I love the way these photographs work together to create a sense of time. One thing I find really interesting about all the photographs containing people is that none of them are portraits, looking at all of them I feel like an outsider. Do you think this was purposeful or a function of his position as photographer? I can't wait to see what sites you captured during your own travels! -Sophia
I really like the scale in all of these photos. Everything is done in such a way this it seems much bigger than if you were just looking at it with your eyes. There's also a strange sort of isolation in most of these. It probably comes from the distance created by the buildings in relation to the smaller subjects like people. Cool stuff.
I find the horizon lines in these photos interesting--some are crooked, but not all. There's also a lot of use of geometry in these shots, and he seems to use the backgrounds to frame the figures. Looking forward to seeing yours!
I really, really like these. They remind me of my photographer, Walker Evans, even though they look like they were taken a bit later. I guess my favorite part is the way they contrast with Evans-- his stuff looks really meticulously composed, while these look spontaneous, as if they were just snapped at random out the window of a passing car. And since the content of the photos is kind of heavy, the possible arbitrariness makes them all the more powerful.
robert frank was really good at capturing individual remarkable moments and it's nottttt easy to do....i'm curious to hear what your experience with that was
While striking in their composition, these shots almost seem as if they were taken during a casual stroll across America. What I find especially interesting is that in Frank's work you find all walks of life. This subtle indiscretion helps to paint a vivid picture of where we come from.
The photographer definitely has a great eye and has successfully captured very striking images from everyday city life. I especially like the last photograph. The building kind of looks like the magazines in a way.
Robert Frank is one of my favorite photographers. He had such a knack for capturing the quirkest moments and people with both humor and humanity. Some of his photographs also have an element of voyeurism or of forbidden looking because they were in general taken of strangers.
i like the second photograph particularly. the way that the subjects make eye contact with the photographer gives the viewer an extreme sense of discomfort, and this is paired with the extremely disorienting angled horizon.
I like his mix between black and white boarders, it means he's actually concerned about the effect of black on black or white on white which takes a certain eye. I also like how you can tell that some of these images are old not only because of the content in the photo but the literal color, the brownish tint of the sky in several images is something gained only years after development. Also the artist uses framing, leading lines, and centering in creative way, going against the norm.
Very cool, candid shots of urban life. It's interesting in which photos he choses to include figures and in which he does not and how that effects each print.
This collection of photos shows the abrupt halt of vast spaces by man's crap, at least that is what I see. Also I'm enjoying the arbitrary feeling of each shot AND how nothing here is idealized, from the drunk (?) couple to the unhappy trolley riders. This is real life people.
I love the way these photographs work together to create a sense of time. One thing I find really interesting about all the photographs containing people is that none of them are portraits, looking at all of them I feel like an outsider. Do you think this was purposeful or a function of his position as photographer?
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what sites you captured during your own travels!
-Sophia
I really like the scale in all of these photos. Everything is done in such a way this it seems much bigger than if you were just looking at it with your eyes. There's also a strange sort of isolation in most of these. It probably comes from the distance created by the buildings in relation to the smaller subjects like people. Cool stuff.
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I find the horizon lines in these photos interesting--some are crooked, but not all. There's also a lot of use of geometry in these shots, and he seems to use the backgrounds to frame the figures. Looking forward to seeing yours!
ReplyDeleteI really, really like these. They remind me of my photographer, Walker Evans, even though they look like they were taken a bit later. I guess my favorite part is the way they contrast with Evans-- his stuff looks really meticulously composed, while these look spontaneous, as if they were just snapped at random out the window of a passing car. And since the content of the photos is kind of heavy, the possible arbitrariness makes them all the more powerful.
ReplyDeleterobert frank was really good at capturing individual remarkable moments and it's nottttt easy to do....i'm curious to hear what your experience with that was
ReplyDeleteWhile striking in their composition, these shots almost seem as if they were taken during a casual stroll across America. What I find especially interesting is that in Frank's work you find all walks of life. This subtle indiscretion helps to paint a vivid picture of where we come from.
ReplyDeleteThe photographer definitely has a great eye and has successfully captured very striking images from everyday city life. I especially like the last photograph. The building kind of looks like the magazines in a way.
ReplyDeletepretty cool gritty urban shots. very essentially city. looking forward to seeing your work
ReplyDeleteRobert Frank is one of my favorite photographers. He had such a knack for capturing the quirkest moments and people with both humor and humanity. Some of his photographs also have an element of voyeurism or of forbidden looking because they were in general taken of strangers.
ReplyDeletei like the second photograph particularly. the way that the subjects make eye contact with the photographer gives the viewer an extreme sense of discomfort, and this is paired with the extremely disorienting angled horizon.
ReplyDeleteI like his mix between black and white boarders, it means he's actually concerned about the effect of black on black or white on white which takes a certain eye. I also like how you can tell that some of these images are old not only because of the content in the photo but the literal color, the brownish tint of the sky in several images is something gained only years after development. Also the artist uses framing, leading lines, and centering in creative way, going against the norm.
ReplyDeleteVery cool, candid shots of urban life. It's interesting in which photos he choses to include figures and in which he does not and how that effects each print.
ReplyDeleteI really like the fifth one. The photographer has good eyes for catching the vivid moment.
ReplyDeleteThis collection of photos shows the abrupt halt of vast spaces by man's crap, at least that is what I see. Also I'm enjoying the arbitrary feeling of each shot AND how nothing here is idealized, from the drunk (?) couple to the unhappy trolley riders. This is real life people.
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