Eugene Atget

This photo shows me that the two big brothers are very protective over their little sister and that the dog is also there to help. Eugene Atget captured the expressions of the children probably when he first encountered them because they look almost frightened that he was standing in their vicinity. All of the children look almost intimidated.

Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham was able to capture the subtle expression of the young girl holding her stuffed animal as well as most of her scenery. The girl seems to be lonely and judging by the choice to include the door, it seems like she is alone involuntarily. The choice to put the girl on the right side of the frame makes your eye follow along the entire picture, not just focus on one section, especially because her legs go out of the photo.

Kertesz

The cropping of this photo is extremely important to the viewer. Kertesz knew that the focus of the image should be on the woman minding her own business rather than what seems to be business men in suits walking by her. What makes this photo interesting is that she is not calling for attention, but has received it anyway. The woman might have been a ballet dancer judging by her shoes, as well as her hat.

Lartigue

Lartigue was able to not only capture one image of a woman with an umbrella, but her reflection as well making the image that much more interesting. Her serene expression that was captured matches the calm feeling of the water surrounding the woman. Also, the gentle flowing pose of the woman matches the flow of the entire image.

Steve McCurry

This photograph by Steve McCurry shows the fierceness of this young worker in Africa. McCurry could have taken this photo from above rather than getting at eye level, but instead by getting at the girls eye level conveniently crops the girls face within the plants she is carrying. Also, by getting at her level it made the eye contact even more engaging.

Ansel Adams

I really enjoy the way that Ansel Adams is able to make all of the values of black, white, grey and everything in between flow. Enough of the foreground is featured to establish a plane and a point of view for the viewer. Taken at Tenaya Lake, Adams is able to make the water look like glass and the clouds look like smoke.

Lange

Since this photo was taken during the Great Depression by Lange, I believe she accurately captured the feeling of despair that many Americans felt during this time. The choice by the photographer to not just crop the woman's face and add the children makes this photo that much more emotional. Even though you cannot see the faces of the two older children, you can tell what they are feeling. The infant is barely noticeable at first glance, but also shows the helplessness of the people photographed.

Koudelka

Koudelka was able to capture the feeling of time flying by, by incorporating not just a city street, but the emphasis of his watch. The focus is on the watch showing how important time is to the viewer. There is always a place to be or somewhere to go and by placing the arm/watch in the center is exemplifies that idea.

William Klein

This photo shows a potentially dangerous situation taken extremely light heartedly. It shows how naive children can be no matter what is occurring around them. William Klein had excellent timing when it came to capturing the essence of happiness that is give off of the expressions of the children. Klein conveniently cropped off the head of the figure holding the gun, specifically showing off the children.

Roger Fenton

Roger Fenton, The valley of the shadow of death. Dirt road in ravine scattered with cannonballs. LC-USZC4-9217. One of the most famous photos of the Crimean campaign. This photograph shows what seems to be two horizon lines merging in to one another and with this it leads your eyes to the almost hidden cannon balls that are scattered through out the road. This photograph has a very serious feeling.

http://allworldwars.com/Crimean-War-Photographs-by-Roger-Fenton-1855.html 

George Tice

The simplicity of this photograph called Shaker Interior, Sabbathday Lake, Maine, 1971 by George Tice is beautiful. This photograph to me does not show a particular time period, the door and the object of subject are timeless pieces to me. the lighting of the room is soft. I love how the picture and the bowl are so simple and beautiful at the same time, also how the lines in the photograph lead your eyes through the photograph. 

http://www.afterimagegallery.com/tice6shaker.htm

Paul Strand

The lighting makes this photograph. This photograph by Paul Strand of what appears to be a table (I could stand corrected) it very beautiful the geometric shapes created by light give this photograph a large graphic design feel. The way that the lines all lead into one another make this photograph fun to look at. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1987.1100.10

Minor White

This photograph by Minor White, called Lighthouse and Wood, 1970 is a very interesting photograph of a lighthouse and the grain of wood. The light house seems to have been taken at night because of the orb of light that is showing up to the left of the house. The way that the wood grain seems to lead your eye into the rest of the photograph makes you want to look at the photograph for longer. 

http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/white_minor.php

Lisette Model

I love old people. This photograph by Lisette Model is a very eye catching photograph. The way that this person is holding their face gives the photograph a grumpy sort of feel to it. The way that the background it not perfectly horizontal to the figure makes me wonder about the way that the photographer was positioned or also where the subject was sitting. 

http://www.gallery.ca/cybermuse/showcases/model/index_e.jsp

Arnold Newman

This photograph by Arnold Newman called Key Shop New York, NY 1942 caught my attention because of the large white keys. I think that the keys give off nice geometric space, I enjoy how the white keys seem to break up the tonal range of the whole image. I also enjoy how the windows seem to mirror one another.

