/quiet-spaces.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c37fe6c3e970b 2013-03-21T16:15:42-07:00 2013-03-22T06:45:32-07:00 dennisdunleavy Not every student that takes a photography class will become professional photographer, but we still need to teach them as if they could be. We have an obligation to introduce students to a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/03/the-future-of-photo-ed.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c366bf8c4970b 2013-01-30T06:55:36-08:00 2013-01-30T06:55:36-08:00 dennisdunleavy The ever-present presence of Chavez in the news cycle represents a link in a chain of associations imposed upon the public -- a rhetorical strategy not uncommon in the ceaseless need to establish a...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/01/contributing-background.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017ee7e59c9a970d 2013-01-25T11:44:54-08:00 2013-01-25T11:46:16-08:00 dennisdunleavy In a state of two minds, where the spiritual and physical are delineated and dichotomous by individual will rather than the will of God, “instructions” fail to reach the heart of hearts. A...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/01/conditions-of-knowing.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017d4067b8aa970c 2013-01-24T10:38:29-08:00 2013-01-24T10:38:29-08:00 dennisdunleavy Seeing is not a passive process, looking at things is. A cursory glance, something catching the eye, sensing but not feeling – means to look and not truly see the world as it is. Seeing is an act...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/01/touched-by-light.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c362e5ca6970b 2013-01-23T08:41:48-08:00 2013-01-23T08:41:48-08:00 dennisdunleavy The camera became a shield to protect me from my emotions. I have witnessed humanity at its best and its worst. Through the lens, I have descended into the darkness of deprivation and war, as well as...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2013/01/a-spiritual-journey-through-photography.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017d3d58764d970c 2012-11-06T07:27:01-08:00 2012-11-06T07:27:01-08:00 dennisdunleavy It's 5:30 a.m. in the Midwest and the Tweekdeck streams are beginning to heat up from the east coast. There are Instagram snaps of people lining up to vote in New York and shots empty streets in L.A,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/11/the-perfect-storm-social-media-comes-of-age-with-sandy-and-elections.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c332099a9970b 2012-11-05T06:29:52-08:00 2012-11-05T06:29:52-08:00 dennisdunleavy I made this infographic as a demo for my new media class. Visual data is becoming increasingly important on the web. We've been moving toward a visually-based culture for information for a long time....<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/11/infoglut-sandy-tweets-compared-to-newspaper-and-book-text.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c3298fa1a970b 2012-10-17T13:53:08-07:00 2012-10-19T10:36:09-07:00 dennisdunleavy Our culture is increasingly becoming as mashed up as all that tasteless “Binder Full of Women” derivative art popping up all over the Internet after yesterday’s presidential debate. Social media,...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/binders-full-of-women-mashups-signs-of-derivative-culture.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017ee424ee0c970d 2012-10-13T08:14:05-07:00 2012-10-13T08:14:05-07:00 dennisdunleavy Advances in the quality of smartphone image sensors, noise filters, and image resolution older digital camera models may soon be inferior. That's according to a study by DxOMark labs. Today, most...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/revolution-of-innovation-leading-key-to-smartphone-photography.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017ee424db3b970d 2012-10-13T07:53:27-07:00 2012-10-13T07:53:27-07:00 dennisdunleavy TheLos Angeles Times' photography website, Framework, is a bold, clean, exciting, and intelligent presentation of some of the world's best photography. Hands down, this site offers viewers not only...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/la-times-framework-a-brilliant-spotlight-on-photography.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c3280fdd1970b 2012-10-13T07:43:28-07:00 2012-10-13T07:43:28-07:00 dennisdunleavy I've just watched Richard Koci Hernandez's multimedia piece on the impact of mobile camera technology on seeing. Hernandez introduces viewers to the debate on how many people think mobile phone apps...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/the-art-of-seeing-mobile-apps-are-more-than-tools.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017ee41354c9970d 2012-10-10T05:55:56-07:00 2012-10-10T06:43:01-07:00 dennisdunleavy When I saw this screen grab of Morley Safer being interviewed on C-Span I immediately connected the face with what's wrong with "old media". Safer's recent attack on "new media" using words like...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/theres-so-much-concern-over-how-social-media-is-subverting-traditional-media-i-think-the-bigger-problem-is-that-human-being.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017d3c9ddd52970c 2012-10-10T05:10:57-07:00 2012-10-10T05:10:57-07:00 dennisdunleavy I've been surfing the web some and here are some interesting sites I've found. Obama's Big Bird Ad on YouTube 60 minutes Safer a curmudgeon on New Media –––––––– "Engaged a relentless battle against...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/on-the-web.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017d3c8df06a970c 2012-10-07T02:58:42-07:00 2012-10-07T03:08:29-07:00 dennisdunleavy In the future, our ability to record the world faithfully with our camera will be less magical and based more upon a finite set of well-defined instructions for calculating not only the proper...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/a-camera-that-can-park-itself.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017c324d7573970b 2012-10-03T12:22:18-07:00 2012-10-03T12:22:18-07:00 dennisdunleavy Farmers work into the evening near Horton, Kan. to harvest annual soybean crop.<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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I learn things about myself through the images I make. For most of my...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]http://ddunleavy.typepad.com/the_big_picture/2012/10/sea-of-fog.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345264db69e2017d3c54a24b970c 2012-09-26T04:18:51-07:00 2012-09-26T08:49:26-07:00 dennisdunleavy The press and President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s For more than 70 years, Americans have had an unprecedented glimpse of it's leader through the unflinching eye of photojournalism. Arguably, it's...<br/> <br/> [[ This is a content summary only. 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