Jaques Henri Lartigue
1911, Gelatin Silver Print
Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves Klein at Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960.
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Jaques Henri Lartigue
1911, Gelatin Silver Print
Photomontage by Harry Shunk of a performance by Yves Klein at Rue Gentil-Bernard, Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 1960.
Fine Art Photography Historicals: Pictorialism vs. Modernism
This post is inspired by a slide that Maria Harper uses in her class Photographic Art History at Langara College. These images, both taken by Alfred Stieglitz, clearly show Stieglitz's transition from Pictorialism into Modernism.
Compare the atmospheric qualities of From the Back Window from 1915 with and the bold geometric shapes of Looking Northwest from the Shelton from 1932.
From the Back Window, 291, 1915
The way the eye is drawn into this image through the use of depth and a foreground path-like element contrasts nicely with the second image's unyielding two-dimensionality.
Looking Northwest from the Shelton, 1932
Looking Northwest from the Shelton seems to trap the eye within the frame using the oppressive lines of 30's era skyscrapers. The lack of a foreground path into the image minimizes what little depth is in the photograph and references the medium by drawing attention to it's inability to show true depth.
It's important to note that Pictorialism as a style became outmoded around 1915 and so From the back Window, 291 does have some very modernist aspects.
Compare the atmospheric qualities of From the Back Window from 1915 with and the bold geometric shapes of Looking Northwest from the Shelton from 1932.
The way the eye is drawn into this image through the use of depth and a foreground path-like element contrasts nicely with the second image's unyielding two-dimensionality.
Looking Northwest from the Shelton seems to trap the eye within the frame using the oppressive lines of 30's era skyscrapers. The lack of a foreground path into the image minimizes what little depth is in the photograph and references the medium by drawing attention to it's inability to show true depth.
It's important to note that Pictorialism as a style became outmoded around 1915 and so From the back Window, 291 does have some very modernist aspects.
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Food Landscapes
Donut Mountain in the Mist
I'm really happy with the results from this donut photoshoot I did today (all in camera btw). I'm even happier with the fact that I seem to be in a phase where every picture I take amazes me. Lucky me! I did a hair style shoot last sunday with katie j. doing hair and four different models. Overall the shoot went really swell (like i said, shit hot phase), but I'm just starting to dig into the post processing so no images yet. For now enjoy this tasty treat from my "studio".
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