(Amazon, Andreas Gurskey)
3 things the photographer might have been interested in capturing in this picture
Work Cited
Amazon – Andreas Gursky | the Broad. www.thebroad.org/art/andreas-gursky/amazon.
6 elements
1. Line: leads your eyes through the photo, like a road heading toward the horizon.
(From work cited at bottom)
2. Shape: means a 2D subject outline, rectangles, circles, triangles
(From work cited at bottom)
3. Pattern: when you see the same shape, line, or color over and over again
(From work cited at bottom)
4. Texture: like a brick wall or something fluffy.
5 .Tone: the range of light and dark
(From work cited at bottom)
6. Focus: decides what part of the photo is clear.
Works Cited
Focus: Understanding the 7 Formal Elements of Photography. focus.picfair.com/articles/7-formal-elements-photography.
John Baldessari challenges our beliefs about the rules of photography, using a series of rule-breaking techniques. In the photograph WRONG! by Baldessari, there is no specific main point, instead, a blurry body is in the center, partly hidden from the light and the focus used in the picture. Contrast is used to create a bigger difference between light and dark in the photograph.
The unrecognizable person, who blends into a tree right behind them, appears to be part of the background rather than something that would grab the viewer’s attention. Many elements may seem incorrect according to traditional photography standards.
Most of these factors seem wrong. This piece helps him show that even though it is boring and does not follow any rules, it can still be considered art, and it is a way he expresses that things dont need to follow a set of rules.
“John Baldessari:Wrong.” Noah’s GCSE Photography, noahsgcsephotographysite.weebly.com/john-baldessariwrong.html.
Abstract photography can be defined as capturing images in which the subject isn’t the most interesting element. Albert Renger-Patzsch and Aaron Siskind photographed the ordinary to reveal their beauty. Uta Barth reversed the typical use of the camera, shooting out of focus and Andreas Gursky photographs the repetition of elements. During this unit, you will investigate appropriate examples of abstract photography and respond in your own way.
Blog 1
“Abstract photography can be defined as capturing images in which the subject isn’t the most interesting element”
I think that this quote means that abstract photography is where you make things that are usually not interesting the main subject.
Blog 2
I think that it is similar to the WRONG! unit. I think that it means something that doesnt look real or normal.
Pictorialism was a style where photographers made images look like paintings, they used soft focus and edits to create a moody feel, which was the opposite of straight photography, which would show how something would look like in real life. Photographers liked the straight movement because it felt new, and it showed what the camera could actually do.
Edward Weston and Aaron Siskind both used this style to create abstract art. Weston took clear, close-up shots of things like bell peppers, while Siskind took shots of things like peeling paint. By getting so close and keeping the image clear, they made everyday objects into abstract patterns.
Andreas Gursky takes big, clear photos of places like warehouses. He is mostly a straight photographer because of how clear his photos are.
Uta Barth is different because she uses extreme blur. She focuses more on the surroundings than on sharp details, so she leans toward the Pictorialist side of photography.
Works Cited
“Aaron Siskind Photography, Bio, Ideas.” The Art Story, www.theartstory.org/artist/siskind-aaron.
Amazon – Andreas Gursky | the Broad. www.thebroad.org/art/andreas-gursky/amazon.
“Pictorialism Movement Overview.” The Art Story, www.theartstory.org/movement/pictorialism.
“Straight Photography Movement Overview.” The Art Story, www.theartstory.org/movement/straight-photography.
“Uta Barth | Field #23 | the Guggenheim Museums and Foundation.” The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation, www.guggenheim.org/artwork/5345.
“Edward Weston. Pepper No. 30. 1930 | MoMA.” The Museum of Modern Art, www.moma.org/collection/works/58496.
Design by Jayden Lung [STUDENT]
Introduction,
Unbroken, By Laura Hillenbrand, is an action-packed story about a real life hero, Louise Zamperini who was a war veteran and was also qualified for the Olympics. Growing up as child, he was a troublemaker, often stealing other peoples possessions just for fun, although he had a bad childhood, he became a hometown hero for the things he did. Going from being on top of the world by qualifying for the Olympics to being drafted to the war, he has been through it all.
This book tells the story of Louise’s problems as someone in the army during ww2. The story goes through his early life and how he became who he was. It goes into depth on what happened when he was a prisoner of war (POW), how him and the people on his plane were stranded for 47 days.
Overall I really liked this book, as a person who does not like to read, this book got me hooked. I kept wanting to know what happens to Louie next, the whole book feels like it constantly has cliff hangers. It being a real story makes this even more interesting. I would recommend this book to anyone who doesn’t feel disgusted easily, it has many parts that just sound disgusting but overall it is a great story.
The Renaissance Humanism by Jayden Lung [STUDENT]
The renaissance is an important era in history because of the way it changed the world, I think that i am 70% humanist because I agree with most of the things they did, but I don’t think that only learning from the past is good for the future, learning from the past is important but not the only way. I agree with the education and power of the individual or the balance of power, it led to the spread of knowledge and changed how the world worked.
Found Poem by Jayden Lung [STUDENT]
My Side of the Story– Adam Bagdasarian
This story is about a boy who gets into an argument with his brother, he runs towards his mothers room, looking for justice, while shouting, he finds out his father was the one there and ends up getting punished instead of his brother. As you can see, the conflict is a man to man, and kind of a man vs society because the main character does not like what is normal for other people.
I used these words because they described his family and what happens in the story, i inverted the color of the words Fair play, Arguments Punish, and Where was the justice in that?, i felt that these were the things he was thinking most during the story. I chose this background because it has the characters in the story that he describes, and it shows how he is constantly thinking what is right or wrong, He uses the word Justice a lot in the story so i used lady justice as the background.