What was The New Typo graphics

The 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 who had a similar Banal Aesthetic, in that they were formal, mostly black and white prints of the urban landscape. The photos often captured the tension between natural scenery and the mundane structures of post war America.

What Inspired the New Topographics

Many of the photographers associated with new typographics including Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Nicholas Nixon and Bernd and Hiller Becher, were inspired by the man-made, selecting subject matter that was matter-of-fact.

Image Analysis

This photo separates the natural beauty of the mountain and then the trailer park below it juxtaposing the negative and the positive of the post was in America as many Americans lost their homes from the destruction of the was and couldn’t afford to stay in their houses any longer as they might of lost their families or their partners to the war. The colour in this image is in Black and white which makes the image look more dramatic and more powerful, which gives the image a dark and sombre look to it.

Industrialised building photoshoot

Edited Images

Best Images

These are two of my best images as they capture industrialisation the best. The lines and shapes in these two images make the photos look so much more interesting and different. The line of the poles in the first image is a really good focal point and the lines in the sand direct your eyes to the focal point. The colour of the sky also makes the poles stand out more as the contrast between the dark sky makes the white look more vibrant.

In the second image the building in the background has been there for many years and is quite old but in the foreground the building has only just been built and is very modern . Which contrasts between old and new. The tree in the background suggests that this place was once overflowing with nature until industrialisation took over and buildings needed to be built to accommodate for the growing population.

Edited best photos

I changed the colour into black and white and then changed the darkness of the sky to give a more dramatic and darkened contrast between the sky and the rest of the image.

I further experimented with my photos and made this image of the stairs a darker shade of blue and altered the angle of the stairs making the stair rail straighter and look more in line with the stairs.

For this image I made the image on the right a lot darker by increasing the shadows and decreasing the amount of whites on the image.

Biography

John Constable was born on June 11th 1776 East Bergholt Suffolk and died March 31st 1837. He was a major figure in English Landscape paintings in the early 19th century. He is best known for his paintings of the English countryside.

Who was John Constable influenced by ?

John Constable was influenced by Dutch artists such as Jacob van Ruisdael and Jacob van Ruisdael. Constables work was highly original because of the realism and vitality of his paintings.

John Constables Paintings

Image Analysis

The colour in this painting is very dark and dramatic and looks like the painting is representing a storm and how small the person in the painting actually is compared to the storm and the severity of the storm. The size of the person in the painting shows just how destructive and terrifying storms can be. The lines in this painting suggests how dramatic John Constable tried to make the painting as the dark black lines have been painted in all directions which make the painting look very chaotic. There is no pattern in this painting which doesn’t make it very aesthetic to look at and makes you not know where to look at the painting because the directions of the lines are all over the place and not in any specific pattern. The layout of this painting is focused more in the middle of the painting and a bit towards the outside but is mainly in the middle where the storm is painted.

The idea behind this painting ?

The idea behind this painting is linked to the sublime as the storm can be so beautiful and mesmerising but also terrifying and can turn and destroy anything so quickly. The thought behind the painting to make the man so small also suggests how big the storm can get and how much more powerful the storm is compared to the man in the painting.

Plan

My plan for the romanticised rural landscape photos are to go to Plemont beach because of the rocky beach to get photos similar to Ansel Adams photo of the rocks. Then I’m also going to go to the cliffs to get more dramatic photos of the sea and the rough waves.

Depth

The depth of this photo is very wide as there is a lot of the photo in view and it extends out quite far. The leading lines are from the stones and the beams of light that lead your eye to the focal point being the mountains in the background.

Colour and light

The colour in this image is very dark colours and uses the Zone System to understand all the colours that are in the image. The use of light in this image is very dramatic light but the sun beams that are in front of the mountains give contrast against the dark light on the stones.

Shadow

The shadow in this image is on the mountains and on the stones on the beach which increases the dramatic effect of the light on the image.

These are my Storm Ciaran photos that I took at the reservoir, there was a lot of storm damage like uprooted trees and broken branches along with piles of tree logs and lots of devastation.

Edits

This is my storm Ciaran virtual gallery from the landscape photoshoots, I picked these images because they all have things in common as they look at the damage that was done to the landscape and the damage that was done to the trees. These photos were taken at Val De La Mare reservoir where there was a lot of damage to the surroundings.

Virtual Gallery New Topographics

This is my New Topographics virtual gallery. I chose these images because they represent The New Topographics style the best. And with the image in the middle, the buildings range from very old to extremely modern, which suggests that the surroundings have been built up over time.

Virtual Gallery Anthropocene

This is my Anthropocene virtual gallery. I chose these images because they capture light pollution the best and showcase what light pollution represents. The balance between the natural light and the artificial light contrasts really well making the concept of the image balanced.

