#7 Pay close attention to the types and number of photographic portraits you see in one day. Where did you see them? How do you think that the content of the portrait changes based on the context in which you see the image (news, facebook, magazine, advertisement, television, youtube, etc)? In other words, what is the difference between the portraits you see on facebook vs. those on the news? What is the difference between the “viewpoint” of the photographer in each situation? What is the difference between their “intents”?

The difference between a photo on facebook and one on the news is that usually when people post pics of themselves on facebook they are only uploading the ones where they think they look good, pics that are on the news are a bit more truthful because the news doesn't care what you look like it's just showing what happened. So the intent for those on facebook if vanity and the intent of the pic for the news is the actual event. This is the same for the other things as well. The intent for advertisements is to make the people in the ad look a certain way to sell whatever product that is featured, so the intent is the product. In a magazine there is usually a reason why the portrait is being taken; is it of a celebrity to promote their latest movie or of the latest it model in the upcoming season's latest designs? So the intent for magazines (at least fashion mags) would be subject whether it be the person or the fashion. For youtube the subject matter is all over the place but usually surrounds an event (like a person falling) or talent (a person showing off their singing abilities) or a tutorial (this is how you make a cake) but I think overall the intent is the activity taking place. The difference in the "viewpoint" of the photographer would be what they are trying to capture vanity, product, events, activities...what they trying to make us see with their picture.