Urban and industrial landscapes are known to be photographs that capture the depth of man made qualities. These are some popular locations of what industrial and urban landscape photos may be such as factory’s, power sites and rubbish sites. Urban landscapes on the other hand may include street photography such as alley ways and rundown or abandoned buildings and houses. Some examples of urban and industrial landscape photography can be seen below….

Industrial Photography…

These images above are examples of the more industrial side of photography and broken down housing. It shows and explores man kind in a way that we simply seem to be destroying the beauty around us. They all seem to be gloomy and unwanted places which makes this type of photography a good genre to analyse.

Urban Photography…

Urban photography is often referred to in the same context as street photography but its a much wider genre that can include anything within a built-up, urban environment. People are not always included in the images, unlike in street photography it seems to have to capture a person.

Urban Photography is more to do with the culture of city and town life. Modern urban photography seems to capture the colorful side of the cities and how humans make the cities lively and happy. These photos that are titled as (Urban Photography) do not have to capture a human in the image. This is what makes Urban photography more exiting in my mind that street photography.

Photographers I Will Be Looking and Referring My Work To…

Rut Blees Luxemburg… Urban

Thomas Struth… Urban

In my opinion, these two photographers will be good to refer my work to as jersey is not the best place for city landscapes and big buildings with motorways etc.. therefore trying my best to capture images in town that relate to these urban photographers will help me get some good quality images to analyse.

Hilla Becher… Industrial

New topographics was a term coined by William Jenkins in 1975 to describe a group of American photographers (such as Robert Adams and Lewis Baltz) whose pictures had a similar banal aesthetic, in that they were formal, mostly black and white prints of the urban landscape. Simply, new topographic images where known to be photographs of a man-altered landscape/urban landscapes. Examples below show some popular areas where these type of images can be found and where photo-shoots take place to capture urban landscapes…

More examples of New topographic images

Plan

Where – This photo-shoot is going to take place at the end of St. Ouens Bay , L’etacq.

What – I will be photographing different areas of the sea and rock to get some different angles and dynamic photos. The wind and swell will be strong so this will create lots of white water which forms powerful waves.

When – This photo-shoot will be taking place on the weekend with the weather being an overcast of rain and heavy clouds making it seem darker than usual in the afternoon.

Why – I have decided eta do this photo- shoot to capture different parts of the sea at different angles and to also have a bunch of photos to play around with on Lightroom to edit and create an interesting piece.

camera settings will be as such – 800 ISO , Exposure – Between – 100/200

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For my editing I firstly made the image straight and cropped out any sky and trimmed the bottom to create long rectangular photos. Next I decided to turn them into black and white and played around with the contrast, highlights and shadows. Finally I changed the levels of how much white and black was allowed into the image. Black being the rock and white being the foam from the sea. Setting these final 6 photos together and laying them out to seem as close as one image cut into 6, I came out with this…

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Evaluation

This type of photography is more seascape than landscape. I find this type of photography interesting as when capturing different angles of a rough sea smashing against rocks form great powerful images that can relate to romanticism. Editing these images to be black and white in my opinion give the photos more depth when put in a group as above. Cutting out the surroundings and trimming the images to fit as a long rectangle make these photos effective as you wouldn’t be able to identify where the images was taken. The surrounds are not to be seen, therefore more depth of thought goes in to the images when analysing them. If I was to do this photo-shoot again I would change the scenery a bit as capture images from completely different beaches and also go in different weather conditions to compare my images from now.

A dictionary definition of Romanticism is worded as.. “Romanticism placed particular emphasis on emotion, horror, awe, terror and apprehension. Emotion and feeling were central not only to the creation of the work, but also in how it should be read.” Romanticism in landscape photography ideally is to capture an image which strongly represents not only one emotion, but feelings of the opposite to what is trying to be expressed. Romanticism also plays a part in expressing individualism. Some examples of Romanticism landscapes are seen below…

Emil Von Maltitz

Emil von Maltitz is an internationally recognized South African landscape photographer. His work bases on the more natural side of landscapes and how the camera can capture many dynamic areas of a setting. For his career of being a Photographer, he travels the world to take mostly landscape photographs. As being from South Africa, the landscape and nature surrounding him from young is what inspired him to capture these amazing sites that were discovered by him everyday. The romanticism theme in his work relates to emotion and feelings caught in the images colour, shapes, and landscape. Some examples of his work can be seen below –

Analysis

At first glance, this images seems to be dull, blank and just not busy or a lot going on. It seems. to have a cold atmosphere and feeling given off it. This is from the blue and grey sea and sky that fill majority of the image. But looking closer we see tints of greens and yellows in the distance of the sea and on the horizon. This brings a sense of happiness as well as the light white clouds that poke through the image above. The rocks below bring a warm feeling to the image as they are smooth and subtle. The sand blends carefully with the white mist that covers the sea. The clouds seem to dull around the edges. of the image into a darker grey and lighten to the middle. The sea seeming to be calm and smooth and anything, sits still giving off ore.

