Monday, November 21, 2011

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.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

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.

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. 

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. 

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.