Elements of Art & Design

Balance

Color

Emphasis

Form

Gradation

Harmony

Line

Movement

Proportion

Rhythem

Shape

Space

Texture

Unity

Value

Variety

Triptychs

Conceptual Critique

1. I think that all of these photographs have perfected focus for the purpose of making a better shot, even the one with the boat in the fog. The sad girl and her teddy bear has an increased contrast to make the image more striking. I believe that the sheep image has the strongest composition with all of the sheep acting as two elements.

2. The reflection in the boat image gives that composition a sense of unparalleled depth, the image of the man in the woods has that light emanating from in front of the figure, giving it a mystical feeling. The girl with her teddy bear by far has the longest shadows of this group.

3. The image in the forest by far seems to be more mystical  than the others, this image implies a sense of awe and supernatural wonder. The dropping eight ball symbolizes sinking a ball in a game of billiards/pool, that image gives a sense of happiness. The foggy boat image gives a sense of mysticism and wonder about the unknown.

5. The boating image tells the story of a singe man, maybe a person who has recently lost someone is returning from a long day of lonely fishing. The image of the man in the forest tells the story a of someone who heard a sound outside in the darkness and went to investigate, he found something... wonderful and supernatural.



I commented on these three blogs for this assignment.

http://creativephoto1areaganc.blogspot.com/2014/12/conceptual-photography.html?showComment=1421204251068#c6722395138761517653

http://creativephoto1agobbog.blogspot.com/2014/12/conceptual-photography-assignment.html?showComment=1421203891688#c4242079248184450229

http://creativephoto1acorradinoa.blogspot.com/2014/12/conceptual-photography.html?showComment=1421203710541#c302432868992142277

The Photographic Critique Two

When I first see this photograph I think of Theme Parks long gone, such great tourist destinations as Astro World in Texas or Cypress Gardens in Florida, all the fun things that those places used to offer that cannot be found anywhere else; it really is a sad reminder of better days gone by. The photograph is of a roller coaster named the Jet Star that fell into the ocean after Superstorm Sandy devastated Seaside Heights, New Jersey in 2012; the image was captured by Mel Evans in 2013 shortly before the structure was removed from the ocean. The backdrop of the rising sun is quite nice and provide a unique perspective upon this symbol of disaster, the surf breaking on the beach also provides a sense of motion to the photograph; the main focal point is obviously the coaster itself however all of these surrounding elements add to the image. I like the emotional response of loss or tragedy that this image provokes, it is quite an effective reminder of what transpired here; on the other hand I do not like the little tiny cloud in front of the sun, it detracts a small amount from the entire image, however that is just nitpicking.

The Photographic Critique One

When I first laid eyes upon this photo my first reaction was to think of how cute that this polar ear was with his paw outstretched at that angle, almost as if he was waving at the camera. The photo was taken in Svalbard Norway by a photographer named Colin Mackenzie. There are two main elements I noticed in this image one is the polar bear waving in a friendly manner, the other more subtle element is the landscape; if you look around you can clearly discern that the landscape is clearly eroding and being destroyed, this may be caused by us causing me to feel guilt for humanities role in the destruction of this animal's natural habitat. I like the subtle message that the photograph carries with it, I however do not like the different water coloring it feels like something is wrong. I like the photograph as a whole and I feel can be quite powerful when presented in the correct manner.

Gottfried Helnwein Image Response 2

This picture appears to be a young girl who has been through some sort of trauma and is stricken since the event. There is what appears to be a crew of people either installing or performing maintenance on this work of art, one member is rappelling down the face of the image. The image appears to be situated on the banks of a river in an abandoned industrial zone of a large metropolitan city, this river is most likely a major transport artery for the city meaning that potentially thousands of commuters (potential audience) could see this image every day. The sheer size of this image is quite immense, measuring I would estimate it ranges at several square kilometers, an unprecedented scale for anything other than a large advertisement or billboard. The logistics of mounting this image to the building face had to be quite intriguing, I would guess that the image was broken up into numerous of smaller rectangles, each one being mounted independently of the others in the correct positioning to form the larger image.

 

 

Gottfried Helnwein Image Response 1

This image appears to be an image composite of a man scaling down a surface (such as a cliff wall) and an image of an individual's face. It is possible that the image is not a composite and that this is just a billboard or painted upon a building face. It also appears that the face is quite pale, perhaps to symbolize tragedy of some sort.