Environmental CONNECTION

I chose this image because I do appreciate our initiatives to produce wind power. Windmills always fascinated me. What I don't like about this image is how isolated windmills are in the environment. I believe that we are all interconnected and windmills should be integrated into our lives. With this integration we'll educate the public about our energy consumption and energy production, hopefully raising awareness to reduce human demands. 

Remixed by Yulia
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luxury living

In this re-mix, i removed the, now homeless, victims of a bombing in india and gave them the repose, and comforts of home that they deserved by mixing the original photo with an american real-estate ad entitled 'luxury living'....

remixed by laura stenzel
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"Wildlife Excursion"

While strolling on a familiar beach on the way to the water, a member of a family encounters one of nature's sublime wonders, the sea turtle. The child uncertain of what is transforming, stands a far back as the other members of his party draw near to  spectacle.  Instead of enjoying fun in the sun, the adults turn the sighting into a teachable moment to interact and talk about what is happening after the child starts asking many questions.  The curiosity of the child, intrigues the family to indulge in the experience to talking about the life cycle of the sea turtle and how it's an endangered species in nature.  These responsible adults are laying the foundation of appreciation for nature and knowledge about the world around us. Nature grants us the privilege to witness the journey of life as the sea turtle returns to the same shores to birth the next generation as this cycle continues. It also gives a grim reminder of the dangers wildlife face on a daily basis when disaster happen either by human error or accident.

Original image: Taken From National Geographic October 2010 Edition
"Forlorn in the Bayou" by Bruce Barcott
Photographed by Joel Sartore
Remixed by: Gayleen Warner
 Lesley University Summer 2013

Unlike Any Other

National Geographic, October 2004, p. 24

This Mercedes Benz advertisement was a bit disturbing because the premise was that people love their cars the most.  “The most common photograph taken is with a loved one.” I decided people should love other people (and their animals) more than their cars.  They are saying that Mercedes is unlike any other.  And while they may make very nice luxury cars, they don’t make love.  So I decided to put the word LOVE before ‘Unlike any other’. 

Remixed by Anna Sherman 
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Nature Livin'

The original picture shown here shows a mom with her son out on what appears to be daily errands.  The child seems unhappy and the mom looks a little defeated.  So often I find that we as parents can get caught up in the everyday chores of life and have to bring along our kids into the mix of mundane.  While this is inevitable most of time time, I think it is important for all people, kids and adults alike, to get out and back to nature to recharge.  I placed the mom and child in a collage of outdoor places that hit on all four seasons.  I felt it important to capture ever season because I think that we shy away from the outdoors in harsher weather and sometimes it can be important for children to experience all conditions.  In order for them to explore and learn to cope with rain, snow, etc.  In the second picture the child looks happier and the mom has replaced her shopping bags and purse with a picnic basic and garden fresh food.

Remixed by Erin Miner

Citation: Better Homes and Gardens
Volume 91 Number 4 - April 2013

Don't you feel like eating watermelon?!

The original image is a picture of a watermelon stand on the Caspian Sea shore. The sellers looks very board and lonely and there are no buyers. The environment seems industrialized and abandoned at the same time. In my remix I've kept the watermelons (the best part of the picture!) and turned the gloomy stand into a watermelon festival. I've added people interacting with the watermelons, and the sellers is now sitting in the front and smiling. I brought life to the background by adding nature elements as well as some town/village houses. I wanted to maintain the rural atmosphere but make it more vital.

Original image: Said Huseynov, in Natural History  journal, Dec' 2011/January 2012, pp.34  

Remix: Yael Ginossar

Nature on Premiere

In the original image the model is posing in a lush garden, as the background of her photoshoot to premiere the clothing she is wearing.  The colorful flowers and winding tree branches enhance the elegance of her gown.  In my remix, I altered her gown to now be composed of greenery to bring nature to the foreground vs the background.  Instead of using nature simply as a means to promote a commercially manufactured dress, her dress now made of nature, is helping to promote the beauty of her natural surroundings.  Nature is beautiful in itself, but sometimes we need overt reminders to really see its natural magnificence with new eyes.

