We started looking at the formal elements in lesson; focus, light, line, repetition, shape, space, texture and tone. We discussed these elements and the impact and importance that they have in photography, then we analysed pictures using these elements to make commentary.
We were asked to look at Paul Strands' The White Fence. Paul Strand was one of the pioneers of photography, this image is unlike anything else created at the same time. He showed that an everyday object like a white fence had aesthetic and artistic appeal. His photography was revolutionary, declaring a new version of our visual language. |
This is the photograph that my group annotated, Windowsill Daydreaming by Minor White (1958). The first thing I noticed in this image is the mixture of types of lines in this image. There is contrast in the harsher lines of the window and also the skirting but the curtain flows and the waviness of the edge creates a more curvy line, which also affects the angle of the light. I liked the combination of the two types of lines because I think that if it had been either or then the nature of the image would be changed completely. The image feels quite shallow and close up, the only depth present is what is created from the space just outside of the window. I quite like this as I feel it adds to the quiet and soft nature of the image, emphasised by the use of different types of lines. The colour gradient is not abrupt but smooth, the colouring feels quiet too.
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