https://lightning.safe-order.net/arnoldnewmanarchive/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=8 

Sam Haskins

This photograph by Sam Haskins called rocking chair is a great black and white photograph showing movement. I love the blur that the movement of the chair has caused along with the movement of the persons leg. This photograph shows  high contrast and that is also what makes this so interesting for me.

http://www.haskins.com//ImageShop/Image_Shop_60s/60s_B&W_Prints_03.html

Ernst Haas

This is a photograph by Ernst Haas called Binoculars, Battery Park, NY, 1952. This photograph caught my eye because of the way the binoculars are in a row they make me think of people, and after I thought they looked like people I thought this resembled a family photograph. This fun photograph makes the subject seem interesting and a little on the funny side. 

http://www.ernst-haas.com/colorGallery08.html

Ralph Gibson

This photograph by Ralph Gibson shows great lighting. The way that the hand almost glows reaching out of the room. Also it is beautiful how the hand and door are casting a shadow that makes the photograph look like it is glowing. It makes me wonder why the hand is reaching to the outside doorknob from the inside of the room, i feel like if this was not staged that you would see the person or their hand would be on the other side if the door. 

http://www.ralphgibson.com/gallery.html

Thomas Struth

I choose this photograph by Thomas Struth because of the way the buildings seem to be wrapping themselves around the frame. I also enjoy the way that the doors are going from tall to short to draw your eyes around the photograph. The space at the top of the image where you can visibly see the sky is a very pretty and interesting space. 

http://thomasstruth25.com/

Stephen Shore

This photograph by Stephen Shore called Yucatan, Mexico 1990 is overall a moving photograph. my reasons for choosing this photograph are not because I enjoyed it so much it is truly just because of the chicken. I  feel like the poor chicken head in the left hand corner takes away from the rest of the photograph. Because of the chicken being there my eye is drawn strait to it. 

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore_ladder.html

Emmet Gowin

The photograph shown is by Emmet Gowin it is called Edith, Danville, Virginia 1970. This photograph caught my eye because of all the weird occurrences that seem to be happening in the photograph. I enjoy the way that the windows reflect on the floor and how it frames the figure in the center of the room. The dark figure stands leaning against the white bed, because of this the figure stands out.

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/G/gowin/gowin_curtains_full.html

Walter Whitman

http://www.whitmanphotography.com/portfolio.html


The third photograph in Whitmans collection really grabbed my attention with the subject and the way it was portrayed. The way that the sky and the white stripes look like they are one with each other. It is amazing how vivid the colors are and the intense shadow made by the path of light give off by the sun just makes the photograph worth really looking at.

Jerry N. Uelsmann

This photograph Untitled, 1996 by Uelsmann is amazing. The way that the hands are cupping the clouds  with the boat in the water make it seem like it could be real that this person is really cupping the water in their hands. The black background is a nice touch to the amount of light in the sky and water. The amount of detail in the hands is one of the biggest reasons why i was drawn to tis photograph. 

http://www.uelsmann.net/#a=0&at=0&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=2

Tom Baril

This photograph by Tom Baril called Dahlias, 2002 shows light color flowers on a light background. The detail in shadows are intense you can distinctly tell the flowers apart from the background. The detail in the shadows in the center of each flower make the photograph flow. Because of the complex features of the flowers they make this simple photograph interesting and beautiful to look at. 

http://www.tombaril.net/gallery/pages/flowers%20TB759.html

Richard Avedon

This photograph by Richard Avedon called dorothy horan, best known as dovima, with elefants (1955) is a great way to show how elegant elephants can look. When the animal is put in a situation where there are elegant people with them they also look in such a way where they also look elegant. The way that the white skin of the girl and the white sash break up the space and make it more interesting. 

http://www.designboom.com/history/avedon.html

Helen Levitt

The fact is I love old people. This photograph by Helen Levitt has two older men eating watermelon. The way that their height does not exceed the top of the roof. The way that it slopes to the center, also how the red roof slopes into the green one to connect the two visually. The lady in the background in all white makes you look at the back ground and what is in it even though the subjects of the image are so strong. 

http://www.lensculture.com/levitt.html

Harry Callahan

I love trees, this photograph by Harry Callahan shows trees in snow. The spaces between the trees are so interesting. The pure black trees against the white makes the space very interesting. Even though i dislike how the top of the trees are cut off in the frame, but at the same time I feel like it makes the image more interesting. The way that the trunks of the tree do not go all the way to the bottom and out of the bottom of the frame. 

