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28 Cards in this Set

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Duane Michals
Book: Duane Duck - Context... words can change the meaning of a photograph.
big on context... how many images you can put together
James Balog
book “Survivors” featuring animals - 3rd effect, photographic life, dying relatives, 2 pics effect each other
Robert Frank
shot the Americas, trolly car picture... composition
Richard Avedon
American West. Very stark contrast with blank background (15 to 20 feet high when shown in public)
Annie Leibovitz
Celebrities - Shot for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair
William Albert Allard
National Geographic – very prolific - Wide expansive shots, beautiful color - American west, northern south America
Alex Webb
Put lots of things into the same image, compressed, color, high noon, haiti - Known for layering, dense images with lots of information - Shoots often with wide angle - Often at high noon, very intense shadow, in color - Known for shooting in Haiti, where he did a book called “Under a Grudging Sun” - Known / idolized for his style – very famous among photographers
Galen Rowell
Died in a plane crash – adventure photographer, extreme locations (everest, etc.) - Nature, landscapes, wonderful lighting (available light)
James Natchwey
War photographer - Started an agency with 6 other photographers called “7” - Black and white, typically, beautifully/impeccably composed - War or famine / something equated with war (a regime that tortures people, etc.)
Eugene Richards
aaaaaawk subjects - Known for cutting off body parts, odd cropping – uncomfortable - Gritty subject matter - Shot his wife dying of cancer - Kids sleeping on the floor of their Brooklyn home so that stray bullets don’t hit them in the night - Emergency rooms, psychiatric ward
Mary Ellen Mark
India, prostitutes in Bombay. With Magnum, then formed her own agency - 15 or 20 books - Finding a subject and staying with them for a long time
Marc Riboud
Light, style
Dorothea Lange
style... feet... Migrant Mother - Farm Security Administration (FSA) - Really into shooting feet, not what she was known for
Lauren Greenfield
fast forward (book)... the kids in hollywood. influence of drugs / gang life
Gary Winogrand
women are beautiful.. street photographer ... had dozens of rolls undeveloped when he died
Shelby Lee Adams
Appalachian potraits - These photos span about 20 years of time, but they seem timeless – these families don’t change much over the years
Cartier-Bresson
Decisive Moment
Sam Abell
frequent publication of photographs in National Geographic. Abell rarely uses flash, preferring a pure relationship with light. his best work is known for its transcendent qualities, starting at the documentary level yet open to interpretation on an aesthetic level.
Bill Owens
Best known for his photographs of suburban domestic scenes taken in the East Bay and published in the book "Suburbia" in 1973
"The Red Couch" by Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth
Most of all, it would become a neutral object that could change the meaning of the photograph by its inclusion alone. (i.e. Monument Valley, Arizona)
Why Crop?
i. Image format isn’t always ideal
ii. May be a now or never situation (news)
iii. But, this crop isn’t absolute. Photo editor should have final say.
iv. Never crop to change meaning or to mislead
v. Never crop a photo to fit a layout
When to Crop
i. To improve the composition
ii. Achieve clarity (perhaps to bring the action/subject up closer)
iii. To heighten impact
What Cropping can do
i. Delete distracting elements (sometimes not everything is visible in the viewfinder)
ii. Correct distracting camera tilt
iii. Eliminate technical errors
iv. Raise or lower horizon
v. Reduce apparent distance
When NOT to crop
i. Perfect images (according to the photographer…)
ii. Need to preserve the mood
iii. Need for negative space
iv. When quality is destroyed
The Process of Shooting an Illustration
i. Start with a story idea
ii. Brainstorm (write them down)
iii. Write a headline
iv. Sketch
v. Take your time thinking. Talk to others.
vi. Gather props (give photogs time to do that, please)
vii. Shoot! (the fastest part!)
viii. The whole process should take more than a day if you don’t want crap.
Gestalt Laws
Continuity, Closure, Similarity, Proximity
Hierarchy of Picture Selection by Joe Elbert, Washington Post
a. Informational
i. Who, what, when, where, why
ii. Facts of the story
b. Graphically Appealing
i. Interesting perspective, lines, design, composition, framing, color, light, etc.
c. Emotional
i. More than emotion and a pretty photo
ii. Do you feel something?
iii. How does the subject feel? The photographer?
iv. Feel like you’re there?
v. Does it hit you in the gut?
d. Intimacy
i. The viewer feels privy to something
ii. How’d they gain access?
iii. How did the subject open their life up
iv. What’s the relationship like? (subject/photographer)
Gestalt
A German word for form or shape. It is used in English to refer to a concept of 'wholeness.' Refers to the form-forming capability of our senses, particularly with respect to the visual recognition of figures and whole forms instead of just a collection of simple lines and curves.