This photographer has taken this image to show the dramatic problem of plastic. This image shows a bird who has ingested plastic and has unfortunately died. However, the photographer has added more plastic onto the dead bird to emphasise the idea that plastic is killing the animals. Photographers want to create awareness as to what dangers result from our waste products and that we should recycle and advise others too as well to save the animals.
This image shows all the plastic waste that has been collected. The photographer of this image has portrayed this image as happy and bright because of the different colours, however the back story of this image has a different meaning. If you think deeper about this image it actually shows us the amount of plastic we use and shows us that plastic is killing our planet. This plastic gets burned and the fumes will pollute the earth.
Anthropocene is the time in which humans had a substantial impact on the planet. Photographers have started to spread awareness on the dangers of climate change, over population, pollution, deforestation, global warming and many more. Photographers have started documenting different images of the issues on the planet for everyone to explore an in depth understanding of the reality of the world.
ANTHROPOCENE
These are some images from photographers who have taken a interest in representing the disasters in the world. Something that most of these images have in common is that they are filled with bright colours. Bright colours are usually associated with happiness however this significantly contrasts with what the images are actually made for. Anthropocene is awareness of the dangers in our planet such as cars, plastic and toxic fumes that we pollute the air with. Anthropocene photographers take pictures of these disasters to warn people of the damage us, as humans are causing to our world. I really like the topic of Anthropocene because as young people we are the ones that have to try to help change the way we live.
I particularly like this image, this is because it shows the consequences of our actions when it comes to plastic. This image shows a bird that has unfortunately died and the body is full of plastic. The photographer who took this image wanted to show people how dangerous plastic is and if we don’t recycle or reduce our use of it, this is what will happen to all of us.
Henri Cartier was known for his candid pictures. He quoted “its like hunting without killing”, this means that when he is taking photographs he has to wait for the right moment and use his intuition to take the photo at the right time. He was also a humanist photographer. He brought his camera everywhere with him, and used his camera like an extension of the eye. He brought his camera everywhere to capture the reality of life and an everyday image. He claimed that his camera was like an extra limb and he never went anywhere without it. This way he could capture many moments in everyday life.
Background of Henri-Cartier Bisson
Henri-Cartier Bisson grew up in a wealthy French family. He was first fascinated by paintings until photography really opened his eyes. Photography inspired Henri to travel to different countries to capture candid’s of everyday life. He ended up travelling to Africa and other places in Europe. He discovered that photography wasn’t about taking photos but about the essence of existence. He was inspired by the quote “there was never not a decisive moment” and he decided photography was about intuition, anticipation and connection with the subject of the environment.
In this image Henri Cartier-Bresson uses lines as a border of the subject who is walking in the background of this image. This creates the idea that not only is this image about the man that is jumping but also about the man in the back. He also uses negative space, this
When Cartier Bresson was taking these photos, he only had a camera that produced black and white images because of the limitations in the 1930’s, he called this monochromatic magic. Even though there is no colour the monochromatic shows a sense of timeless qualities. By having no colour the viewers can thoroughly focus on what’s in this image and what’s going on instead of being distracted by the different colours.
In this image Cartier-Bresson uses a fast shutter speed, this meant that he was able to capture the subject jumping in mid air without being too blurry. With the limitations of the camera quality in 1930, though the subject is still slightly blurry, he was able to capture the perfect moment which enabled him to create this image with as little blurriness as possible. Henri Cartier-Bresson also uses a low aperture to allow him to have the camera focussed on the foreground and the background slightly blurred. This is to allow the viewer to focus on the main subjects in the image instead of the irrelevant background.
For all my final images I used the BW11 to make the photo black and white. I like this
I have decided to crop this image of a woman walking through the street with her baguette. I have ensured that she is in the centre of the image to make her the main focus. I stood outside the shop for a while waiting for the “Decisive Moment” and I eventually managed to find this woman with a baguette under her arm. I really like this image because it has a French background which links into Henry-Cartier Bresson because he was brought up in France. I also really like this picture in black and white because it really shows the contrast between the darkness in the shops and the bright white on the woman’s face which makes her stand out as she is the main focus.
These images were taken in the St Malo town, we took pictures of people walking through the
For this photoshoot, we went to Halve Des Pas to take pictures of the natural and industrial landscapes. We used natural lighting as we were outside and made sure that our shutter speed and the aperture to get the best outcome.
I really like this image because you can see a traditional Jersey building on the left, a newly built building on the right and the high rise flats behind. This relates to topographical photography as it shows the revolution of the buildings through the years. It shows the comparison of the different styles of the buildings and how over time aesthetics change.
