Photo IV: Week 3

Blog: Week 3 assign.  Master’s of Photography

1) Edward Weston
White Dunes,
Oceano, California
1936

http://masters-of-photography.com/W/weston/weston_white_dunes.html

I believe Edward Weston is included in this particular archive of images because he is considered a Master of Photography, as is evident by his use of formal elements.  The highlights and shadows in this particular photograph are phenomenal.  

2) Brassai (Gyula Halasz)
Open Gutter
From "Paris by Night"
1933


http://masters-of-photography.com/B/brassai/brassai_gutter.html



Brassai was another photographer of high merit.  His work has a similar aesthetic to Weston’s work, being that he also photographs in a clean, and straight-forward way.  The lines in the image lead the view through the photograph and lend energy and movement to the piece.

3) Tina Modotti
Flor de manita
c. 1925

http://masters-of-photography.com/M/modotti/modotti_manita.html

Tina Modotti began as Edward Weston’s model, and then became his student, and eventually grew into a notable photographer in her own right.  She may be included in this archive due to Weston, though I find her work ever bit as interesting, and less misogynistic than Weston’s.  This image shows plant life.  What interests me about the image is the clinincal approach she has taken while capturing the image.  Instead of photographing it outdoors, she uses a plain white backdrop thus excising the plant from its environment.

3 of my own images:

1) Untitled

     I really liked the way that the tracks looked in this image.

2)Untitled

     I thought this image was funny because he looks like a floating head.

3) Untitled

     I really liked the detail in this image, like the wood grain.  I also thought it was amazing that the bird let me get that close!