Week 9 Blog

Eliot Porter

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Porters work reminds me a lot of the thing itself. He creates different variations of what he finds aesthetically pleasing. What he changes about this landscape is the point of view in which he chose to shoot. The added reflection of the water lets the viewer see more of the rock face also in a different light than the direct image. He uses a warm saturated color palette with darker tones in the background. I have been very interested in reflections lately and I think Porter created a successful photograph of a reflection.

Rolfe Horn

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Horn's work reminds me of Tokihiro Sato's work. I chose this photograph for that reason and because Horn is using a neutral density filter to obtain this quality in the image. The long exposure makes the water appear as fog because it takes the white caps of the water when the image is exposed due to how bright it is. I will say that Horn has more of a fog effect then Sato's long exposure water pictures. Horn also gets tones from both the water and the sky, the sky is but ten percent darker than the water or "fog." And the emphasis is placed well on the darker group of rocks further back in space.

George Tice

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I respect this photograph because Tice goes against the rule of thirds and takes the photograph straight on but still creates asymmetry with the figure in the background. Although he is in a dark space he gets information in the much brighter direct sunlight beyond the bridge/platform. A subtle cityscape framed within the confines of a very design heavy frame. I also chose this picture because it reminds me of a bridge that i shot at this week for Photo II , the long arches on each side of the boards that show structure in the image.