ABOUT:
Letinksy was born in 1963, born in Winnipeg, and is a Canadian contemporary photographer, being best know for her work based around the genre of still-life. Letinsky has an BFA from the University of Manitoba and an MFA from Yale University and received a fellow ship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, Anonymous Was a Woman and the Canada Council for the Arts and is currently a Professor of visual arts at the University of Chicago. She has demonstrated aspects of exploring the expressive possibility of still-life photography, after shifting my photography of people on to still-life, she sates that ‘ For a long time I’ve asked myself questions about what a photograph is. While I was taking photographs of couples in the 1990s I began thinking about love, and about how photography relates to love, how it can functions within a kind of circuitry of production and consumption.’ (Sholis.B, 2013, Interview with Laura Letinsky; aperture)
MOOD BOARD:
ANALYSIS:
TECHNICAL: from this image its evident by the shadows and the bright white that there was a lot of light being produced/ placed on to the subject, this suggests that the exposure time is accurate if not slightly over exposed however, this could be misinterpreted due to the extensive white back ground contrasting with the darker coloured subjects on the table. The image is clearly very focused and lacks any blurring which add to the detail and focus of the food and drinks placed on the table, furthermore showing that there is low sensitivity as the image presents no grainy features to it. Finally the temperature of images presents a colder feeling due to the harsh white balance and background which the image is covered in which dramatically contrasts with the dark reds and purples on the able giving overall a better presentation.
VISUAL: From the image is evident that over the colouring of the image is white, however as previously mentioned it helps reflect and contrast the dark red and purple shades in the centre on the image on the table, the empathizes that this is the main focus of the image, this links to the idea of the image having a light tone due to the majority of the image being a bright white shade with suggestions of a bright light helping to illuminate the background.The image shows a table and from the curvature of the table it shows that it is out of place and not in the centre which demonstrate that symmetrical aspects where no required or needed for this image, with that in mind there is a lack of consistent patterns or repetition , although the white background is consistent the placement of the mood and a drink on the table is not. This projects a messy scene and add questions for the viewer.
CONTEXTUAL: From background research and y own knowledge i know that Letinsky was trying to project and capture the inner beauty of woman, she did this by breaking historical stereotypes of the disorganized placement on the table as well as the mess of the food and drinks with a wrapper still being placed on the table. This aided support of other aspect of her photography and allowed her develop her ideas and formats.
CONCEPTUAL: Through the contextual factors it helps the audience and viewers further aid and construct their own opinion on the photograph, as is gives them an understanding that it demonstrate the inner beauty of woman and the idea of trying to break away from stereotypes which gives the opportunity to lead on to many different ideas , as stereotyping a huge issue in out day society. This could lead on to the ideas of self love and being different form other, stepping away from the norm.
ACTION PLAN FOR RESPONSE:
After having researched Laura Letinsky in great depth its given be a much better understanding into the idea of being different and trying to tell a story in my own way instead of following the norm in the photography industry. This has given me the opportunity to grow an develop my own ideas for my current project and projects in the future as it is something that i believe to be such an important aspect of showing off your work. furthermore, its made be realize the significance and diversity of other peoples reflection and understanding of a photograph- when I see a photo is most likely my view o it will be completely different to someone else. As well as the deeper meaning of images, its given be idea of controlling and thinking more in depth abut the background of y images and how important they really are, and in concerns with camera skills its made be think about more carefully my IOS settings which will help be control the exposure of the image.