html5-img
1 / 35

Take a Good Look

Take a Good Look. A format for looking at and talking about photographs. Vocabulary. Subject: The main thing depicted in a photograph. The subject may be people, objects, shapes, places, events, etc. Vocabulary.

bella
Download Presentation

Take a Good Look

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Take a Good Look A format for looking at and talking about photographs

  2. Vocabulary • Subject: The main thing depicted in a photograph. The subject may be people, objects, shapes, places, events, etc.

  3. Vocabulary • Framing: What the photographer has placed within the boundaries of the photograph.

  4. Vocabulary • Dominance: The most influential or important element in the image. In a work of art, the dominant point is where your eye is drawn first.

  5. Vocabulary • Contrast: Opposition or juxtaposition of different forms, lines, or colors in a work of art to intensify each other’s properties and produce a more dynamic expression.

  6. Vocabulary • Balance: Arrangement or adjustment of parts in a symmetrical way.

  7. 1. Subject Matter • What is the main subject of this photograph? • What is going on in this photograph? • What evidence is there for that? • What do you think interested the photographer about this subject?

  8. 1. Analyze the SUBJECT

  9. 2. Time • When do you think this picture was taken? • What do you think happened just after the photograph was taken? • What happened right before the photograph was taken?

  10. 2. Analyze for TIME

  11. 3. Visual Elements 1 • Light • Doers the light seem natural or artificial? • Harsh or soft? • From what direction is the light coming?

  12. 3. Analyze for Light

  13. 3. Visual Elements 2 • Focus • What parts of the image are clearly in focus? • Are some parts of focus? • Note: The range between the nearest and farthest things that appear in focus define the photographer’s depth of field.

  14. Analyze for Focus

  15. 3. Visual Elements 3 • Color • What colors do you see, if any?

  16. Analyze for Color

  17. 3. Visual Elements 4 • Texture • Do you see visual textures within the photograph?

  18. Analyze for Texture

  19. 4. Composition of the PhotographHow things are arranged • Framing • How would the picture change if you moved the camera to the right or left, or up or down? • What has the photographer left out of the picture?

  20. Analyze for Framing

  21. 4. Composition of the PhotographHow things are arranged • Vantage point • Where do you think the photographer was standing when he/she took this picture? • How far was the photographer from what you see in the picture? • How could you change the vantage point to make the picture look different?

  22. Analyze for Vantage Point

  23. 4. Composition of the PhotographHow things are arranged • Dominance • Close your eyes. When you open them and look at the photograph what is the first thing you notice? • Why is your attention drawn there? • Are there other centers of interest? • How are the centers of interest created?

  24. Analyze for Dominance

  25. 4. Composition of the PhotographHow things are arranged • Contrast • Is there strong visual contrast – lights and darks, varying texture, etc.?

  26. Analyze for Contrast

  27. 4. Composition of the PhotographHow things are arranged • Balance • Is the visual weight on one side of the photograph about the same as the other? • How about from top to bottom? Diagonally?

  28. Analyze for Balance

  29. 4. Composition of the PhotographHow things are arranged • Historical and Cultural Context • Where do you think the photograph was made? • Who do you think the people in the are? • What does it look like they are doing? • Do the answers to these questions tell you anything about when, where, and what was going on when the photograph was made? • What was happening in history during the time this photograph was taken?

  30. Analyze for Historical and Cultural Context

  31. 5. Original Purpose • How was the photograph seen or used? • How is the photograph seen today?

  32. Analyze for Original Purpose

  33. 6. Photographer’s Intention • What biographical information do you know about the photographer? • Does this information tell you anything about why the photographer may have created the photograph? • What do you think the photographer was trying to express through the image? • What do you see that makes you say that?

  34. Analyze for Photographs Intention? Thomas Hoepkeris a German born photographer and member of Magnum Photos. On September 11, 2001, Hoepker was in New York when the World Trade Center was attacked. Hoepker captured hundreds of photos of the destruction, but one stands out. The photograph shows a collection of Americans relaxing and enjoying a conversation while the Twin Towers burn in the background. Hoepker did not publish the image for five years because he was concerned with the message. In 2006, the picture caused controversy in the American media. The New York Times published an article claiming the picture showed America’s failure to learn from the tragic day, or to change and reform as a nation.

  35. Analyze using all the elements

More Related