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-identical twins -old photograph -two young girls -same clothes -standing up in front of a wall -side by side -creepy/freakish -looking straight into camera -different white stockings Connotative: -difference in expression-feeling of tension between the girls+showing there individuality that cannot be shown otherwise. -camera angled not straight- contrasting to the neatness and perfection of the girl. -trying to show that everything is different through the most stereotypical identical thing - separation against the wall -different body language-showing there individuality |
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-2 people sunbathing/relaxing -Lawn taking up ⅔ of the photo -old image -child playing in the background -swing in the background -trees blocking the sky -two chairs with table in the middle Connotative: -separation between the child and the adults -Separation between the adults(the table) and body language -gloomy lighting portraying there emotions -feeling of emptiness -lines of table parallel to show separation -loneliness overriding in the family -looks like a stereotypical family in those days -pleasurable things pushed out of the image(swings) |
During the Renaissance the idea of exploring and representing the reality of nature became of real interest.The way of recording a given moment was dominated by the drawing of realistic images . This was made easier by new discoveries during the renaissance for example the camera obscura
The camera was Obscura was first discovered by an Arab Physicist , Alhazan .This was a device was then adapted in the 16th century and consisted of a box, tent or a small room with a small hole on the side of it to allow light through. This small hole will then allow light from the external scene to pass through it.The image of the scene outside would then be reflected on the inside however the image will be reversed and inverted. Another way of using light to its full advantage was too use a Camera Lucida. This was a device used to help an artist draw the best interpretation of what is in front of them using tracing and shadows. This device was very simple consisting of a prism on an adjustable stand. The camera Lucida stretches all the way back to the renaissance as well as the Camera Obscura when there was an artistic rebirth. During the 19th century Louis Jacques Daguerre (painter of stage sets and illusionistic scenery) invented the daguerreotype.This was the first successful photography process in the history of photography. Each one of these is a unique image on a silver copper plate.During the same time the daguerreotype was invented an english scientist, William Henry Fox Tabolt, developed a photograph called the calotype.This used paper coated with silver iodide and created a negative.This was a big step up in photography due to the fact that those negatives could them be turned into a positive. The calotype at the start, although was more superior than the daguerreotype, was not as popular due to the fact it was not sharp enough.However over time it was developed and became the most popular type of photography. |
Camera obscura:
Louis Jacques Daguerre:
Calotype image:
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Pictorialism is a style of photography focusing on, not just the simple recording on an image, but the emphasis of the beauty of the subject matter as well as the tone and composition. The image should not be a documentation of reality but should be seen as an artistic statement used in response to claims that photography was 'nothing more than a simple record of reality'. This international movement advanced the status of all photography turning it into a true art form. This movement was bought in in the late 1860s and appeared to lack a sharp focus and mainly just consisted of bland colours including:black, white, warm brown and deep blue. The images would also have noticeable manipulations such as brush strokes on then. This was trying to reflect, like paintings and drawings, an emotional intent onto the viewers. Henry Peach Robinson came up with movement in desire to separate photography from its stereotypical claims.
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Straight photography opposed pictorialism in the way that it intended to depict an image in sharp detail and focus, to distinguish the difference between photography and other forms of visual media such as painting. Straight photography is very contradictory against pictorialism as it thrives to get the most high contrast and rich tonality images.
Alfred Stieglitz led the Photo-Secession along with other photographers in the early 20th century. This was a movement that emphasized photography in general as a fine art and in particular photographic pictortialism. This movement began in New York. |
In this image Bayer intended to create feeling of claustrophobia. He did this by having the whole building filling the background as if the building is closing in on the viewer and surrounding him, giving a feeling of suffocation.The use of the size of the hand as well as it being opened in that shape also increase the claustrophobic feeling. This is due to them looking as if they are going to come closer and closer to your face as if co ing to suffocate you. He wanted us to react in a way of being scared of the image and therefore intrigued by it.
Buyer also intended to create feelings of unease and show the cramped living conditions in those days. He did this by, if looking closely, both the hands and the eyes are different .He also intended to show the cramped living conditions through the layering of the windows, one on top of the other. Buyer is considering the surrealism movement in this piece of work. This is shown by unrealistic large hands with eyes on them, shadowed onto a building. The photographer wanted to explore a revolutionary human experience, asserting the value of the unconscious and dreams. He did this by creating an uncanny image. |
Herbert Bayer: "lonely metropolitan"
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