2. In the cover photo did you
observe the shapes that
the shadows have created?
How do the shadows work
to break up the negative
space of the background?
4. How these objects look in the real
world is often very different from
how they appear in photographs.
Photographers make them seem
special and can reveal the nature of
the objects, as well as their own
feelings about them. The subjects in a
still life photograph can represent
many things other people, the world
or even ideas and emotions.
How did Blossfeldt use the negative space in the photo to create a variety in his images?
Borrn in Oregon in 1894 she began her career as a journalist at the San Francisco Chronicle.
This is where she taught herself photography.
While in California she met Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, and Ansel Adams
These photographers thought enough of Kanga’s work to include here in a the group F/64 exhibit in 1932
While Kanga did still life's, cityscapes, portraits, and photojournalism. She is considered to be the pioneer in social photography.
She is one of the first photographers to make artistic portraits of African-Americans.
In the 1930’s he acquired a bent and distorted mirror from a carnival funhouse and used it to photograph a variety of subjects, from people to still life objects..
As a side note: Absolute unity can sometimes be monotonous or boring while absolute variety can result in an image in which nothing draws are interest, because everything is fighting for attention.
However, by carefully combining unity and variety, you can produce images with visual interest, with each part contributing its own unique significance to the whole.
Paul Strand student of Lewis Hines was the first photographer to adopt the aesthetics of abstract art and apply them to photographs.
US born 1945 These photographs are produced with out a camera