Photography is an art that uses cameras to capture still or moving images. This document discusses different types of photography including black and white, color, infrared, and digital. It also lists subjects commonly photographed such as portraits, landscapes, nature, abstract, still life, and more. Two famous photographs are discussed - Dorothea Lange's "Migrant Mother" from the Great Depression which captured the struggles of immigrants, and Alfred Eisenstaedt's photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day, signifying the end of World War II. The document also analyzes a photo by Steve McCurry of an Afghan girl, praising the use of color and the girl's innocent eyes as
The film represents two social groups: a middle-class man and a member of a satanic cult. The middle-class man is shown walking home from work and speaking to his daughter, portraying him as a normal family man through basic clothing, glasses, and natural lighting in his typical home. In contrast, when the man enters his home, the lighting and music change to reveal his dark side as a satanic cultist, with blood stains, candles, weapons, and dead people depicted through close-ups and match cuts in the dark, candle-lit house.
Mario Testino is a famous Peruvian fashion photographer known for his portraits published in Vogue and Vanity Fair. His 1997 photo shoot with Princess Diana is regarded as the highlight of his career. Testino's style aims to capture his subjects in engaged or expressive moments rather than vacant poses. He was honored with an exhibition at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and a fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society.
John Rankin Waddell studied accounting but dropped out to study photography. He co-founded the magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack after graduating. Rankin has since launched several successful magazines and photographed many famous people.
Chris Gloag is a commercial photographer specializing in portraits and fashion. He regularly contributes to the Sunday Times Magazine and co-founded the photographic project Isochronic in 2005.
This image was taken by John Rankin Waddell and features actress Christina Ricci. Her expression conveys a feeling that makes the viewer wonder what is wrong. The simple black, white, and gray coloring balances well and the plain background focuses attention on her face.
Joe McNally is an internationally renowned photographer with over 35 years of experience photographing in 60 countries. He has won numerous awards, including the Alfred Eisenstaedt Award for Journalistic Impact. During his recent talk in Mexico, McNally discussed using available light in photographs and how light is essential for communicating reality. He also emphasized that while anyone can take a photo, it takes skill to create a meaningful image and advised paying attention to lighting and shadows to convey emotion. Attendees found the conference informative and thought-provoking.
Ralph John Perou graduated from the Polytechnic of Central London and worked at Click Studios where he learned photography. While at Click Studios, he met some of the world's leading photographers and began shooting for bands and magazines. He has also worked as a model, walking runways for various designers. Perou has had multiple photography exhibitions from 1991 to 2008 and worked on television and documentary projects.
Photojournalism involves visually documenting current events in an unedited way to tell stories through images. Photojournalists work locally or abroad, sometimes in dangerous areas like war zones. Their photos are published in newspapers and used by television news without needing to send their own photographers. Famous photojournalists like Don McCullin captured impactful images that still influence people today. An example is the "Terror of War" photo documenting civilian casualties amidst American forces in Vietnam, though it was initially censored. Modern photojournalism still aims to impact viewers through high quality digital images. Important techniques include timing shots to capture emotions and adjusting exposure for different lighting effects.
Moodboard 1 focuses on patriotism for a war happening in Gran Canaria, featuring dark colors and aggressive typography to convey intense emotions and encourage recruitment. Moodboard 2 has a cleaner, brochure-like aesthetic despite the ongoing war, instead highlighting the island's natural beauty through peaceful images and typography to attract visitors. Both moodboards aim to influence people's actions regarding the island, though Moodboard 1 adopts a militaristic call to arms while Moodboard 2 promotes tourism through a softer presentation.
Dorothea Lange was a photographer born in 1895 in New Jersey who is best known for her photos documenting the Great Depression. She photographed migrant workers and families in poor conditions throughout California in the 1930s using a Graflex or press camera. Her most famous photo "Migrant Mother" captured the struggles of migrant farm workers during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s.
Social documentary photography documents people in natural settings and often focuses on disadvantaged groups or social issues. The document discusses two social documentary photographers - Erica McDonald, who photographed grateful dead concerts in 1991, showing a hidden part of society where people seemed happy, and Ron Haviv, who photographed children in Darfur in 2005 to raise awareness of their poverty and daily struggles. While Erica's photos showed affection between subjects, Haviv's images rarely showed children smiling to highlight the suffering. Both photographers documented social issues and people's lives, but with different objectives - Erica showed people dealing with poverty, while Haviv aimed to increase awareness of its horrible effects.
