Instruction
Photographer Report
Choose one photographer per report then select three photos by that photographer. For each photo, analyze:
How the photographer used the elements of design (line, shape, tone, texture, color, space) to move the eye around the picture plane;
How and where the photographer placed the most emphasis in the photo (discuss what dominates in the photo or where the eye lingers longest); and
How design contributes to the mood of the photograph.
List of Photographers for Your Research Report
Historical:
Paul Strand (art; documentary)
Edward Weston (art; portraits; landscape)
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (art; documentary)
Josef Sukek (art; still life)
Dorothea Lange (art; documentary)
Walker Evans (art; documentary)
Henri Cartier Bresson (art; documentary)
W. Eugene Smith (art; documentary)
Margaret Bourke White (art; documentary)
Roy DeCarava (art; documentary)
Arnold Newman (portraits)
Gordon Parks (art; documentary)
Irving Penn (art, fashion, commercial, & portraits)
Contemporary:
James Nachtwey (art & documentary)
Sebastiao Salgado (art & documentary)
Patrick DeMarchelier (fashion)
William Wegman (art; directorial)
Neil Maurer (art; directorial)
Joel Meyerowitz (art; documentary)
Donald McCullin (art; documentary)
Mary Ellen Mark (art; documentary)
Jim Newberry (portraits)