Joel Sternfeld

As cities gradually formed newer building and more industrial sites are formed in order to produce and cope with the necessities that are essential for the growing population,The new trphogrohics tarted to raise  attention Joel Sternfeld (born  June 30th 1994,)Started his fine art color photographer ,he usually works within large formats of documentary picture from within the united states.He became a highly respected artists throughout his medium for  color and his many works in the permanent collection off MOMA within New York City.  Sternfeld  started teaching at Dartmouth college and teaches photography  after he himself learning all about color theory. Sternfeld’s most successful book was American Prospects and explored the irony of human altered landscapes. Sternfeld has many different aspects of exhibitions in order to try and capture and represent people in different manners, furthermore  his work was very much influenced by the new trophgorhics,his exhibition was called the American prospects and had many different aspects o human life within nature.

I chose Joel  Sternfeld due to his edge of nature but how he looks at the image as if it is a a whole set prepared image.I also liked his color within the image and how it compliments the setting.He has such a wide shot it enables a connection with the whole area of the image and a successful composition.

Mind map

All these images above all successfully convey the theme of presence of people the evolution of society and how nature has a mass significance.He has a clear color variation due to the type of surrounding scenario that the  photographer is in.

Best image analysis

This is my favorite image, this is due to the way in which you can see the effect that humans have and a certain type of deterioration to nature you can see the slow development of man made houses falling down and the gradual spread of rubbish mixed within the nature.the composition  is interesting in the way of how the tree is closest to the  foreground and has a large area of significance. Then you have the petrol station that too is falling down.conceptually he wanted to connote how people use land and then leave and what they leave behind is a constant effect and to the defect of how people abuse nature.

My idea for the shoot

His images have a very strong aspect of planned or at least  a strong com-positional aspect,So with my small experimentation of his work i too would want to show these aspects to create a successfully image.I also like his use of color and the way in which it is somewhat removed but also very much  present within the large tonal range of colors.Areas In which I could take this work ,All these photos have a strong resemblance to isolation and a removal of presences themselves,due to this I will go to remote areas in which there is a high presence of nature and a lack of city scape of fast moving action.

Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore (born October 8th 1947) is an American photographer known for his work as a New Topographic and his pioneering use of colour in photography. In 2010, Shore received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society. Shore took photographs of the introduction of civilisation and industry to nature and showed how man-made structures were taking over from nature.

My Favourite Photograph

It appears that in this photograph, natural lighting from the American deserts were used to capture it. This helped to create a very saturated photograph that is very eye-catching. A deep field of depth appears to have been used as the corners have not been slightly blurred. A shutter speed of around 1/50 – 1/80 appears to have been used as the majority of the photograph is in focus but there is a moving car in the bottom left corner that is blurred so the shutter speed is not quick enough. An ISO of 200 or 400 was most likely used along with this shutter speed to create a light enough and high quality photograph.

There is lots of colour in this photograph which is partly what Stephen Shore was known for. The saturated colours help the viewer to tell what country the photograph is set in. There is not a massively wide tonal range in this photograph – it is quite a light photograph which matches the colours that it consists of. There is no texture in the photograph but from the setting of it, it is very clear that it is in a warm place.

This photograph by Stephen Shore was taken during the start of the industrialisation of America – the signage and colours are unique to the United State and it is a perfect example of a New Topographic’s work. It shows the should-be ugly man-made structure but portrays it as something aesthetically pleasing.

This photograph is showing the man-made structures over-powering the natural land in America and are symbolic for the New Topographic movement taking over from the Romanticists. The bright colours of the man-made structures are contrasting with the nature in the background and show that change is inevitable.

Robert Adams

Robert Adams (born 1937) is an American photographer who was part of the New Topographic movement in which the photographers focus on the changing landscape of the American West. His work first became noticed in the 1970’s through his book called ‘The New West’ and his participation in the exhibition ‘New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape’. Adams twice received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Fellowship and won the Deutsche Borse Photography Prize.

My Favourite Photograph

It appears that natural lighting was used to capture this photograph due to the natural tones and contrast in the photograph. This allows the photograph to be captured with the right exposure whilst showing a wide tonal range at the same time. The photograph will have been taken with a deep field of depth as the whole of the photograph is clear and in focus. A shutter speed of 1-20 to 1-100 will have been used in order to capture a clear and dramatic image along with a low ISO of 200-400 to keep the image noise-free.

There is no colour in this photograph which allows you to focus on the subjects in the photograph and the message that Adams is trying to convey in it. It also allows more contrast and an even wider tonal range to be brought out in the photograph. There is some clear texture in the photograph, especially in the trailers and the mountains. This creates a more dramatic photograph and makes it more interesting for the viewer. The photograph has a 3D effect as the trailers are clearly in the foreground and get further away as you move towards the top of the photograph, as if it is merging from urban to natural.

This photograph was taken by Robert Adams in the typical style of a New Topographic. It shows the start of civilization and man-made structures with natural objects appearing towards the back of the photograph. It shows how the New Topographic movement was a reaction to the Romantics.

This photograph appears to be Adams’ way of showing that the New Topographic movement is taking over from the Romantics as the man-made structures are at the foreground and the natural scenery is pushed to the background and is not the focus anymore. It shows how man-made structures take over nature and changes it completely into something that it isn’t.