Reading Assessment 2 "Interpreting Photographs" 1. The author's thesis is to tell us the different steps when interpreting a photograph. 2. The author gives us many examples to support his thesis, he shows us many pieces of work by different photographers and explains us what critics say about their work. 3. He defines interpretation as something to "make sense out of", he adds that it is also about telling the point, the mood, and find the sense. 4. According to the author, interpretation is important when criticizing a photograph because it helps to make sense out of it, "it gives voice to signs that don't speak their own". Barrett also adds that to interpret a photograph is to tell someone else what one understands about a photograph and what one thinks about one. 5. While giving his different examples of various interpretations, the one that stood out the most to me was "interpretive strategies". In this paragraph, Barr...
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Reading Assessment 1 - Questions 1-The author's thesis is to make us understand the different principles of describing a photograph, and how important it is. Make the readers understand the meaning of subject and subject matter, style, medium, and form when analysis a picture. 2- He uses a lot of photographers such a Richard Avedon, William Wilson, Joel -Peter Witkin as examples. He show us the different critics and analysis that have been made on their work. 3- a: Description: asking myself what I am looking at in this specific image, and getting to know the image, then it will lead to understanding and perhaps appreciate it more. b: Subject is the overall theme of the picture, and subject matter is what we directly see, a place, an event, or someone. c: Form : how the artist choose to represent the subject matter in his photograph. d: Medium: what the "art form" or the main subject is made of, what express meaning. e: Style: what the photographer chooses ...
Assignment 1- Part 2 : Inspiration Images IMAGE 1 “42nd street and eighth avenue”- Lars Tunbjork I chose this picture because it was one of the first to caught my eye when reading a book about photography a few years ago (by Henry Garrol). I love this photograph because of the colors and the structure. I also like the fact that the beauty comes from everything working together. The picture was taken by Lars Tunbjork, a swedish photographer mostly known for his urban style. Many of his photographs can be found at the Museum of Modern art, the Centre Pompidou or Maison Europeene de la photographie in Paris. IMAGE 2 “New York, 1965” - Garry Winogrand I chose this Picture because it’s one of my Winogrand’s favorite. I love Black and White photography and street photography, that’s how I discovered Winogrand. He is an american photographer from the Bronx, mostly known for his documentary and street photography. I enjoy this photograph because there are many thi...
Assignment 1- Part 1 : Bracketing Bracketing is the technique of taking several shots to find the perfect exposure. It means taking multiple photographs of the same object/scene while adjusting our exposure differently for each picture. One will be underexposed, one will be perfectly exposed and the last on will be overexposed. To achieve bracketing I used my light meter, I changed my f-stops, shutter speed and ISO when needed. I put the manual mode on my camera to be able to change all the setting I wanted. Picture 1- Underexposed : Shutter Speed : 1/80s Fstop 8 ISO 100 Meter @ -2 Picture 2- Properly exposed: Shutter Speed 1/100s Fstop 10 ISO 100 Mete r @ 0 Picture 3- Overexposed: Shutter Speed 1/30s Fstop 8 ISO 100 Meter @+2