1 min 1 image: Shayla Riesen

Monday, December 4, 2017

Shayla Riesen

Shayla Riesen
Ian Bradshaw, "The Twickenham Streaker"
1974, 200 mm

I chose this image because I love the way that it tells a comedic story of an exact moment in time. At first glance it looks like a simple image of a streaker. But if you continue to look, you see the man running in with a coat, the carefree body language of the streaker, and the way all the policemen are hardly concealing their smiles. After some research I even discovered that while this photograph is being taken, the man is pleading with the officers to let him touch the bleachers at the end of the rugby field, so that he may complete a bet. To me, this image sends a message about enjoying the humor of a situation, and not taking what could be a lighthearted situation too seriously.

ABOUT

This blog was inspired by the 1 Image 1 Minute written column in X-TRA and subsequent live iterations of the project by Micol Hebron. The inspiration for the 1 Image 1 Minute column was a similar project produced by Belgian director Agnès Varda (and later written about by Rosalind Krauss) for French television in 1983.

For this blog (and their assignment), students in Niku Kashef's photography classes are asked to select a photograph (that they did not make) that inspires or intrigues them in some way and to speak about it for exactly 1 minute (roughly 150 written words). Students post their name, the artists' name, title of the photograph, year the photograph was made and the medium along with their ~150 words.

In the second part of the assignment, students are asked to either use the image they chose to speak to OR a new image and make an inspiration image based on the photographic/2d design aspects of that image (eg direction/type of light, perspective, depth of field, focus, color palate, etc).

To add to this blog and contribute a post, please contact niku(at)csun(dot)edu