Comment on how any one of these sets of images bears on our conceptions of inside versus outside, locus amoenus versus wilderness.
Kaleigh on Lacy's photo:
In Lacy's constructed photograph, there is a slight play between inside and outside. The picture was clearly taken inside of an antique shop; however, it features some feathers/plants that connect the image to the outside world. The image is domesticated, in that it was purposefully arranged by humans. There is also a bit of sunlight seen in the back of the photo that connects the image to an outside world.
Lacy on Lacy's photo:
My images demonstrate a parallel connection between inside versus outside, locus amoenus versus wilderness. While the images were taken inside of a building they still display wild traits. Intentionally organized by the workers they are domesticated, but the attributes of the objects in the store show the connectedness to the outside world. The outside imagery in the photographs, vase, and the lighting provide a refreshing sense of pleasance that can be seen from the outside looking in.
Wilkins on Brady's photo:
Brady’s photo would be a unique example of inside vs outside, and locus amoenus vs wilderness. The photo itself is dominated by elements of inside, as embodied by the houses set all around the frame. The greenery is finely edged and tamed. The only semblance of wilderness contained within this photograph is in the background—the tops of the trees showing up over the roofs of the houses. It’s similar, in a way, to some of the gardens discussed in Secret History. There’s a tamed nature to the foregrounded area, and an unruly wildness occupied in the close distance.
Brady on Brady's photo:
The three photos I had chosen definitely have this comparison going on with the natural nature around the area, as well as the manmade aspects built between the past 6 years to where before that there was nothing but empty woods. Now there are these suburban houses with cars and structures like the industrial warehouse right at the front of the neighborhood.
Jacob on Jacob's photo:
My images construct the parallel between inside vs outside and locus amoenus vs. wilderness as it presents a constructed and human made landscape which offers plenty of space for people to utilize or relax in. It subtly presents the wilderness as its features are susceptible to weather, with the grass and trees hibernating during the winter time. The space can return to its wilderness state if not maintained by regular trimming. The images were taken on a porch, and my argumentative image contains a shadow of a house looming over the person and the left tree. While the inside is implied through the shadow and control of landscape, the images also imply the opportunity for a reversion to "outside."
Robin on Robin's photo:
These photographs are of a cemetery just outside my apartment in Hammond, Louisiana speak directly to Andrews's inside vs. outside distinction. The iron fence cuts across all three images, drawing a clear line between the living viewer standing on the street and the dead beyond. The cemetery feels like a locus amoenus in a strange way. It is enclosed, quiet, and set apart from daily life, yet no living person calls it home. We look at it from the outside, the way Friedrich's wife looks through her window, aware that what lies beyond the threshold is not our world. The fence does not just separate spaces; it separates worlds.
Millie on Millie's photo:
The core distinction between domestic and non-domestic in the photos is the house against the greenery. The industrial versus natural. I wanted to highlight those interactions with life through the use of picturing my dog.