Alvin Langdon Coburn photo compared to Alfred Stieglitz
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.
Nick Albertson – Masking tape – 2013Harry Callahan – Chicago C. – 1950
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.
Mark Boyle was a Scottish artist how mainly photograph road paintings, rocks and walls. His work shows an array of different textures and colours. As we can see in the photos below, Boyle favored capturing close ups of multi – textured areas found in the most simple places like the end of pavements and slipways.
Holland Park Avenue Study 1967 Mark Boyle 1934-2005 Purchased 1969 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T01145
Holland Park Avenue Study 1967 Mark Boyle 1934-2005 Purchased 1969
Photo Shoot Action Plan
For my first photo shoot, i will walk down my estate with the aim of looking for drains, road paint and pavements in close proximity. As I’m photographing objects, no model will be needed for the shoot, This is beneficial as I can do my photoshoot when the wether is ideal for working in.
Artist Reference – Julian Schulze
COLOUR
Julian Schulze on pantone canvas gallery
Julian Schulze is a German photographer with an appeal to block and bright colours that is clearly shown through his work. his work consists of minimalistic compositions and geometric structures.
Photo Shoot Action Plan
For my first photo shoot, i will walk down my estate looking at the contrast of the different colours of the houses. As I’m photographing houses, no model will be needed for the shoot, This is beneficial as I can do my photo shoot when the weather is ideal for working in.
In my contact sheet, it is shown over IMG 598 to 602 and IMG 583 to 587 are photographs on the same location, but different exposure. I achieved this by changing the white balance. White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the “color temperature” of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. On the contrary, i used white balance to give different layovers on my photos. For my photo shoot, i experimented with : – Auto, – Cloudy, – Shade, – Fluorescent, – Direct Sunlight.
Final Photos
This photo was inspired by Schulze. When taking the photo I angled the camera to capture the White House over the grey house in large blocks to give the photo a more minimalistic feel. I changed the white balance to fluorescent, I did this because the blue layover would compliment the white and grey areas, this gave the photo a cooler toned made the photo more appealing.
in this photo, I aimed to capture multiple different textures. when I uploaded my photo into photoshop, I adjusted the saturation and exposure to emphasise and enhance the roughness of the road, making the texture of the road and pavement more ridged and defined.
Luigi Ghirri was an Italian photographer who gained a reputation for his contemporary photography which varied from fiction and reality. The photograph above has some neutral tones which is due to the natural light coming from all angles. Additionally you can also see the main focus as it the center of the of photo which is the bench whereas the non-focus is he background. Finally there are also multiple leading lines in this photograph which can attract ones attention to view the photo.
Ernest Haas
Ernest Haas was a photojournalist and a colour photographer who enjoyed taking photos of different types of genres. The photograph above shows reflection and repetition of the pattern of flowing water. The tones of the water are very darkening as I feel that this photo has no artificial lighting so therefor it is not brightening the image up in anyway. Additionally the texture of the photograph looks very smooth and soothing this is because we already know that water is not a rough or an uneven surface.
The Boyle Family photograph
The Boyle Family photography is very basic to other artists work as they take pictures of objects which we rarely notice as its a surface which we walk on typically everyday. They are a group of artists based in London who generally take pictures of everyday objects like the one above. As a group they decided to go against the stereotypical type of photographers which are usually being solo while taking photos and that they wanted to take photos as a group.
Ernst Haas (1921 – 1986) was an Austrian – American photographer who is widely considered to be a pioneering figure in the art of colour photography. His images have been featured in publications such as Life magazine and Vogue. In addition, his photographs were the subject of the first single – artist colour exhibition of colour photography at New York’s Modern Museum of Modern Art in 1962.
Photographs Captured by Ernst Haas
Luigi Ghirri (1943 – 1992) was an Italian photographer who gained a reputation as a pioneer and master of contemporary photography, with its particular reference to its relationship between fiction and reality. Ghirri’s work quickly attracted international attention. In 1975 Time-Life included him in its list of the “Discoveries” of its annual Photography Year publication, and he showed at the Photography as Art, Art as Photography exhibition in Kassel.
Photographs Captured by Luigi Ghirri
Aaron Siskind (1903 – 1991) was an American photographer whose work focuses on the minor details of its subject/s and presents them as a flat surface to create a new, independent image. Siskind used things from the real world in his photographs: close-up details of painted walls and graffiti, asphalt pavement, rocks, lava flows, ancient statues and the Arch of Constantine in Rome.
