Light And Shadow
Abstract Photo
Loneliness and Glasses
In your own words, write about why you think each photographer you selected is interesting. Try using some language from the formal elements and other technical language (added to this assignment).
Lastly try to explain what you have learned from looking at their work and how it might influence your own abstract/strange photography in the future.
Vortograph
Vortograph
Vortograph (bike wheel), 1917
Construct X-B, 1981
Crown Hall 4, 2018-2019
Elemental 4, 2016
Langdale Fell, Motion Frozen/Frozen Motion, 1979
Seven Representations of White,1972
Jerome, Arizona 20, 1949
New York 6, 1951
Chicago 6, 1961
Electric wires 1, Copenhagen, 1950s
Power Lines, Chicago, 1951
Unknown
Source: Google Arts and Culture
Title: "Telhas"
Creator: Thomaz Farkas
Date: 1945
Physical Dimensions: w27,7 x h20,5 cm
Visual Qualities
What is the main focus/where is your eye drawn?
Describe what is in the photograph/artwork
What location has been used?
Is it a real event or staged?
Describe any use of composition rules
Describe any use of formal elements
Does when the image was taken affect the work?
Can you read any meaning/concept/message/mood from the work? What techniques has the photographer/artist used to create this?
Camera Settings
Was it a quick shutter speed or a long exposure?
What aperture could the photographer have used, is it a high or low depth of field?
Editing
Do you think the work has been edited? If so, how?
Personal Reflections
Do you like the work? Why/why not?
What ideas can you take from it and apply to your own work?
What would you like to know about the work?
What have you learnt from studying this piece of work?