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/C/callahan/callahan_trees.html

August Sander

This photograph by August Sander called Coal Carrier caught my attention because of how he caught the man as he was walking up the stairs. The man in the photograph is looking right into the camera and the eye contact is very intense. How the Man is stepping up the stairs makes me wonder about the stairs that you I can not see. He looks distraught and tired from what may be a long days work or just generally a  hard life. 

http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/sander/

Brett Weston

This photograph called cactus by Brett Weston shows great shadows from what appears to be natural lighting. This Cactus looks larger than life in the manor that it was photographed. I find because of the lack of background the object in focus looks larger than it may be. I love the tonal range in the sense that this cactus has many in's and out's to its surface. It makes the photograph appear more interesting to the eye then just any old cactus with a good tonal range.

http://www.photographywest.com/pages/weston_vintage.html 

WeeGee

In this photograph TIMES SQUARE - early Tuesday morning, August, 1945 by WeeGee what looks like a sailor is reading the news for the day and about a headline that reads about the Japanese. People in the background along with him look concerned about what may have been going on in the time period. I find this a good photograph because of the candid or what seems to be candid state. 

http://museum.icp.org/museum/collections/special/weegee/

Alec soth

This photograph catches my attention due to its carved out pages. This is an Alec Soth photograph and the way that the pages are cut out frame the text of the inside pages. The use of the paperclip to hold back the first page is a good way to break up the white space on the left side of the photograph.

http://alecsoth.com/photography/projects/broken-manual/

Steve McCurry

The photograph by Steve McCurry called Macedonia is a beautiful photograph of two older people helping each other up a path. this Photograph shows a lot of emotion and the colors are beautiful. the way that the people are not facing the camera but they are still the object of the photograph.

http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/page/2/

Lewis Baltz

This photograph by Lewis Baltz called New Industrial Parks #23, from the portfolio "New Industrial Parks Near Irvine, California" Is a great photograph to show how vertical and horizontal lines compliment each other. This photograph is visually stimulating to the eyes and mind by showing the black shadow area of the rocks and what looks like the black of the pavement. 

http://collections.mocp.org/detail.php?t=objects&type=browse&f=maker&s=Baltz%2C+Lewis&record=1 

Bill Brandt

I chose this photograph by Bill Brandt called SP07-Gull's Nest, Midsummer Eve,
 Isle of Skye 1947 because of the intense black and white shapes of the mountains and the rock formations around the nest. The intense darks in the clouds makes me believe that their may have been bad weather when this photograph was shot but then the lighting portrays a fully different idea. 

http://www.billbrandt.com/Shop/printshop.html

William Henry Fox Talbot

This Photograph by Fox Talbot called A Scene in a Library captured my eye and attention in several ways. The first thing that caught my attention was the fact that the photograph is based around books in the time period the look and the feel that these books give off  make me want to reach out and flip through their pages. Also the one book on the bottom shelf that is turned spine in brings my attention to it in a good way. the lean of the photograph is balanced by the lean of the books and that is part of what makes this pleasing to my eye. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2005.100.172

Lewis W. Hine

I chose this Photograph by Lewis Hine called The Mill because of the seriousness of the child and the situation that the child is placed in. The feeling of this photograph is very grim and it is portraying the hard times that children in the time period. It starts to show the conditions that children worked in and from this photograph i get the feeling that the child is staring out the window to symbolize how she misses her childhood. 

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/hine-glimpse.htm

John Sexton

This photograph by John Sexton called Oaks in Fog, Sunrise, Carmel Valley, California is a great example of blown out highlights. I chose this photograph simply because I love the mystery that trees hold. The amount of grey and intense light made me want to further investigate this piece. The dark black in the tree show great detail in contrast with the foggy trees in the distance, I feel that is what makes this photograph successful.

http://www.johnsexton.com/

Walker Evans

I chose this photograph by Walker Evans called [Junked Car, Old Lyme, Connecticut] because of the mystery of the photograph. This photograph intrigues me so much. When I look at this I want to know the story behind this poor car part. The age of the car part and the placing. This makes me want to know its history and where it is now. I feel like the lighting and placing make this car part look older than it really may be. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/walkerevans/1994.245.74.L.htm

Ansel Adams.

I love this photograph by Ansel Adams called Moonrise from Glacier Point. This photograph captured my attention in many ways. The moon in the dark sky illuminates the snow on the mountains and clearly shows the beautiful horizon line. I love the harsh lights and darks shown with this night scene. It gives me a complete feeling of simplicity and calmness. This seems to capture the attention of the viewer without giving them a boring sensation. 

http://www.anseladams.com/Moonrise_from_Glacier_Point_p/5010118-u.htm