Group F/64 was a group founded in 1932 by seven San Francisco photographers
who all shared a similar photographic style – sharp-focused and carefully framed images. The pictorialist photographic style had been dominating for most of the early 20th century, however, the group wanted to offer an alternative with a new modernist aesthetic.
The Original Group f/64 consisted of –
The first exhibition consisted of 80 photographs, including 10 by Adams, 9 each by Cunningham, Edwards, Noskowiak, Swift, Van Dyke and Edward Weston, and 4 each by Holder, Kanaga, Levenson and Brett Weston. Edward Weston’s prints were priced at $15 each; all of the others were $10 each. The show ran for six weeks.
Image Analysis
This image was taken using natural daylight with clouds blocking out lots of sunlight, which has created a dramatic backdrop in the sky. A wide angle lens was used to take this photograph as this is what was typically used by the romantics to capture landscape photographs. A large depth of field was most likely used as the whole of the image is sharp and in focus. A shutter speed of 1/60 – 1/150 was possibly used for this photograph due to no motion blurs being in the photograph. A medium ISO appears to have been used as the photograph is not grainy and is quite dark wit areas that are quite light. There is lots of texture in the photograph, from the trees in the foreground of the image to the running river.
The image has been taken in black and white which allows the audience to focus on the range of tones, textures and shapes in the image. There is a wide tonal range in the photograph ranging from the dark silhouettes of the mountains to the reflection of the river. There is no rule of thirds used in this photograph.