Week 4 Blog

Josef Sudek - Egg

http://5magazine.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/over-the-photographs-by-josef-sudek/

What may seem as such a simple picture is not. This minimal choice of subject matter has, in my eye, created an excellent photograph. It also demonstrates how something simple such as a plate and an egg can make a photograph. The information given in this image is amazing, the scratches on the sill, suttle reflection in the glass, bright whites and dark blacks. All of this information creates a complete pleasing photograph that has a great tonal range and composition.

Emmet Gowin
http://raphaelgianellimeriano.blogspot.com/2011/04/emmet-gowin-photographs.html

The use of a wide angle lens really captured the emotion in this image. The elongation of the body with the same feeling from the room makes both the figure and environment become one. The two windows also add two highlights that really make the image pop. The horse in the left window also makes the viewer ask questions. Is that a decoration? The kids? So is she in the kids room? Gowin uses the curtains and clothing to relate to each other as well with the shadows and ripples.

Lewis Baltz - Park City

http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426108364/title-park-city-1980-a-sequential-work-with-102-elements-element-no-80.html

Here we have another image with simple subject matter. Although there are not many objects in this photograph there are still some very interesting things going on. For starters even though there are only five surface planes there is still a full tonal range. The black rectangle is almost centered in the photograph but not quite. The small creases between the dry-wall and screws add more of a texture breaking up the light gray space in the background. In the foreground we also have debris which adds even more texture, the debris is not over powering in this photo due to the high contrast in the center and to the right side of the photograph.