W5 - Photography Theory (2)

I researched 3 more photographers whose work I found interesting.

Andre Kertesz 

Empire State In A Puddle, 1962

Image from www.higherpictures.com

I really liked this image because of it's surrealness. It seems like the Empire State building is being imagined or just a dream, waiting to be created in the future, that it's not real yet. That it's in a puddle as well I think shows the beauty of New York, that you can look in any area and discover the developments of humanity. But then as it's viewed in a puddle, the photo could be about how negative these developments are and that they're only worth to be viewed second hand in discarded water. Either way I find the angle and composition of the piece interesting because they're so different and the use of black and white highlights the dream like quality to me, keeping it just slightly distanced away from reality.

Henri Cartier Bresson

McCann-Erickson Agency, Madison Avenue, New York, 1959

Image from www.maimanohaz.blog.hu

What drew me to this photo is that it conveys key elements of America in the 50's, like America's strong need to progress and dominate and this is just through the straight and slightly diagonal lines covering the wall and the map. There's movement in the piece, but at the same time it's stilted and precise - everything seems placed with the main energy coming from the arrows on the wall. It creates a great contrast of the mundane aspects of a working business, with the general optimism of America at the time.

Robert Capa

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Pablo PICASSO and Françoise GILOT, 1951

Image from www.magnumphotos.com

Initially it was the composition that I found interesting in this photo as it shows so much. The figures decrease in size and I suppose importance as the photo focuses on the woman and her position, despite Pablo Picasso featuring in it and even the camera is below. The whole photo seems so light, it seems to capture a moment of complete contentment, but I was also drawn to the long shadow in the bottom corner of the photo which helps to create a sense of movement in the photo as the figures curve around and the sense of depth that is created is amazing as the umbrella hangs like a sun over the woman as she towers over the landscape.