Remix by Ashley Bargende

Citation: Town & Country Magazine / 2013 / p. 140

Culturist-Nature Lover-Optomist

         In the original image I choose for this remix, I was searching for something that caught my eye, and sparked a want for change in it. I eventually choose an advertisement for flavored sparkling water from Cooking Light Magazine. I wanted an image that also had a fair amount of empty space in it also. This ad tells the viewer "The fruit essence says you're a culturist, the spring water says you're a nature loverist, the bubbles say you're an optimist." These general statements about a person's beliefs based on their water choice irked me. So, I decided to keep the statements, but cover up the qualities of the water, and add images that indicated these qualities more truthfully. For "culturist" I added national geographic instagram photos; for nature lover, I used photos of fresh fruit and a baby seal; and for optimist, I used a fanciful cartoon-like image of a whale in the air and a watering can pouring bubbles. To me, these images more honestly represent the statements this advertisement was making. I also made a point to cover up the water bottle being advertised!

Remixed by Annie

(Original image: Cooking Light Magazine, Deer Park Sparkling Water, August 2013, p 67)

The Power of Three

The Power of Three

by Mary Beth Stevenson

When I saw this image in my daughter's magazine it brought back many feelings from my past.
Why is it that three girls or women can not get along. Why must they make one person the odd man out. This has been a problem for generations. However, I think it is exacerbated today with all the technology that is a part of our lives. When students leave their technology behind and go out into the world of nature they experience a restorative quality. In nature everything is different and to embrace nature we learn to embrace uniqueness. Each leaf on a tree is different, each petal of a flower is different. Why can't we learn to embrace the unique qualities we each exhibit? Nature also teaches us to work together. When we study how all things work together in the environment we have a better understanding how we should all work together.

image from American Girl July/August 2013

 

 

 

Technology and Beauty

Choosing this title was easy technology is beautiful to some extent, however never underestimate the "technology" of natures own beauty. Hopefully this is fine if anymore needs to be added let me know. Take care Young and thank you again for all of your help today.

Remix by Gretchen Weisberg                                  

Citation: Origina image: 

'reconstructed lot'

parking lots make me shudder; from their impervious layers and lack of natural environment -to their anti-people, pro-automobile agenda.  they only thing positive thing i can say about these places is that they are teeming with possibility for major overhaul and positive impact. 

in the original image we see a parking lot filled with cars, and the building's reflective windows give us insight to the seemingly expanding lot of cars.  in my re-mixed image, i reclaimed the space with things deserving such real estate.  cars and pavement are eradicated and replaced with rows of greenery and a swing-set for neighborhood children.  the building's windows now reflect the local watershed, and a wind turbine in the forefront indicates that this building now uses green energy sources.  now you'll have to leave your car at home & ride your bike or take the t to this reclaimed office space.

remix by: laura stenzel
original image from the boston globe.  wednesday, july 24, 2013 edition.

Beauty vs Nature

There is beauty all around us. Leave that to" mother" nature.

 Stop using our forest and tree's for your own personal gain. 

 Remix by Gretchen Weisberg

                                  

Citation: Origina image: 

Put things back where they belong!

Put things back where they belong!

In my work I wanted to return the shark into the ocean, where it belongs. The human now is a visitor in the shark’s habitat. I wanted to show the human has to wear special equipment to survive in the ocean, and is just an observer. This is as apposed to the original image in which the man cruelly manipulates nature.

Remix by Yael Ginossar

Citation:  Photograph: Elliot Sudal
Retrieved July 17, 2013 from news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130717-sandbar-shark-nantucket-elliot-sudal-surf-fishing/

No one wins

                                                       

My original drawing was one of beauty, peace and serenity. Most of us think we live in this world. Yet one only has to listen or see a news report to hear of violence and ugliness cast down upon us each day. Many preach peace only to have unrest and ugliness surround them. We are to help our neighbor, yet we don't. We are to be one nation, yet we divide ourselves by our differences. We say we want clean air and water for our children, yet we go one polluting our natural resources. When will it end? Who will end it?

