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Which ones worked and why? The tenth drawing was incredibly hard to find, in the end, I still wasn’t able to find anything for it.

Which ones didn’t work so well, and why? The eleventh drawing took quite a while to do, since I needed to find something that made the lines distinct to make the same effect as the drawing.

1. Copy the photograph into your portfolio
2. List 3 things the photographer might have been interested in capturing in this picture? Lines, shapes, and patterns
3. If you were the photographer, what title would you give it? Explain why. Shadow, because the whole photo is literally a shadow over an object.
4. Name one thing you think is unusual about the photograph. The entire picture isn’t clear enough for me to identify the main object.
5. Describe the use of line, shape, Pattern, texture, tone and focus. The lines and shapes distinguish the shadows from the object itself, the use of patterns is created by shadows, with the gaps in between the shadows casting light onto the picture repeatedly. The texture of the center object which I assume is a table is more smooth compared to the wall. This photo doesn’t display a wide range of tones, it’s only shadows over an object, making it appear darker than it actually is. There is no focus in the picture.
6. What do you think is the best thing about this photograph? I like the distinct elements shown in this picture.

1. Explain what the phrase Formal Elements means in photography.

Formal elements are visual features that when applied in composition have the potential to transform simple objects into extraordinary shots.

2. Describe each of the 6 elements discussed so far (line, shape, pattern, texture, tone, focus)

Lines – vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines

Shape – provides a clear distinction for us to recognize each object

Pattern – Similar objects lined up in a way that they repeat

Texture – The feel of the photos physically

Tone – Color mixture that is not a single color

Focus – A clear distinct object with a blurred background

3. Give an example that emphasizes each element

Line

Shape

Pattern

Texture

Tone

Focus

4. Can an image show just one element at a time? Justify your answer.

The picture can show as many elements as it possible can. For example, patterns consist of lines and shapes repeated across an image to make it a pattern.

1. Abstract photography can allow us to think more deeply about the things we see around us.
2. Pictorialism is the idea that photography can be art.
3. Abstract photography is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have any immediate association with any object of the real world.
4. Pursued photography in 1925. Taught photography and became a freelance photographer.
5. Industry, architecture, nature and common objects.
6. Because he wants to show the world just how beautiful it actually is without any kind of techniques.
7. Because he believes pictorialism has a heavily manipulative process.
8. Pictoralist image Straight image
9. Aaron Siskind took photos of ordinary objects without using any editing techniques
10. Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams, Paul Strand, Sadakichi Hartmann
11. Uta Barth’s work is abstract because her work is ‘as much about vision and perception as it is about the failure to see’ which means she tries to get the viewers to think ‘be aware of their own looking,’ and her out-of-focus images. Andreas Gursky’s works are not abstract, because they are usually landscapes that are not out-of-focus, they are both not straight photographers because their photos don’t have much minor details,

Abstract photography is a means of depicting a visual image that has no immediate association with any real world object, created through the use of photographic equipment, processes and materials. Audiences need to look thoroughly to see what it is the author is attempting to express.