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 Photography has been around for longer than people realize. It was such a delicate process in the beginning and overtime became more at ease. James Clerk Maxwell was one of the first to ease this process for color photographs to become possible, with less physical work. It fascinates me how potato starch was used to accompany the color process. These "fine grains acted like tiny filters." (130) Who would've thought that suing potato starch was the breakthrough of colored photography? How did the Lumiere Company of France know this would work and not ruin the pictures? Also, the advertising for the Kodak miniature camera was so simple, yet it attracted so many people. It became the beginning of major photography and in a sense led to the purpose for pictures in today's time. --- Erika Mabry Photography has been around for longer than people realize. It was such a delicate process in the beginning and overtime became more at ease. James Clerk Maxwell was one of the first to ease this process for color photographs to become possible, with less physical work. It fascinates me how potato starch was used to accompany the color process. These "fine grains acted like tiny filters." (130) Who would've thought that suing potato starch was the breakthrough of colored photography? How did the Lumiere Company of France know this would work and not ruin the pictures? Also, the advertising for the Kodak miniature camera was so simple, yet it attracted so many people. It became the beginning of major photography and in a sense led to the purpose for pictures in today's time. --- Erika Mabry
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 +I have always been interested in the transition from black and white to colored photography, but I knew little about the processes in which the first colored photos and films came to be. The article illustrates how truly tedious and expensive photographing in color was at first. It was interesting to see that some of the first colored photos where created by photographing a subject multiple times with different primary colored filters. The transitional period in accessibility of colored film from only professionals to amateur photographers was also quite interesting. During the late 1950’s, much of colored photography was confined to enthusiasts that were often members of photography clubs. As the years went on and technologies improved, people needed less and less knowledge and skill with cameras to take quality photographs and the camera began to be marketed to the masses. – Jack Sweetak
  
 “The distinction between amateurs and snapshooters is held to be that, whereas the former devote most of their photography to making pictures that they and hopefully others will admire, the snapshooter’s aim goes no further than recording family, friends, places, and events” (Bennett,140). It is interesting to compare the roles of amateurs and snapshooters to the various roles of today’s photographers. There are foodies, selfies, models, naturalists, influencers, and many more that utilise photography to portray their life experiences and interests. It is also intriguing to note that since the emergence of the camera, human society has used it to further define what these life experiences and interests can be. For example, “Did I really visit Paris, eat a baguette, and fall in love if I don’t post a picture of the Eiffel Tower on Instagram?” Or, “What should I wear out and order to eat that will photograph well?” Humans characterise photography nowadays as a social tool and it is simply remarkable to see this evolution and how cameras and social media influence and shape one another. - Dillyn Scott “The distinction between amateurs and snapshooters is held to be that, whereas the former devote most of their photography to making pictures that they and hopefully others will admire, the snapshooter’s aim goes no further than recording family, friends, places, and events” (Bennett,140). It is interesting to compare the roles of amateurs and snapshooters to the various roles of today’s photographers. There are foodies, selfies, models, naturalists, influencers, and many more that utilise photography to portray their life experiences and interests. It is also intriguing to note that since the emergence of the camera, human society has used it to further define what these life experiences and interests can be. For example, “Did I really visit Paris, eat a baguette, and fall in love if I don’t post a picture of the Eiffel Tower on Instagram?” Or, “What should I wear out and order to eat that will photograph well?” Humans characterise photography nowadays as a social tool and it is simply remarkable to see this evolution and how cameras and social media influence and shape one another. - Dillyn Scott
  
 35mm film format revolutionized the photographic experience, it allowed average amateurs to take pictures. The enthusiast market exploded as well as color photography was introduced to 35mm film, it allowed for greater manipulation of pictures. The article was written in the 1980s but even today there is a vibrant community of film photography enthusiasts who use those same cameras from decades ago. Black-and-white photography still has its place in the photography community for individuals who shoot film, as it can be more forgiving, but many film enthusiasts still use color even films like the Kodachrome. -John Liberty 35mm film format revolutionized the photographic experience, it allowed average amateurs to take pictures. The enthusiast market exploded as well as color photography was introduced to 35mm film, it allowed for greater manipulation of pictures. The article was written in the 1980s but even today there is a vibrant community of film photography enthusiasts who use those same cameras from decades ago. Black-and-white photography still has its place in the photography community for individuals who shoot film, as it can be more forgiving, but many film enthusiasts still use color even films like the Kodachrome. -John Liberty
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 +I thought it was really interesting to read about the different processes of actually developing the film. I never before had read or learned what actually went into the process. The transformation over time shows the different processes and what ones worked and were kept. Also learning about going from black and white to color was really cool to read. I think even now black and white movies seem more interesting to me simply because it feels like it puts you back in time. Overall I really enjoyed reading and learning about these processes and films. -Tory Martin 
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 +It was interesting to see throughout the reading just how much people at the time thought colour photography was going to shape society as Alfred Stieglitz said, "people will go color mad."(130) While the text does concede that 'color madness' did not occur, the impact of commercially viable, mass-market, color photography on society is undoubtedly giving definition and fidelity to a world previously seen only in black and white and tones of sephia. -Cameron Wills   
  