Virtual Gallery Mandy Barker

This is my Mandy Barker Virtual Gallery. I chose these images because they represent her work the best and relate to the theme of Anthropocene because they relate to plastic pollution and just how much plastic there is in the oceans.

Ansel Adams

Biography = Ansel Adams was a photographer and an environmentalist. He was born in San Francisco California. Ansel Adams had a joy and love for nature which made him different and some what solitary.

What was Ansel Adams known for ?

Ansel Adams was most known for his black and white landscape images of the American West. He designated his work to the countries remaining fragments of untouched wilderness.

What influenced Ansel Adams Photography ?

Adams was inspired by precursors in government survey and expedition photography, such as Carleton Watkins (1829-1916), Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), Timothy O’Sullivan (1840-1882) and Frank Jay Haynes (1853-1921), who worked with large, bulky cameras and glass-plate negatives.

Ansel Adams photography

Ansel Adams photography represented the sublime because he photographed these overwhelming landscapes that capture the raw nature of the environment. He often took very dramatic images and changed the colour of the filter on his photos to get that dark black colour in order to make the focal point of his image stand out.

Image Analysis

The colour in this image is in black and white and uses the Zone system which uses different shades of white, black and grey with 0 being the darkest and 10 being the whitest. The leading lines of the river lead your eye to the focal point being the mountain. The texture of this photo is very grainy and has a bumpy texture to it. The composition of this image is arranged perfectly because the leading lines and the focal point of the mountain are right in the middle and it fits the rule of thirds.

The Zone System

The Zone System was the colours that were in Ansel Adams photographs and each colour had an aperture in difference. The colours ranged from 0-10 with 0 being the darkest colour and 10 being the lightest.

Landscape history photography

The history of Landscape photography is to typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on human made features or disturbances of landscapes.

Methods and techniques used

The correct technique for making Landscape photography is to make sure that your lens is the sharpest at two f stops from your widest aperture setting.

The impact of Landscape photography

The impact of landscape photography is to capture the effects of human activity on the environment. These serve as a consequence of irresponsible actions such as deforestation, pollution and climate change.

What is Romanticism in Photography ?

A movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasising inspiration of the individual. It was an intellectual and artistic movement and it originated in Europe.

Characteristics of Romanticism ?

Some of the characteristics of Romanticism are emotion, supernatural, awe of nature and appreciation of the beauties and wonders of nature and the environment and it heavily focuses individualism.

What is the Sublime ?

The sublime was where artists and writers were concerned about the individualism of human kind and with their relationship to the natural world. Painters and poets would celebrate the majesty by their paintings and work overwhelming people with nature and the natural environment. The sublime is the feeling that you get when you are stunned by the vast landscape of the environment or nature.

When was the sublime ?

The sublime emerged in the 17th century and acquired importance in the eighteenth century, Its development during this period was shown in James Beattie’s dissertations Moral and critical which explored the origin of the term.

Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke said that the sublime is the productive of the strongest emotion which the mind is capable of. It excites the idea of pain and danger but also terror. According to Burke, the Beautiful is that which is well-formed and aesthetically pleasing, whereas the Sublime is that which has the power to compel and destroy us.

What does Landscape mean ?

All the visible features of the land, often considered in terms of how aesthetic they are.

When did Landscape emerge as a genre in western culture ?

Landscape as an independent genre did not emerge in the western culture until the renaissance in the 16th century.

When did classical landscapes emerge as a genre ?

In the 17th century the classical landscapes were born.

What prompted the rise of Landscape Art during the late 18th/19th century ?

With the rise of romanticism, and often carried a religious reference.

When did landscape photography originate ?

1826 and 1827

My Inspiration for this photo was from Cindy Sherman’s Film Still of her looking at herself in the mirror, my image is not identical to hers but it shows the stereotypical things that women do, like putting on makeup or making sure they look good in the mirror.

I got the inspiration to take this photo from Cindy Sherman’s film still in the mirror. The image in the mirror suggests that women look in the mirror most days and see what they are and not who they want to be or what they want to look like. It shows that women and girls should be ashamed of what they look like and how they feel about themselves but society and social media has made them feel like not enough or that they are not pretty enough.

Femininity

These are two of my strongest photos from Femininity because they show very feminine stereotypes and the image where the headphones are on shows what women have to hear about themselves and the negative things that people say about them.

Head Shots Virtual Gallery

These three Headshots I chose to put on the Virtual Gallery because they are connected together and are a series of photos to be displayed together. The colour on the background of these images outlines the head on the figure making the shadow stand out on the image.