COMPARISON

As you can see Both of these photographs lack colour as they have been adapted to black and white which highlights the tones and shadows. Additionally they both have unique pattern that are different as well as reposition of the same objects in the photos. For example in Alfred Stieglitz you can clearly see the repetition of clouds in the sky as well as in Alvin Langdon Coburn’s photo you can see the symmetry of the glass/mirror object which appears to be the main focus of this photograph.

However there are also multiple differences in these photos which can be seen through Coburn’s use of vertical and horizontal harsh lines throughout his image. Whereas Alfred Stieglitz did not use lines in his photography as he chose to picture a realistic object such as clouds which have a relaxed contrast to them as they are not in strictly straight lines.

At first glace, its difficult to distinguish the object used in Alberson’s piece, this is due to his framing techniques. In his photos, Albertson zooms and crops his photos to give them a frame, the example piece above shows strips of masking tape. The fact that it’s a unnoticeable object, makes the photo more interesting and opens up a topic of interpretation. However, at first glance as Callahan’s work, it is easily noticeable that he has photographed a group of bare trees with a snowy ground.

These two photos also differentiate in a less noticeable way. As these photos were taken 60 years apart, it is safe to assume that the development and editing processes are very different. Callahan’s process most likely consisted of developing the photo in a dark room, this is because this process was the most popular way of developing in the time era. Whereas, Albertson’s piece was most likely taken with a modernised digital camera, with editing facilities to crop and enhance the photo.