WRONG!
People often only focus on how to take better, prettier photos. But have we ever try to take wrong photos? Are wrong photos always bad? Does wrong photos make any difference? How to take wrong photos?
In “WRONG!”unit, students experience and learn to take artistic photos by breaking down people’s established examples of good photos. Photography can may be evaluated differently by different people. Even the same photo can have different opinions from different angles. The purpose of this unit is being creative and gather various ideas. Try to break rules as much as we can in photography. There is no such thing as a wrong photo. Wrong photos can make positive changes in photography, wrong photos can also turn in good photos as well!
“Wrong” Photos
Each of the photos above breaks one of the rules of photography.
Rules of Photography includes:
- Rule of thirds
- Fill the frame
- Diagonal lines
- Good lighting
- Unnecessary shadows
- Put the subject in the middle
CONTEXT
This is a photo taken by John Baldassari in 1976. This photo was named “Wrong” to break the rules of photography. John Baldassari is a famous photographer with interesting mindset. He was known for breaking rules of photography.
In this “Wrong” photo, there are many reasons why this was named “Wrong”. It’s easily to realize it has no color, the camera is out of focus, the man is not stand in the middle, composition is not correct, and it’s boring. This photo is considered as wrong because there was many mistakes from a photography perspective. However, John Baldassari said he would never make any more boring art, he used to make “mistakes” as a part of art.
It makes us interested with it and therefore not boring. From John Baldassari point of view, breaking rules meant more than that. Not “perfect” made the photo more interesting and professional.