 ==== Christine Kleinegger – “Out of the Barns and into the Kitchens: Transformations in Farm Women’s Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century.” ==== ==== Christine Kleinegger – “Out of the Barns and into the Kitchens: Transformations in Farm Women’s Work in the First Half of the Twentieth Century.” ====
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 The transition from homemade food, in terms of gathering and preparation, to the industrialization and processing of food gave birth to women fulfilling a gender role of the cook, (apart of the homemaker archetype), in the early twentieth century. I cannot help but wonder how a woman’s role in the kitchen changed from the early 1900s to what we see today, which are less homemakers and more corporate workers. Are social changes, such as feminism and the independent woman //or// technology, such as microwavable and fast foods more responsible for this? What exactly has blurred the line of having a modern, predominant gender role perform kitchen work? (--Nate Stringer) The transition from homemade food, in terms of gathering and preparation, to the industrialization and processing of food gave birth to women fulfilling a gender role of the cook, (apart of the homemaker archetype), in the early twentieth century. I cannot help but wonder how a woman’s role in the kitchen changed from the early 1900s to what we see today, which are less homemakers and more corporate workers. Are social changes, such as feminism and the independent woman //or// technology, such as microwavable and fast foods more responsible for this? What exactly has blurred the line of having a modern, predominant gender role perform kitchen work? (--Nate Stringer)
  
-I think it's interesting that women were the primary ones making dairy products including cheese and then it was taken over and perfected by a man.  Cheese was then made by factory where 1% of cheese was not made in a factory.  When the war came around the factory working men left and they really asked if it was a feasible solution to hire woman… they were making cheese before men were.  It really just baffles me to see the discrimination of women and thinking that they are so much less than men in their work ethic, in their intelligence, in their worth of salary, and their worth of skill.  Men were getting paid ~$20+ more than women to do the same job, same amount of work, and same hours. I think the best line was “A woman is out of place working in a creamery as women were intended by the Creator to make a home for men” (pg. 172) and unfortunately bringing God into any statement at that period of time made their case so much stronger because religion was important.  I sometimes wonder if we ruin our would so much that factories are no longer an option and homemade products are the only source available, would the human race be able to survive and revert to the days before technology? -- Claire Starke  +I think it's interesting that women were the primary ones making dairy products including cheese and then it was taken over and perfected by a man.  Cheese was then made by factory where 1% of cheese was not made in a factory.  When the war came around the factory working men left and they really asked if it was a feasible solution to hire woman… they were making cheese before men were.  It really just baffles me to see the discrimination of women and thinking that they are so much less than men in their work ethic, in their intelligence, in their worth of salary, and their worth of skill.  Men were getting paid ~$20+ more than women to do the same job, same amount of work, and same hours. I think the best line was “A woman is out of place working in a creamery as women were intended by the Creator to make a home for men” (pg. 172) and unfortunately bringing God into any statement at that period of time made their case so much stronger because religion was important.  I sometimes wonder if we ruin our would so much that factories are no longer an option and homemade products are the only source available, would the human race be able to survive and revert to the days before technology? -- Claire Starke 
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 +This reading reminds us that there is still unequal gender roles in our society today. When the men went to war, the companies had to question if allowing women to work in their place would be the right thing to do even though the women have been making cheese in their farms way before the men have. The women who took the men's jobs were paid 20 dollars less than the men who previously had the jobs. This also reminds us that even in today's society, this discrimination of payment between women and men who have the same jobs still occurs today in many situations. I think that this needs to change because is has been happening for far too long in our society. - Kevin Bach    
  
 I found it interesting that in 1917 advertisers started to focus on one of a father-daughter relationship. The advertisements told fathers they could keep their daughters on the farms if they provided them with labor-saving devices. To go even further a Ford ad that was aimed towards men for tractors catered to their concerns of their daughters, by implying that if they owned a ford tractor they would be a better father because they would be less tired. This movement went on further to say that daughters would like the farm more if they had these tools and would thus be more willing to stay. I find it interesting and kind of smart to use daughters as a marketing campaign to specifically cater to fathers. I think fathers would be more inclined to help their daughters than their wives because their daughters are their offspring. -- Erin Madden I found it interesting that in 1917 advertisers started to focus on one of a father-daughter relationship. The advertisements told fathers they could keep their daughters on the farms if they provided them with labor-saving devices. To go even further a Ford ad that was aimed towards men for tractors catered to their concerns of their daughters, by implying that if they owned a ford tractor they would be a better father because they would be less tired. This movement went on further to say that daughters would like the farm more if they had these tools and would thus be more willing to stay. I find it interesting and kind of smart to use daughters as a marketing campaign to specifically cater to fathers. I think fathers would be more inclined to help their daughters than their wives because their daughters are their offspring. -- Erin Madden
-==== Venus Green, African American Women in the Bell System, 1945-1980  (1995) ==== 
  
 +As a society, we are constantly reminded of the presence of gender roles and our attempts to lessen them, but I have personally never thought about the aspects that caused the gender gap to widen in the first place. One would think technology would ease the work-load, but it simply brought about both higher expectations and standards for women to run their households because of the increasing efficiency of labor.
 +-Meghan McDonagh
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 +==== Venus Green, African American Women in the Bell System, 1945-1980  (1995) ====
  
 +The Bell System was a system that was with the “Civil Rights” movement in a way that limited the employment of African Americans, created shop-floor implementation of policies adopted b company executives and government agencies, and Union leaders and individuals who were viewing black women as others and outsiders by attacking them because they were black even though they were women that needed the protection at the time. This chapter had me thinking about the fact that even though people were against the new technology that was coming, the telephone workers worked in extremely stressful conditions that lead to resisting and coping. – Hunter Dykhuis
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