Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first image in 1826. The film was bad quality but the photo taken from Joseph's window showed specific techniques like symmetry, contrast in blacks, whites and tones of gray and had sharp angles and lines drawing the viewer in different directions. A photo is a window into what the photographer is seeing in their world, like Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Consequently, Henri Cartier and Gregory Crewdson used techniques to emphasise and evoke different meanings and feelings towards the viewer. Whether, this was happiness or uneasiness, staged or not, the images are a portal into the photographer's world.
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a skilled photographer that worked solely in capturing the decisive moment of everyday …show more content…
The focus of the foreground is the woman with a sad emotion on her face. The ray of light coming from the right side of the picture trickles over the flowers spread out on the floor, which draws the eye across the image. The figure in the centre is looking away from the camera. This feature is used to create the decisive moment for this woman. It also makes the audience wonder what her eyes are drawn to, to give her such a sad expression on her face. The viewers can form their own idea or perspective on the missing aspect that the woman is drawn to. Gregory specifically did this to induce a feeling of the unknown, which makes people unsettled. In relation to the colours in the image, most are dull dark shades but with beams of light, which give a more gloomy effect. The lighting in this photo is odd because it seems there is light coming from every direction of the room. There are beams of light obviously coming from the right, then again in the back window and from above. But what I don’t understand is why is the right beams of light have no effect on the right side of her face, then the left side of her face is illuminated by an unknown light source. From analysing this photo I can only assume Gregory used this though out lighting technique to again show eccentricity and the woman’s unstable
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a skilled photographer that worked solely in capturing the decisive moment of everyday …show more content…
The focus of the foreground is the woman with a sad emotion on her face. The ray of light coming from the right side of the picture trickles over the flowers spread out on the floor, which draws the eye across the image. The figure in the centre is looking away from the camera. This feature is used to create the decisive moment for this woman. It also makes the audience wonder what her eyes are drawn to, to give her such a sad expression on her face. The viewers can form their own idea or perspective on the missing aspect that the woman is drawn to. Gregory specifically did this to induce a feeling of the unknown, which makes people unsettled. In relation to the colours in the image, most are dull dark shades but with beams of light, which give a more gloomy effect. The lighting in this photo is odd because it seems there is light coming from every direction of the room. There are beams of light obviously coming from the right, then again in the back window and from above. But what I don’t understand is why is the right beams of light have no effect on the right side of her face, then the left side of her face is illuminated by an unknown light source. From analysing this photo I can only assume Gregory used this though out lighting technique to again show eccentricity and the woman’s unstable