 

Remix by Mary Beth Stevenson

Citation: English Home August 2012 issue 75

Interacting with Nature

"Interacting with Nature"

"Reclaimed Beauty"

"Interacting with Nature":
The recreated image is incorporating the fun children can have exploring their natural surroundings as close as their backyards.   Nature affords them the chance to interact with the elements through sight sound and touch (senses).  The interaction with nature has endless possibilities for exploration that's free and uninterrupted.

"Reclaiming Beauty":
The original image was taken from a magazine that illustrated gardening at its best and demonstrated to the viewer a finished redesigned backyard landscape.

Remix by Gayleen Warner

Citation:
Photographer: Matthew Benson
"Reclaimed Beauty " by Linda Askey
Taken from Better Homes and Garden pg. 105 April 2012 Edition

Love Life

              My original image depicted a laughing child being tossed in the air in the pool by her father's hands. She was at a backyard pool with a typical manicured lawn. I loved how joyous she seemed and that the title of the image was "Live Life," however the tame lawn was bothersome to me and I wanted to incorporate more organic nature into the image. The main theme I wanted to emphasize in my remixed image is how important it is that we give our children opportunities to fall in love with nature, and not immediately jump to teaching facts. I decided to make this child the center of my new image and surround her with different natural images. A huge tree, birch trees, the ocean, and purple flowers are found along side of her. I turned the circle "Oprah Magazine" logo in the top center of the page into a type of sun or crown around the child's head, because the sun is the source of energy for life and nature on our Earth! I left her father's hands visible because he is guiding her into the air, just as teachers we are guiding our students to love nature and the environment. The whole time I was working on this image I was wondering why the title was not "Love Life," so, in my new image, I cut out an "o" from a magazine and changed the title.

Remix by Annie Duffey

Citation: Oprah Magazine, pg. 25, August 2013

Sweet Dreams

The original image is of a man from Japan creating art with a water bottle filled with salt.  In Japanese culture salt symbolizes the transience of life and is used in funeral rituals.  The artist used this saltscape to honor his sister who passed at a young age.  The salt is later thrown into the ocean.  My hope and dreams for children is to have them see things in their own environment as art materials.  They can be everyday household items, or actual nature straight from mother earth.  I want them to understand that anything they create is art, even if it is not seen by the masses and is thrown back into the earth when they are done.  I dream of a world where children see art as a form of therapy and coping with events in their own lives.

Remix by Erin Miner

Citation: Reader's Digest, Artist: Motoi Yamamoto, May 2013 Page 147

It's not takeout or DiGiorno... It's homemade and it's delicious!

DiGiorno is pushing convenience even though their idea of convenience is the alternative to something that was already convenient.  

Convenience should not be main factor when choosing what to eat.

New option: cook meal at home from healthy, fresh ingredients.  

Time for people to start taking an interest in whats in their food, where it comes from, and actively preparing it.  

Remixed by

Citation: Retrieved from People Magazine, July 2009. p. 21.

Realism versus Idealism

I have selected this particular image from Montana state magazine (2013 Issue, pg. 78). I had some mixed feelings about the image from the very first glance. On one side, it has an absolutely beautiful view of the city – sunrays shining on the building, mountains towering over the city, and river flowing through the city. On the other side, empty roofs standout to me with their unpleasing bare sight. I believe that we can use that space more efficiently and enhance this image even more. I decided to add gardens to all of the buildings’ roofs. I also noticed a plastic bottle tucked away in hiker’s backpack and changed it to reusable water bottle. Finally, I wanted to add more realism to this image by adding a car filled with flowers and an image of woman’s legs wearing heals walking through the grass.

I enjoyed transforming this beautiful image into a more realistic representation of city, nature, and humans interacting in one environment.  

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