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If smoking continues at the current rate among youth in this country, 5.6 million of today’s Americans younger than 18 will die early from a smoking-related illness. That’s about 1 of every 13 Americans aged 17 years or younger alive today. Nearly 9 out of 10 cigarette smokers first tried smoking by age 18. Each day in the United States, more than 3,200 youth aged 18 years or younger smoke their first cigarette, and an additional 2,100 youth and young adults become daily cigarette smokers. Flavorings in tobacco products can make them more appealing to youth. In 2014, 73% of high school students and 56% of middle school students who used tobacco products in the past 30 days reported using a flavored tobacco product during that time. Ninety percent of adult smokers begin while in their teens, or earlier; and two-thirds become regular, daily smokers before they reach the age of 19. The tobacco companies spend $9.1 billion each year to promote their deadly products—nearly $25 million every day—and much of that marketing directly reaches and influences kids.
My topic is important because of the effects and consequences of kids and teenagers even being around smoking. I want it to be impossible for kids to get a hold of tobacco products and things of that nature. There are already age restrictions for buying tobacco products but i think it should be bumped up a couple years. Steve McCurry, recognized universally as one of today's finest image-makers, is best known for his evocative color photography. In the finest documentary tradition, McCurry captures the essence of human struggle and joy.
Born in Philadelphia, McCurry graduated cum laude from the College of Arts and Architecture at the Pennsylvania State University. After working at a newspaper for two years, he left for India to freelance. It was in India that McCurry learned to watch and wait on life. "If you wait," he realized, "people will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view." His career was launched when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. When he emerged, he had rolls of film sewn into his clothes and images that would be published around the world as among the first to show the conflict there. His coverage won the Robert Capa Gold Medal for Best Photographic Reporting from Abroad, an award dedicated to photographers exhibiting exceptional courage and enterprise. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Magazine Photographer of the Year, awarded by the National Press Photographers Association. This was the same year in which he won an unprecedented four first prizes in the World Press Photo contest. He has won the Olivier Rebbot Award twice. McCurry has covered many areas of international and civil conflict, including Beirut, Cambodia, the Philippines, the Gulf War, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Tibet. He focuses on the human consequences of war, not only showing what war impresses on the landscape, but rather, on the human face. McCurry's work has been featured in every major magazine in the world and frequently appears in National Geographic, with recent articles on Tibet, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and the temples of Angkor Wat, Cambodia. A high point in McCurry's career was the rediscovery of the previously unidentified Afghan refugee girl that many have described as the most recognizable photograph in the world today. Reflection
Description: You can see four lights above a big mirror in a bathroom. You also can see part of a door frame in the background. The mirror kind of tricks your eye at first because it looks like there are eight lights but really its just the four Analyze: This picture demonstrates many different principles and elements but one i found first is emphasis. The main thing you're looking at is the lights and the reflected ones but then your eyes start to get drawn to the door frame in the background. Interpret: I chose black and white for this reflection photo because it helps you focus on the lights and the reflected lights more. Evaluate: I would say that this photo is pretty but a little boring. Since it just shows the lights you don't have anything else to look at. If I were to change one thing about the picture I would add a different object in the mirror |
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