Francesca Woodman
I like this photo by Francesca Woodman because there is a clear sense of texture, tone and lines in this image. The sharp, jagged bits of broken up plaster lay on the floor and reflect the light streaming through the window. All the walls and fire place have paint peeling off providing a strong feel to the image, a feeling of a crunchy, crispy, dusty room. There is even flakes of wallpaper lying on the gritty floor boards, this emphasises the deterioration and neglection of the room. There is also a clear sense of tone in the image, the dark corners and cracks contrast against the bright natural light let into the room through the window-less frames. Harry Callaghan This B&W photo by Harry Callaghan has a heavy emphasis on pattern. The overlapped reflected windows provide a strong pattern throughout the image. The details of each window are very clear and the sharp, black window frames give a very industrial look to the photograph which leads the viewer to think it may be of a high rise factory or tower block possibly in a built up area. There is a clear sense of geometric symmetry with all the evenly spaced windows across the photo and the rectangles that make up the windows. This pattern is so clear that the image looks more like a print than a photo because the bold outlines of the windows and brickwork are repeated almost as if they have been painted. There is also a strong contrast between the bright, white windows and the dark, black walls. This mixture of tones is emphasised by the shadows that cover the brickwork only being highlighted by the light coming from the windows. The element of lines are everywhere in the image and make up the structure of the photo, this can even be categorised to just rectangles, these shapes fill the image; in the windows, the brickwork and in the shape of the building. |
Andre Kertesz This B&W photo by Andre Kertesz is taken from a "looking down" point of view, the tone and line elements are very clear in this photograph. The image is filled with lines, lines of the steps, railings, bricks etc. The styling of the railings and cobbles suggest it is an old photo because nowadays few roads are cobbled and its not as common for modern railings to have spikes on top. Kertesz has slightly over-exposed this photo to create a greater difference in the contrast of the tones. The paving is very white while the shadows and painted lamp posts are very dark, this makes the photo more dynamic and overall more interesting. Over-exposing the image also softens down the tones making them more pleasurable to the eye and less over done. Vivian Maier Vivian Maier has perfectly framed this image, she is directly positioned in the centre of the image and the mirror which shows how skilled she is and how well she knows her camera. It is also a good angle of view because the image has captured three sections; the tower block takes up the right hand side, the mirror and the man take up the middle section and the truck takes up the left side. This is called the rule of thirds when an image is divided into three sections both vertically and horizontally. The sharpness and clarity of the image is also superb. The man and truck are in perfect focus with Maier being just out of focus enough to not overcomplicate the image or distract from the man loading/unloading the truck. The B&W colour of the photo softens down the tones to also give it an overall cleaner look to what could be a "messy" image. |