Formalism is the aspect of looking into the form and style of art pieces. It focuses on the visual aspects and its relationship with the visual world, how we interpret them, and the mood that the piece might set.

Walker Evans –

Walker Evans’ was a photographer in the early 1900s who was born on the 3rd of November 1903. His photography is very ‘simple’. He used only black and white shades to accentuate shadows and depth in his work. He uses low light in his work which helps create the shadows he accentuates. The repetition of the use of tools in these photos bring an almost ‘angry’ mood to the pieces. The spacious area the photos have been taken in give a calming feeling to the art because of almost the freeness of the tools.

Darren Harvey-Regan-

Darren Harvey was born in 1974 in the UK. His photography has a different ‘vibe’ as the colours used in the photo to the left show that his work uses a lot of brighter colours or more light involved to make the picture lighter almost making it look soft. Especially in this photo the linework is very jagged making the photo seem harsh which contrasts the idea of it being a ‘soft’ feeling picture.

The differences –

Harvey and Evans have very similar but different styles of photography in the way that shadowing is very important to show depth and dimension in the photos but because of the time difference of technology between the photos have an obvious clarity and quality difference.