LANDSCAPE
ARTIST ANALYSIS - BRASSAI
Brassaï (9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.
ARTIST ANALYSIS - LEWIS BALTZ
Lewis Baltz was one of the most prominent representatives of the New Topographics movement, which was seminal to the development of the conceptual photography. Born in Newport, California, in 1945, Lewis Baltz studied photography at the Art Institute in San Francisco from 1966–1969 and went on to hold various teaching positions and professorships in the 1970s. His work focused on searching for beauty in desolation and destruction, and highlighted the reality of human landscape such as offices, factories and parking lots.
The three images below are all examples of Baltz's talent.His typical locations he photographed were previously unimproved land. His images all have a similarity in which they all include a plain blank background which creates mystery for the viewer, also the fact that many feature a window or a door makes each image have an element of curiosity. I especially like Baltz style of photography and am inspired by it. His constant use of black and white show how simplistic these photos are but some how work very well and draw your attention to them.
The three images below are all examples of Baltz's talent.His typical locations he photographed were previously unimproved land. His images all have a similarity in which they all include a plain blank background which creates mystery for the viewer, also the fact that many feature a window or a door makes each image have an element of curiosity. I especially like Baltz style of photography and am inspired by it. His constant use of black and white show how simplistic these photos are but some how work very well and draw your attention to them.
ARTIST ANALYSIS - JOHN PFAHL
Pfahl grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey. He is known for his landscape photography such as his 1974 "Altered Landscapes" series. He received a BFA from Syracuse University in the School of Art and his MA from Syracuse University in the School of Communications. He taught at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, from 1968 – 1983. Later he was professor at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
FIRST RESPONSE
FRAMING THE ENVIRONMENTS
ARTIST ANALYSIS - JOHN DIVOLA
John Divola, a contemporary visual artist was born in Los Angles however, he currently lives in Riverside, CA. Divola is a photographer who describes his work as an exploration of landscape by looking for the edge between the abstract and the specific. Below are three pictures by him which I feel best represent his work.
This composition was taken from the back wall of an empty room looking through to the ocean. The room is bare all apart from the debris on the floor (shattered glass and a wooden box.) The walls are all painted white and the floor is a very dark brown which allows the focal point in this image to be the ocean beyond this room and the ocean is a very vibrant blue with a faint pink outline of the sun setting/rising. In this image, Divola has created a sense of freedom and wanderlust. He creates this feel by leaving the the shattered glass in shot possibly representing a bad home-life or dissatisfaction and the bright blue ocean representing the thought that the world is full of adventure and the want to get out of the normal routine and be free.
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In this image, the photo has been taken from an interior of a room to the interior of the next room. The rooms again are both de-cluttered with furniture however the walls of the building are covered in graffiti. The building looks like and empty wharehouse and appears to be dirty and unsafe. This is maybe due to the graffiti thats been sprayed chaotically with images of different colours overlapping each other. This gives the sense of cluttered thoughts and anxiety. All the colours of the graffiti are drawn carelessly and look like an overwhelming jumble of thoughts. The next room is also covered in graffiti which gives a sense of repetition in lifestyle the impression of the disability to get away from the thoughts driving you crazy . That we live in patterns.
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This photo looks as though it has been roughly taken from the centre of the back wall of the room and the image is of the exterior of the room. The interior for a change, is filled with furnisher and the windows are draped with raggy, make-do curtains. The exterior is, once again, the ocean however this time, the ocean is more of a dull blue which highlights the yellowy orange sun dying the sky. The composition is very dull and the room looks cluttered with rubbish and unwanted possessions. It gives a sense of being unwanted and/or unneeded
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FIRST RESPONSE
SECOND RESPONSE
THIRD RESPONSE
PANORGAPHIES
TECHNIQUE
First, you will need to find a suitable setting/location for your image to be taken in. Once you have found the location of your choice, whilst remaining still and in the same position, take a series of images from various different angles . For this process, you will need to select the camera setting 'Auto' or 'P' mode on your DSLR .
Make sure you're fully zoomed out to capture the full image.
When using Photoshop, follow these steps:
File>Automatic>Photo merge>Select collage mode
Make sure you're fully zoomed out to capture the full image.
When using Photoshop, follow these steps:
File>Automatic>Photo merge>Select collage mode
SECOND RESPONSE
THE FORMAL ELEMENTS
A term used by artists and photographers traditionally within the fine arts, to refer to the components within a composition, which generally include the following:
Line, tone, pattern, perspective, layers, contrast, negative space, texture, scale and focus.
They are often used together, and how they are organised in a photograph determines what the finished piece will look like.
Line, tone, pattern, perspective, layers, contrast, negative space, texture, scale and focus.
They are often used together, and how they are organised in a photograph determines what the finished piece will look like.