Evans showed interest in photography during a trip through Europe in the late 1920s.
His first photos were published in the 1930s.
He also helped to publish a book called “Let us now praise famous men” with the author James Agee.
Darren Harvey-Regan
Research –
Many of his photos were inspired by the work of Wallace Evans “Beauties of the common tool”.
He has taken part in many solo and joint exhibitions.
Comparison –
I think that this picture from Walker Evans photoshoot called “Beauties of the common tool” in 1955 is a good example of a still life object photo. This is due to the plain background which contrasts the tool as it is quite dark. This makes the finer details of the scissors stand out well which due to the highlights which also make them more defined from the way the lighting has fallen on it.
Therefore I think that this is a successful, modern comparison of Evans “Beauties of the common tool” by Harvey-Regan because they share the similarities of taking pictures of tools but this image is interpreted to look as if it is stabbing through a picture of itself on a wall. The dark contrast of the photo works well in highlighting the hammer and projecting the picture in a 3D way but it can make it harder to see due to the darker tones.
My Photos
Here are the different set ups which we used in the studio to create our photos –
Here are photos that I have taken of vintage objects in various ways and put into adobe Lightroom, selecting my favourites to present.
Editing
Here I edited some photos on Adobe Lightroom so that I could use them to create a piece of work which is similar to the work of Wallace Evans and Harvey-Reagans “Beauties of the common tool”.
On these 4 pictures, I didn’t edit them as I liked how they were. I only changed the filter into black and white, similar to the artists work.
An experiment of my work similar to theirs –
I really like how this has turned out as it is similar to both of the photographers work, yet shares a personal element of my editing style as none of them have the same black and white filter which adds a level of uniqueness and individuality to them as they look less uniform which I prefer.
