Independent shoot 1-
Influential Artist Research -
Robert Frank is a Swiss-American photographer and documentary filmmaker. His most notable work, the 1958 book titled The Americans, earned Frank comparisons to a modern-day de Tocqueville for his fresh and nuanced outsider's view of American society
He turned to photography, in part as a means to escape the confines of his business-oriented family and home, and trained under a few photographers and graphic designers before he created his first hand-made book of photographs, 40 Fotos, in 1946. Frank emigrated to the United States in 1947, and secured a job in New York City as a fashion photographer for harpers bazar.
Walker Evans is one of the most influential artists of all time. The way he has captured an image elegantly and makes it look crystal clear, and the articulate publications have inspired future generations of artists. Evans was born in 1903 in St. Louis Missouri and as a child collected picture postcards and even dabbled with painting
Walker Evans is one of the most influential artists of all time. The way he has captured an image elegantly and makes it look crystal clear, and the articulate publications have inspired future generations of artists. Evans was born in 1903 in St. Louis Missouri and as a child collected picture postcards and even dabbled with painting
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AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.
My idea for this shoot was to look at American culture and capture colour and tone within the buildings and surroundings. By observing each picture from a different perspective I tried to capture the typical American culture in my own light. With reference to my best images I feel like these outcomes were the best because of the natural simplicity of them.
My idea for this shoot was to look at American culture and capture colour and tone within the buildings and surroundings. By observing each picture from a different perspective I tried to capture the typical American culture in my own light. With reference to my best images I feel like these outcomes were the best because of the natural simplicity of them.
AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
I used a Canon DSLR and used the manual setting do I was able to adjust the shutter speed and exposure for each setting. I then worked on making the colours look vibrant and saturated.
(Here you will discuss how you developed your work based on your research of e.g. artists/photographers, etc).
The artist research was helpful as It meant I could develop my work further based on looking at the photographer Robert Frank. It showed me that I could capture pictures of buildings from a low shot and a wide shot and vary the colours that I chose to include.
(It is important that you show a progression of your work… which may mean revisiting a subject area and adding additional images showing a development of your ideas or refinement of the final images through).
AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.
(At the end of the entry you will discuss whether you have produced a personal and meaningful response, this means (are my images creative/relevant to the subject area studied/connected and influenced by any research undertaken).
I believe that I was able to produce a strong series of photos based on how I managed to capture the typical American suburban and city life through a variety of different perspectives some including warmer tones and others using negative space.
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