Photographs Captured by Aaron Siskind
MOOD-BOARD
MIND MAP
MY RESPONSE
In this photo shoot I was inspired by the works of Aaron Siskind and Saul Leiter, who captured images of the condensation on windows and close up shots of different textures and surfaces. I attempted to use a range of angles throughout my photographs in order to make them more interesting for the viewer to look at. My process was to photograph anything colourful that caught my eye, which led to some unusual subjects such as plastic bags and paper towels. I also took inspiration from The Boyle Family, whose images are a bird’s eye view of various surfaces, mainly roads and pavement corners. I used mainly natural lighting in this photo shoot in order to keep the photographs as realistic as possible. I liked that in some of my images the light would reflect off of the subject, such as my photographs out of a car window, however in those images the lighting was artificial as it came from the headlights of other cars, creating a glare effect. As one of the main themes for this photo shoot was colour, I aimed to incorporated it as much as I could into my photographs. I did this by placing certain colours next to each other, making sure that they complimented one another. To help me see which colours went best together, I used a colour wheel. I also aimed to show different shapes and lines by including objects with harsh, straight lines (books) and organic, curvy lines (ribbon). Additionally, I experimented with different patterns, as seen in the photographs of the yellow coat, where I pulled back the hood to show the stripes on the inside. For the composition of my photographs I tried to use a varying range of layouts and arrangements, such as the subject being in the middle of the image, at the top or bottom, or at either side. I also explored different distances of the camera from the subject, such as far away and up close.
Today we learnt how to create a mirrored/kaleidoscope effect on photoshop. The image above is my final outcome. I chose this image by Ralph Eugene Meatyard because the simplistic shapes that were created by the tree’s twigs allowed the image to look slightly geometric and more complex than original image was.
I believe that the my final works well because of the image being black and white. This gave it an eerie effect which works with the original image which was sparse and and empty but now the four images have been reflected it make a whole other shape, allowing the viewer’s imagination to wander trying to figure out what the shape looks most like.
Alfred Stieglitz was an american photographer who’s career lasted for fifty years. He was born in 1864 and died in 1946.
Ernst Haas was an Austrian photographer who had a 40 year career .He was born in 1921 and died in 1986.
Both images are similar because they both have repeated shapes in them even though they are two totally different things. The water, in Haas’s image, has another picture reflected. However the ripples in the water has caused the reflection to look distorted allowing the viewer to try and interpret where and when the image was taken. In Stieglitz’s image, the clouds are wispy and thin at the top of the image allowing us to see columns in the sky. However, as the viewer looks down the image, the clouds seem to merge together allowing the viewer to try and see if the bulk of clouds makes a certain pattern or ‘image’ in the sky.
Although the images have similar patterns, the colours in the images are nothing alike. In Haas’s image, the majority of the colours are warm tones like oranges and reds. This allows the viewer to guess that the images are either taken during sunset as the sky turns red/ orange. Or the image could have been taken near an orange/ red building.
The source of the water is also not clear, it could be from a river, pond, lake or a puddle. The only thing the viewer notices is that there has been something in the water which has disturbed the still water and causing all the ripples.
In Stieglitz’s image the colours are very cool toned which gives the image a calm mood which allows the viewer to understand the message of the image without getting distracted by all the contrasts of colours in the image.
Siskind was born in New York in 1903 and died in 1991.
Siskind focuses on taking photographs that don’t necessarily have a meaning however, his images can be interpreted in many ways. He focuses on layers in his images, it is very rare to see smooth surfaces in his work.
Siskind identified with the ideas and styles of the abstract expressionist artists in New York in the 1940s.
Plan:
Shoot (Contact sheets on another blog)
I’ve included the images I took in school because I feel that you can see how i have used the different white balances and changed the ISO best on those images. This is because the main feature in those images didn’t move allowing the viewer to notice the difference in tone.
Images taken in school
Favourite Unedited outcomes:
Favourite edited outcomes:
Favourite images
The coloured image is one my favourite images because I feel like the viewer not only sees colour but the different textures on the tiles. .I took this using a 120 ISO and the fluorescent white balance, with a manual focus and shutter speed. .The smooth looking texture of the tile at first glance contrasts the little details of the of the central details like the diamond which is slightly raised and each petal in the centre of it is also raised. The cool tones in the image gives the viewer the feeling of relaxation and this is also supported by the simplicity of the design on the tile.
The black and white image is the same but i went onto photoshop, turned it black and white, then made the contrasts in the photo more prominent so that the viewer can see the bumps around the flower like shape in the centre of the image.
The black and white image also shows the camera focused on the centre of the tile because if you look on the left hand side of the image you can see the details of the tile almost merge into one thing.
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