This picture that Stephan Shore took shows the difference of man made and natural settings. In this photograph, there are lots of bright colours, red, white and blue. These colours symbol the American flag and shows that the picture is all about America. This picture has also got several petrol stations which could resemble the amount of cars used in the country. This is significant as during the industrial revolution which spread from Britain to America in the late 19th century, cars became extremely popular. This was a major thing across the world because it was such an extortionary thing to be made. However, in this day cars are what are destroying our planet and people try to use different transport instead of cars because of the pollution. Stephan Shore tried to express the idea that in the industrial part of the photograph is what is destroying the natural land in the background of the photograph.
New topographic photography was a technique that was predominantly black and white landscape images which were being taken as if it was being surveyed from afar. New topographic was a term made by William Jenkins in 1975 to describe a group of American photographers. This included Robert Adams and Lewis Baltz and they all had a general name to describe them all as one because their photography had a similar banal aesthetic, they were mostly black and white images of urban landscapes. However Stephan Shore was the only topographical photographer who took his images in colour.
The new Topographic was a reflection of the increasingly suburbanised world around them and a reaction of the tyranny of idealised landscape photography that elevated of the natural and the elemental.
Exposure Bracketing is where a sequence of pictures with different exposures are taken, these are then blended together to create a photo with a much higher dynamic range. It makes all the details of the photograph stand out so that you can create the exact image you had in your head. Exposure Bracketing is beneficial for landscape photography because it accentuates the dark darks and the light lights. Exposure bracketing it useful for this because in one photograph it isn’t possible to get both light and dark exposures at one time.
For exposure bracketing you should always have at least two photographs that are the exact same image but with a different level of exposure. A tripod would be good to use to get stable images that are all the same to ensure that exposure bracketing is easy to do.
For this, I went onto photoshop and selected “Merge to HDR pro” to enable me to select the 3 photos I was using. I then merged these together to create a very detailed picture where all the colours were extremely vibrant and detailed. This can also be done in Adobe Light room to merge the photos together.
Exposure Bracketing links back to Ansel Adams, this is because he also had complete control of the exposure.
Ansel Adams was a photography born in San Francisco in 1902. During the 20th century. In April 1902, there was a big earthquake in San Francisco that caused the death of around 3,000 people. Ansel Adams broke his nose during this earthquake and caused his face to be disfigured, this caused him to be extremely shy in school because he was insecure about his injury. His dad moved him schools several times however Adams was never happy or settled which then meant his dad home-schooled him so that he could be comfortable in his own home. Adams was really into music and he loved to play the piano, however as the years went on he realised he would never become a professional musician. For his 14th birthday he received a camera called a box brownie which he was extremely pleased with. He first visited Yosemite National Park when he was 14 and he admired the views of all the mountains and the cliffs. He started to take photos of the views and he would climb cliffs to get a perfect picture from a high point. He had visuals of what he wanted the photographs to look like however he never achieved these pictures until he used a red lens and increase the shutter speed, after doing this he created his perfect picture and was extremely satisfied. Him and his friend, Fred Archer created something called the zone system :
Which splits the full range from black to white into 11 separate zones. This helped him in his photography because he would determine where each zone fits into his image.
In 1927, Adams became the trip photographer for the Sierra club which protected the wildlife and the nature of the Sierra Nevada and is now the biggest and oldest environmental organisation in the united states. After this, his role in the Sierra Club rapidly got more important and he started organising hikes and talks about the Sierra Nevada and his first photographs and writings became published on the clubs bulletin. He started to become very involved in the political side of the Clubs activities and was suggesting proposals for improving parks and wilderness areas and became a representative for the National Yosemite Park.
Later on in his life he was known best for his landscape photography and was often known as the “Father of landscape photography”. He took most of his landscape photography in Yosemite National Park because he was extremely moved by the experience he had when he visited the place for the first time. Adams photography is unique because of the realist style he uses to portray Yosemite National Park as it appears, whether as other landscape photographers use a pictorialist style to create an artistic image.
I really like Ansel Adams photography because it is very eerie and dark however it is also beautiful and graceful in its own way. This clearly links to the romanticism sublime because it is a very intriguing picture with several different aspects of beauty however the darkness makes the viewers feel nervous and anxious as there is no clear story of what is happening in the picture. To link to enlightenment, we can see that the picture is intended to be a picture that is negative because of the dull colours and the tone of colour on the trees and the mountains, this is contradicting as this picture is of a place he used to visit when he was young and it means something to Ansel Adams and it brings him joy and happiness when he is there because of the nostalgic feeling he gets.
Edward Weston
Edward Weston was an American photographer in the early to mid-20th century, he was best known for his careful composed, sharply focussed images of natural forms and landscapes. On his 16th birthday he was gifted a camera, this influenced him to start taking photos. Weston once said, take a picture of something ordinary, and make it extraordinary.