The lines in this image are faint and not easy to be noticed. The main darker and thicker lines are found in the main rock that faces the camera. More little and subtle lines are found in the lighter clouds above. Where the sky and the sea collide with each other (The horizon) Creates the most straightest and longest line in the image. The shapes formed in the clouds seem to be little circles along with more rectangle and square shaped rocks that fall at the bottom of the image. The texture of the rocks looks smooth due to the white mist that covers them thuroly.

The contrast of the white mist to the darker rocks and darker sea makes the rocks stand out in the image making them to be the objective of what is being photographed. As most of the colours blend and shade in with each other, this photograph has the emotion of being a calm and tranquil environment. The romanticism in this landscape can be described as the setting is all natural with colours and physical things. It shows different emotions when looked in depth but at first thought is an image to go to for a more relaxing and soothing feeling.

Plan

Where – This photo-shoot is going to take place in local roads/pathways around jersey such as St.Brelades, St.Peters and St.Ouens.

When – This photo-shoot has been taken in the evening hence the low light in the images. It was on a Sunday evening to avoid as many cars and people as possible that interfere with my photos to capture the correct image I visioned in my head.

What – These images are going to be taken of long stretches of roads that lead out to what seems as ongoing land using soft and harsh lighting to create a more meaningful and interesting image. I am also going to capture nature that surrounds the roads which will make my images more interesting and will link to landscape photography better.

How – These images are going to be created by using low light in the day with a low angle shot by camera being as close to the floor as possible to get the best long shot. the camera settings are going to be as such exposure 100/200 , IOS 400/800.

Why – I have decided to do this to explore different objectives of landscape photography such as roads and tunnel ways.

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Analysis

These images create an intriguing view as the lines in the image focuses down through the road which leads your eyes to the end of the photo. The white scattered lines forms a symmetrical line where the right side and left side of the image roughly look the same as each other in the last two images. The trees in the bottom two images create a tunnel like passage which grows long and thin to roughly the middle of the image. The natural sunlight falls down the image from the sky creating soft and harsh light parts on the roads and paths. The light that pokes through the trees in the above images seems to be the only part of the image which is the lighter tone. This means that darker tones over rule the images themselves. A subtle sunset in the distance fades down to more vibrant colours. The greens found in the trees and plants surrounding the roads in all images vary from darker to lighter tones. Shadows from the over leaning trees forms darker patches on the roads. This reduces the amount of light that floods the area, leading to thinner lines/parts of sunlight and highlights. silhouettes of trees seem to be common in lower light as the camera focuses on the lighter areas of the image. The roads are positioned to take up half or less of the bottom half of the image. This gives of the endless road feel. With all images being either with buildings or not , they all have a sense of nature and happiness to them. Whether this be the greenery surrounding the image or the light sunset, The all seem to have questions to ask about them such as where do these roads they lead to? Or where do the end?

Evaluation

This photo-shoot definitely was the most effective shoot I have done as hours of work went into it. Travelling around the island to find long roads and trying to keep the same amount of lighting in each one was a mission itself. Spending ages to get the road with no cars was a waiting game and then finding the right time to lay in the middle of the road to capture the best shot. These images all have different points of view. Whether it being a warm or cold temperature to them or the scenery to be different such as nature surroundings or buildings. Thy all have that long stretch of road that expands outwards. If I was to do this photoshoot again I would expand and explore the different weather situations rather than keeping it to be warm and bright colourful skies with using the golden hour of sun.

Ansel Easton Adams (born in 1902 – 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. These black and white images had high tonal range which emphasized the landscape to loo unnatural and intriguing. His love for nature and the earth in general is what started off Ansel’s career. He had an eye, a vision of what he exactly wanted his photographs to look like when visiting an area of either West Americas mountain ranges or the vast landscape in the countryside. Here are some examples of Ansels work…

As we can see, Ansel Adams loves to use a lower exposure camera setting for most of his photography. This creates an effect of his images looking like they are taken at night. They seem to be all photographed at the same mountain range but different angles as well as some flat surfaces with some abstract shapes and tonal range in the skies. They all have a similar style to them but all seem to have something as an objective. Either that being a tree, rock, mountain or lake, they all relate to each other somehow. Especially that they are taken in black and white.

