Blog Prompt #19 and #20

#19. Can you think of anything that:
1) should not be photographed? Why?
In my opinion, photographs of nudity that is vulgar and not an art form (pornographic) should not be photographed. Nude portraits can be made beautiful, but when the photograph is taken in an inappropriate way, maybe when it involves two people or when the nude subject is implying obscene gestures. I think photographs like that are meant to be kept out of the public eye.

2) cannot be photographed? Why?
Well, obviously picture from North Korea are pretty difficult to capture, but I believe that any picture is capable of being captured. Anything that is naturally occurring and humanly possible (unlike pigs flying) can be photographed.

3) you do not want to photograph? Why?
I would not want to photograph grotesque moments, such as an animal slaughter or a death, because I am a pretty sensitive person and death frightens me. Seeing blood would probably make me faint and I've been a vegetarian for four years, so the killing of animals would upset me.

#20 Describe at least one photograph that you could take for each of the following “place” prompts.
An image of a synthetic “place” such as Disney World, Las Vegas, a Hollywood set, a diorama, etc.
I could take a picture of a child's playhouse with all the small furniture and appliances. The small-scale nature of those tiny little houses are so cute because they attempt to recreate an actual house in a child's mind.

An image of a fantasy/fictitious environment concocted from your imagination.

When I was younger, I had this fairly scary dream where it was raining coins and I had no umbrella to protect my head. I could recreate this memory by taking a picture of an umbrella with coins bouncing off the top.

An image of a placeless space such as the Internet, cell phones, e-mail, e-bank, surveillance, etc.
I think mirrors are very interesting in the fact that they can create an entire space that is life-size but 2-dimensional. I could take a picture of mirrors lined up in a room so that they create a line of reflections.

An image of a public space.

Capturing a photograph inside a church would be interesting. Some people who attend church seem to be very involved and sometimes spiritually connected. I could capture a picture of a group of attendees praying or singing; I think the participation in church is beautiful and powerful.

An image of a private space.

The dust and clutter that collects in peoples bedrooms tells a lot about their lives and personalities (hence MTV's show Room Raiders). I could take a picture of someone's room and all their personal collection of items.

An in-between space that brings to mind one of the following ideas: nomadic lifestyles, displacement, rootlessness, out-of-placeness, boundaries, movement, expansion, etc.

I could take a picture of train tracks. Trains are an incredible space of travel that revolutionized the way we think about time and space. I could capture a picture of a graffitied cart, or an abandoned cart on a train track.