Image anlysis

This photo was produced by Stephen Shore,And was taken in Beverly Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, California, June 21, 1975, 1975, chromogenic color print,This image is a key example of the movement that started  within the US from’The New Topographic’s’ .It presents many different elements to create a finished overwhelming and successful piece that identifies America at the time and the presence of nature within peoples everyday lives. the foreground shoes a complex and dynamic range of petrol stations which relate to the conceptual thought to clearly demonstrate America,this is done throughout at the time Americans occupied most of their time within travel and the exploration of the world in which they lived,the movement of the cars and a long road represent this theme successfully,This at the time was seen to be the American dream wihtin society and a large social reform to see the world as it was prenstly and stop working continuously.Furthermore the large signs create lines which are all parallel so attract you attention, the consistent colour impact of  blue,white and red emphasis the nationalism throughout the image.The background of the image is done in order to show that the low horizon of nature so presenting the vast mountains to loose their strength and be seen as small and inferior to that of the man made industrials. The bussy format is done to again show an element of line throughout the image and present  the area not showing the whole of the place.The perspective of the piece is clearly unplanned, this creates a unique quality and accurate representation  of the town itself, its vast cluttering shows a very humanness to the image which at the time was very rare to the clear majority usually  seen within landscape photography.The wide camera format allows a sense of size of comparison  throughout the piece

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