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Re: Captain American in a Turban

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Post by ChuckMcM »

redspark wrote: post #2

I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen? Photos -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/sikhcaptain/works/10813204-c...

They look HDR'd to me which is all the rage these days. I too thought the article interesting though. Although the narrative of Captain America is that he enlisted in the 40's so chances of him having a turban and a beard are really really low, but it the dissonance effect is one that can be used to great advantage by artists to surface presumptions we don't know we are holding.

Re: Captain American in a Turban

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Post by saraid216 »

redspark wrote: post #2

I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen? Photos -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/sikhcaptain/works/10813204-c...

The second one looked artificial to me; the other two look realistic.

Honestly, my main dissonance is that he's so skinny.

Re: Captain American in a Turban

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Post by vowelless »

ChuckMcM wrote: post #3
redspark wrote: post #2

I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen? Photos -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/sikhcaptain/works/10813204-c...

They look HDR'd to me which is all the rage these days. I too thought the article interesting though. Although the narrative of Captain America is that he enlisted in the 40's so chances of him having a turban and a beard are really really low, but it the dissonance effect is one that can be used to great advantage by artists to surface presumptions we don't know we are holding.

> Although the narrative of Captain America is that he enlisted in the 40's so chances of him having a turban and a beard are really really low

Interestingly, one of the first known Sikhs in the US army was Bhagat Singh Thind[1] during the first world war. He was also involved in a legal battle[2][3] for naturalization which eventually lead to the landmark decision to allow "non-whites" to naturalize as US citizens.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagat_Singh_Thind

[2] http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/261/204/case.html

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Bhagat_Singh_T...

Re: Captain American in a Turban

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

saraid216 wrote: post #4
redspark wrote: post #2

I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen? Photos -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/sikhcaptain/works/10813204-c...

The second one looked artificial to me; the other two look realistic. Honestly, my main dissonance is that he's so skinny.

> Honestly, my main dissonance is that he's so skinny.

Steve Rogers was skinny before he took the super soldier serum...which made him buff... So we are just missing a step here, but I think its a cool concept, since America is quite diverse.

Re: Captain American in a Turban

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Post by salmonellaeater »

redspark wrote: post #2

I thought the article was intriguing and understand the underlying principles, but the photos look so obviously photoshopped. I don't understand writing the story and faking the photos. Did any of it even happen? Photos -> http://www.redbubble.com/people/sikhcaptain/works/10813204-c...

The photos look unrealistic because the photographer used flash. They used something to diffuse the light, which makes it harder to recognize as flash, but the color temperature gives it away.
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