More Artists For You To See

During our meetings, I mentioned some of the following artists to you. Click on their names to learn more.

Adam Fuss


David Levinthal


David Meanix


Andy Goldsworthy

Portrait/Self-portrait Slide Show

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How Are They Different?

Thomas Joshua Cooper

Ansel Adams

Light & Shadow Slide Show

Your next assignment is an expoloration of light and shadows.

First, I want you to study light for a day or two. Just notice it--when is it strongest? when is it softest? how does it make you feel? does it remind you of anything? how does it describe objects/people/places? how does it create a mood? does it create a mood?

THEN, I want you to expose two rolls of film in which you concentrate on using light symbolically. Think about what you want to say/convey.

Remember that one of the goals of this course is for you to discover through photography what is meaningful to you. This is more challenging that learning all the technical stuff.

Due next week: 2 rolls of film, exposed, processed, and contact printed.

Light & Shadow Slide Show

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Composition & Framing

Titian's The Rape of Europa


Robert Cappa


Eliot Erwitt


Eliot Erwitt


Larry Towell

Class Discussion: Adams, Meatyard, Winogrand, Modica

Ansel Adams, Mouth Lassan from the Devasted Area, Mount Lassen Volcanic National Park, 1945

Before title

• in focus
• complex
• depth: foreground and background
• shades: definitive colors
• happy
• harsh/tension
• two focal points (tree, mountain)
• looks frozen
• all encompassed in picture
  

After hearing title

• actual place
• more narrative
• sad
• what you focus on determines mood
• lighting
• factual/focused on a place�

Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled (Zen Twig), 1961

Before title

• not in focus
• simple
• flat
• blended color
• shadowy
• drowsy
• one focal point (twig)
• movement/bending/ghosting
• only twig/everything not included
  

After title

• not a specific place
• a thing, not a story
• more tranquil
• idea of something/forces feeling
• eye travels along line (twig)�
  

Gary Winogrand, New York, 1968�

• woman waving down a cab
• two girls
• divided into three worlds with curb in the middle: sidewalk, curb, street
• contrast of light
• hard to find focal point
• relationship of women and children—foreshadowing?
  

Compared/contrasted with Andrea Modica image below

• very defined
• busy
• clear
• more contrast
• lots of shadows
• movement through lines on street and angles
• angular and mechanical
• moving yet no motion�
  

Andrea Modica�

• boy in motion
• white dog in background
• arms are missing
• blurry/ to show motion
• boy is bent over/curved
  

Compared/contrasted with Gary Winogrand image above

• less clear
• drawn further back into the background
• less busy
• muted
• gray
• more organic