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Annie Leibovitz is an American photographer born in 1949 in Waterbury, Connecticut. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. Her first major job was at Rolling Stone magazine. In 1983, she began working for Vanity Fair magazine, photographing subjects ranging from presidents to celebrities. During the 1980s, she also did high-profile advertising campaigns. Leibovitz is considered one of America's best portrait photographers and has published books of her work.
The document analyzes the cinematography, editing, and mise-en-scene techniques used in the opening sequence of Christopher Nolan's film Memento. It notes that extreme close-ups are used to emphasize symbols and create tension. Shots are still with some craning and tilting to add suspense. Dark lighting, key props like polaroids and a bullet, and Leonard's suit contrasting with his surroundings further the suspense. Non-linear narrative and a backwards developing sequence distort events and confuse the viewer about what led to the death of the unknown man. Slow pacing and calm music contrast with distressing images to unnerve the audience.
Joel Meyerowitz is an American photographer born in 1938 who began photographing in 1962. He was influenced by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank and is inspired by everyday people, gestures, and interactions. Meyerowitz's work has appeared in over 120 exhibitions worldwide and he works exclusively in color. He is known for his artistic color photographs that observe the effects of light and shadow, often photographing the same location from the same spot. After 9/11, Meyerowitz photographed the destruction and recovery at Ground Zero, creating a collection of 8,000 images.
This document discusses various artworks and artistic movements from 1980 to the early 2000s. It covers topics like contemporary political art, postmodern approaches that reference art history, representations of racial and cultural identity, portraits, drawing techniques, new media art incorporating video and installation, and digital photography. Key artists mentioned include William Kentridge, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Adrian Piper, Carrie Mae Weems, Roy DeCarava, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker, Bill Viola, Douglas Gordon, and Jeff Wall.
David Muench is an American landscape photographer known for his portraits of the American western landscape. He has published over 50 books and his work has appeared in many magazines and private collections. While he now uses digital cameras, his style of focusing on landscapes and nature has remained consistent throughout his career. Muench's photography has been exhibited in numerous museums and has influenced others by highlighting the beauty of nature to encourage environmental protection. He earns a living through assignments, stock photos, and prints of his work.
This document discusses documentary photography, including photojournalism that records events for news media, social documentary that focuses on a social group or issue, and war photography that documents conflict. Documentary photography aims to record the truth objectively through images that serve as proof, evidence, and accurate representations of real people and events. The document questions how some photographers, such as James Nachtwey and Don McCullin, have used their work to shine light on important issues and potentially change perspectives according to John Ruskin's view of photography's role. It also provides examples of photographers like Sebastião Salgado, Dorothea Lange, and Lee Miller who have contributed to documentary photography.
This document discusses various ways that music is used in film. It outlines three main codes - visual, dialogic, and musical. It then analyzes how music functions in specific films and scenes, such as Twin Peaks and The Godfather, to build tension, expedite action, underscore dialogue, and convey emotions and atmosphere. Examples are given of how musical themes, structures, and cues are used at both the micro and macro level in films.
This short passage discusses racist violence and how it relates to images and faces. It notes that racist violence attacks someone simply because of how they look, denying the truth of the person's face. The quote provided states that racist violence knocks someone in the face because the attacker "doesn't like the look" on their face, denying that face's truth.
The document summarizes Abstract Expressionism, a major art movement that emerged in post-World War 2 America. It outlines the key influences of surrealism, cubism and impressionism. It then profiles some of the major artists like Pollock, de Kooning and Rothko who pioneered techniques like action painting and color field painting. Their work expressed angst over World War 2 and reacted against social pressures through bold uses of color and brushwork. While controversial initially, abstract expressionism came to be accepted and boosted public morale during a difficult time.
This document discusses and compares the artistic works of three artists: An-My Le, Judy Pfaff, and William Kentridge. It includes descriptions of some of their works and techniques. It also includes photographs taken by Chris Burlin that attempt to reflect the styles or concepts explored in the works of each artist. Burlin took a photo at a military shooting range to reflect Le's exploration of altered landscapes and the impacts of war. A photo of reeds in a drainage basin reflects Pfaff's chaotic and organic approach. And a grayscale drawing reflects Kentridge's abstract style of depicting the world through minor changes in charcoal drawings.
Dorothea Lange was a documentary photographer known for her photos chronicling the Great Depression. She photographed migrant workers and families for the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s. Her most famous photo "Migrant Mother" brought attention to the poor living conditions of rural farmers. During WWII, Lange documented the forced internment of Japanese Americans in camps. She believed photography could reveal social inequalities. Lange's photos influenced future generations of documentary photographers with their ability to capture real people and situations.