Analysis

In this particular image at first glance the noticeable peaks of mountains captures my eye as for the contrast in the snowy white tips to darkness that falls half way down. As well as this, the striking river that seems to flow in an S shape has a bright, outstanding white glimmer to it. The harsh light source from the sun above and the fact that this picture has been taken in black and white has made this river of water over exposed as it appears to be the same brightness as the sun which is positioned outside the image, the top middle of the frame. Different shades of grey make up the trees surrounding the river that weaves in and out. Its almost as if its a source that leads out to the mountains, a path like way. Mist seems to overcast the mountains and tops of trees in the near distance. We can see this because of how the image is formed. The white dust that subtly over-layers the darker shades of grey. The growth of the mountains seems intriguing as from the side of the photographs, the mountains grown to a single, unstable peek. This peak seems to be rough but kinda grows out of the images view. This really emphasizes the height and bigness of these landmarks in West America. The trees in the foreground closest to the left side of the image carefully lines up with the lining of the bottom of the mountains. This creates a tonal range of dark to light, black to white and makes it much more easier to examine the mist. Dotted and light clouds are positioned in the sky that seem bearable to notice. The way Ansel has set his exposure, he has made a darker and shaded sky in the fr left and right top corners. This effect makes the image as if it was taken in the night. Whereas is was indeed not, as for the lighting needed to even view the landscape in daytime. The dark and shaded parts of this image overalls the white highlights. The darkened areas seem to fall mostly from the bottom, and stretching upwards to light and brightness. The river seems to be the objective of this image. This is because it has been angled to be photographed in the center of the image and is the brightest, strong and smoothed out area. The lining in this image ranges from smooth lines found along the river and banks, to rough, sharp and edgy lines that form the mountains and trees. over all this image in interesting to view as there seems to be some sort of story or beauty that is being expressed. Dark and light elements contrast with each other to form a beautiful, landscape image.

Dictionary Definition –

Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Landscape photography is done for a variety of reasons.

My Opinion –

In my opinion landscape photography typically captures the outdoors. This being hillsides, sunsets, sunrises, towns, cities and most typically nature in its element. These are just a few examples of what can be photographed when labeling an image to be a landscape photograph. This type of photography is mostly known to be seen as a horizontal image. Here are some ideas on what landscape photography could be described as…

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Weather and Lighting

For most Landscape photographers, the biggest aspect of photographing a landscape is the weather. This is because it affects an image to the extend of the same location and object being photographed but if being rainy or sunny it can create a whole different interpretation to the image. Here are differnt types of weather that can change an image…

Mist/fog/Overcast Rain/Heavy or light Golden hour/Low light Natural light/Man made light Sunset/Sunrise Full moon/Nightlight

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Raoul Hausmann was an Austrian artist and writer. He experimented with photographic collages. Around 1923, Raoul would create montages of cut outs of magazines locally and stick them together. He believed war at the time to be a necessary cleansing of a calcified society. He would find portrait of soldiers, onto which he had glued photographic portrait heads of his son five times. Some would say he’s mentally unstable to the fact that he agreed with war. His feelings towards war and that time or era seemed to be all expressed into his art pieces.

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Photo Analysis –

This image was probably anonymous figures cut from a magazine. Raoul’s work seemed to have a meaning behind why exactly he made this photomontages. As he believed war was a cleansing of a calcified society, using soldiers bodies from a poster or magazine and sticking others heads to it might suggest that he feels as if we should fight for ourselves, fight for rights. The fragment of a German banknote behind the neck of the anonymous figure suggests that he is controlled by capitalist forces. This is because German were invading berlin , where Raoul is from, and taking over the country. The words in the background are part of a poem poster made by Hausmann to be pasted on the walls of Berlin. As well as montages made he was a poet who sees poems to be an art that can link into his montage work. This is another way for Raoul to express his impressions of the time of the World War 1. This piece of art in particular was made with different materials that were assembled together.

A photo-montage is a collage constructed from photographs. This photographs can be as abstract as can be from each other. Common photo montage creations are portraits such as mixing different parts of models faces with others. Montage photography can be created on photo shop and by hand. Historically, the technique has been used to make political statements and gained popularity in the early 20th century (World War 1-World War 2). It was first used as a technique by the dadaists in 1915 in their protests against the First World War. It was later adopted by the surrealists. This is where photo montage was open to possibilities for expressing the feelings of war soldiers and working communities.

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Plan-

I will be photographing my friend in the studio using a soft box light as a main light to project good lighting on my models face. With this light i can also change the level of warmth and cold. This means i can capture more color in the facial feature and more dynamic and contrasting lines of shadow in the face. More color in the face relates to Satoshi’s work as her work is seen with peoples faces to be colorful and bright. I used between a white and black backdrop to contrast the face between the two to capture different perspectives of the face. My camera settings were as such; exposure – 1/100 ISO – 400 and 200 (depending on the level of the soft box light) and i used a 50mm lens.

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These images relate to Satoshi Fujiwara’s work as these ‘portrait’ photographs have a similar appearances towards them. For example, the dynamic shot from the bottom of the face upwards. Cutting out the rest of the image and only capturing some or even all facial features. This is what makes the image seen close up.

Evaluation-

This photo-shoot was a quick and easy shoot to do within 30 minutes or so. Using studio lighting made this an easy shoot for the focus of the Lens to be in focus on the face when really close up. Satoshi’s work seems to be using bright flash light and keeping the face bright with maybe just natural light such as a sunny day. If I was to do this shoot again i would choose to do a range of different people with using different scenery and lighting. I might get my model to not pose as much and make the photos captured to be more natural and content.