Contextual - https://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/18753/archive-fever-edward-weston.htmlWeston was a 20th century American photographer. He captured images of landscapes, still life, nudes, genre scenes and whimsical parodies. Technical - In the foreground of the image the contrast is high between the dirt and the crops - black and white accentuates this - yet the tonal range is small until the focus is brought to the sky and further hills in the background where lighter and softer tones. The photograph has sharp details - fast shutter speed.
The deep depth of field gives the field a greater distance - the lines of the crops also exaggerate this as some of them fade into the distance.
Visual - Weston has captured what people would have seen as a seemingly mundane scene and has composed a photograph that incorporates pattern, contrast and depth. His approach to taking photographs as he says is 'To make the common place unusual'. The aesthetics of the austere landscape has been brought to a focus through Weston's photographs.
Conceptual - The purpose of Weston's photograph could be to reinforce the beauty in nature and to perhaps conserve the natural landscape through photographs. The subject of a tomato field is also an insight to the natural order man creates in society and life.
Technical - In the foreground of the image the contrast is high between the dirt and the crops - black and white accentuates this - yet the tonal range is small until the focus is brought to the sky and further hills in the background where lighter and softer tones. The photograph has sharp details - fast shutter speed. The deep depth of field gives the field a greater distance - the lines of the crops also exaggerate this as some of them fade into the distance. Visual - Weston has captured what people would have seen as a seemingly mundane scene and has composed a photograph that incorporates pattern, contrast and depth. His approach to taking photographs as he says is 'To make the common place unusual'. The aesthetics of the austere landscape has been brought to a focus through Weston's photographs. Conceptual - The purpose of Weston's photograph could be to reinforce the beauty in nature and to perhaps conserve the natural landscape through photographs. The subject of a tomato field is also an insight to the natural order man creates in society and life.