The document discusses how the depiction of landscapes in art has changed over time. It begins by showing examples from ancient times to the 16th century where landscapes were mainly depicted as background settings for religious or figural scenes. During the Renaissance, artists began viewing landscapes as subjects in their own right, corresponding to a growing interest in the natural world. Later, landscape artists helped depict foreign lands during periods of exploration. Realism remained popular but Impressionism introduced new styles of landscape depiction. The document examines different art movements like Expressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Surrealism and how they influenced interpretations of landscapes. Students are assigned homework to analyze a landscape artwork in terms of the movement that influenced its depiction.
The document discusses two African American artists, Archibald Motley Jr. and Varnette Honeywood, who used bright colors and depictions of everyday life in their paintings to convey positivity and hope despite oppression. Motley's paintings from the 1920s onward showed African American communities enjoying themselves through movement, dancing, and celebrations. Though times were difficult, the paintings highlighted happiness, love and community. Varnette Honeywood was inspired by Motley's approach of portraying positivity through color and ordinary scenes. The exhibition explores how these artists found and conveyed optimism even in hard times by focusing on people's daily lives and using vibrant hues.
The document discusses two African American artists, Archibald Motley Jr. and Varnette Honeywood, who used bright colors and depictions of everyday life in their paintings to convey optimism and positivity despite oppression. Motley painted scenes of social gatherings and nightlife to showcase joy and community among African Americans. Similarly, Honeywood was inspired by Motley's approach and painted images of children playing, courting, and gossiping to represent hope and pride in African American culture. The vibrant colors and compositions in their works helped provide hope and lift spirits during hard times of racism and inequality.
1) Photography was initially seen as a threat to painting, as it could potentially replace the functions painting served such as documentation and portraiture.
2) However, photography ultimately had a positive impact on painting by freeing it from its documentary functions and allowing it to develop as a form of creative expression and abstraction.
3) Many painters utilized photography by using photos as references for their work or as sketches to develop ideas, helping painting evolve in new directions like Cubism.
This document provides a summary of lectures, workshops, and exhibitions from a contextual and textual module. It focuses on one particularly interesting lecture about post-mortem photography in the Victorian era. Post-mortem photography involved taking photos of deceased loved ones. It was widely practiced after the invention of photography in 1839 as families sought to remember their dead. The summary explores various aspects of post-mortem photography including its role in providing undeniable proof of existence, how it was used for both adults and infants, and how attitudes towards it changed over the 19th-20th centuries. Overall, the summary examines how post-mortem photography reflected cultural views of death and the power of the new photographic medium to influence human experiences
Finding Purpose Within Suffering: An Exploration of the Intended and Uninten...Sofia Horenstein
Through the analysis of five photographs of war and suffering I have closely examined each photographer's individual purposes for their photograph and the ultimate public purpose these images served. I also wanted to call attention to the power an image can have in molding people’s opinions and, consequently, shaping reactions to atrocities—whether in a positive way, such as increasing anti-war sentiment, or negatively, by fueling prejudice and hatred. .
This document discusses the use of repetition in art through various examples. It explains that repetition is used by artists to create moods like movement, anxiety, or a busy scene. Specific works mentioned include a Roman relief using repetition of lines to depict a crowd, Florence Cathedral using repeating geometric patterns for structure and visual effect, and Durer's woodcut with extensive line repetition to animate a battle. The document also discusses Monet repeating colors and Renoir repeating figures to depict movement, and Munch repeating lines to represent emotions. It analyzes Warhol's soup cans using repetition to comment on mass production and consumerism. Overall the document illustrates how repetition is strategically employed across different artworks and eras to achieve various artistic goals
10. •Symbolizes the great depression
•Captures the mood of depression, angst, sadness
through her facial expression
•Her position as well as the tears in the clothing.
•An immigrant struggling o feed seven children
this image
•Changed peoples conception on immigrants
•As it made the front cover of newspapers across
the nation
•Authors intention was to evoke the emotion of
the viewers
Seeing immigrants in a new light
11. •This photograph is well known to signify the end of Word War II.
•People in cities across America went out into the streets to salute the end
Of the war.
•The image captured evokes the excitement felt that day.
•Capture the reaction and mood of knowing the war is over
•The sailor that day kissed every woman he saw in the street
•He was slapped by this particular nurse
12. The photographer evoke emotion through capturing the innocence of the girls
eyes, the vibrant colors are also what make this picture so eye-catching. (as you can
See the color picture has a bigger affect than the black and white). The photographer
Living in Afghanistan rarely got an opportunity to capture Afghanistan woman. This pic
A hidden passage in to the life of Afghani woman that was rarely allowed.