McLean, Virginia, December 1978 © Joel Sternfeld Each week in class, you will write a critical analysis on a work of photographic art. An image will be published weekly on our class blog. Spend time studying the image and then write a detailed analysis of the photograph. Publish your analysis as a comment to the blog post; this comment should show the student’s name and time posted. your analysis must be posted to the original blog post in order to be graded.
All analyses must be 4 paragraphs minimum, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph unless otherwise noted. Students will write eleven critical analyses per semester, and the lowest grade per semester will be dropped. On the class blog, if you look to the right you will see the word Analyze. There is a link to a handout you may download or print called your "How to See" handout. This will help you learn to write about art. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
Diego Saucedo
9/4/2019 06:50:39 am
In this image there is a pumpkin/apple cider market with a guy dressed as a firefighterlooking at it, the background has an old house burning down with a truck with firefighters trying to put out the fire.
Max Sherburne
9/4/2019 06:58:15 am
The pumpkin image by Joel Sternfeld is just that, a pumpkin image. With a little bit of irony, the wayward fire fighter, shopping for pumpkins in the middle of a fire rescue mission, the burning house in the background, and the smashed pumpkins in the foreground. While most of the colors are nice, dull earth tones; greens, blues, some dark yellows, and the bright orange of the pumpkins, the raging fire in the background with bright reds, yellows and oranges really catch your eye. The point of view, which is sort of dis-orienting, but also nice, is that of eye-level, so that you can see the smashed pumpkins, the fire fighter, and the burning fire all at the same time. Not to mention the beautiful sort of overcast, gray-white, gloomy lighting that gives this scene that feeling you get in the middle of October when the leaves have just finished falling off of their trees.
Kurt Bliss
9/4/2019 06:59:43 am
The image is of an old farmers market sitting on fertile farmland. A burning house sits in the background. It uses grey colors to portray this gloomy setting. The lighting is natural and is dim. There is a firefighter just getting some pumpkins while the house just sits there and burns down.
Zac Isaac
9/4/2019 07:00:57 am
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9/4/2019 07:06:36 am
Garrett Greiner
9/4/2019 07:07:10 am
This image by Joe Sternfeld depicts a house on fire, more specifically the roof. There are firefighters at the scene attempting to put out the fire. You can see the firefighter’s truck at the top right of the picture, and the crane mounted to the truck is positioned so that the firefighters are right up to the fire. In the middle ground, we see a farmer’s market that sells pumpkins and sweet apple cider. The market is a small little hut that looks a bit old and has been damaged a little. To the left of the market you can see jugs of apple cider, and a few lawn chairs are scattered around. One of the firefighters, who is presumably supposed to be putting out the fire, is at the market trying to purchase a pumpkin. In the foreground, there are a bunch of smashed pumpkins laying in front of the market. There are some trees in the background, and all of the tall ones have no leaves and appear dead except for one tree. It is taken outside, and therefore it is natural lighting.
Ryan shields
9/4/2019 07:07:38 am
The image is of a fireman shopping for pumpkins at a farmers market while a house burns down in the background. There are smashed up pumpkins and a pile of sticks and branches in a little open area in front of the farmers market and a fence line just to the right. There’s a pile of pumpkins for sale right in front of the market and a fireman shopping for pumpkins . There’s a small porch area in the market with some smaller pumpkins in baskets, some tables and chairs, and a bench with a couple apple cider jugs on it. Just behind the farmers market there’s a dirt road and a row of four small trees with brown leaves. Behind the small trees there’s one big spruce tree, and behind the big tree there’s a house on fire and a fire truck. 9/4/2019 07:11:26 am
This image is of a farmer’s market and a burning house in the back. There is a firefighter at the farmer’s market buying a pumpkin while the fire is burning which I don’t really understand. In front of the farmer’s market are a bunch of pumpkins laying everywhere. Some are mashed and some are whole. This image is using fall type colors to show what’s happening. The colors are a mix of oranges, grays, reds, and greens. The lighting in the photograph is bright as in the studio set-up is of a bunch of things. The objects in the image are of pumpkins, the firefighter, the farmer’s market, the burning house, and the old trees. Many things at once are happening in the image such as there is an old firefighter buying pumpkins, while in the back a house is burning with firefighters trying to take it out.
MJ Ervin
9/4/2019 07:12:35 am
The picture is of a house on fire and a guy / firefighter looking at pumpkins at the pumpkin patch. The image is unique because it looks like the fire fighter is looking at pumpkins instead of helping the others with the house on fire. The way the lighting in the image makes the scene feel gloomy and spooky. The colors I would say are kind of coldish colors on the top with a bit of warm colors at the bottom. The natural light is nice because the sun isn't out but it is kinda hidden so it makes the image better in my opinion. The image consists of a house in the background on fire with the fire truck ladder right next to it. Then the farm market is closer to the camera and the man is looking at the pumpkins. I like it because there isn't just one thing to look at.
dana salinas
9/4/2019 07:13:48 am
The image that is being presented shows a fireman shopping for pumpkins while a house is burning down in the background. The background is composed of trees and the house on fire. We can assume that there are also other firemen putting out the fire because the truck and stairs they use to do so are still in place and near where the fire is. The colors of the photograph give it more meaning in a sense that it is not a bright day. There is no direct sunlight but it seems as if it were a cloudy, gloomy day. This and the fact that there is fire and crushed pumpkins gives off a sense of disaster and sadness due to the lack of bright colors and order. These colors are being used so that the person looking at the image really questions the actions and placement of the firefighter.
George Welch
9/4/2019 07:17:13 am
The way I see this image is a house fire in the background and a calm, little farmer’s market in the foreground. In the image the fire is raging while one firefighter is shopping in the market. The image uses natural light and more dark colors. I think it looks like that because the picture was taken in December 1978, meaning that there’s a lot of clouds and not a lot of direct sunlight. There’s a lot of objects in this photo. There’s a lot of fire trucks by the burning house, a burning house, a farmer’s market, smashed pumpkins, a firefighter buying a pumpkin, and an ambulance. What I see happening in the image is a burning house in the background with a firefighter buying a pumpkin in the foreground.
Nathan Bond
9/4/2019 07:18:08 am
In this image there is a pumpkin patch with a fence near it. The fence acts as a line that leads toward the next thing, which is a farmers market with pumpkins in it. There is a man standing by the pumpkins looking at them. The man is wearing a yellow jacket and he’s probably shopping for pumpkins. The next thing to see is behind the market. Trees in a row which leads to a large house with a large fire on its roof. There is smoke coming out of the roof to the left of it and a fire truck to the right. Then you realize the man wearing a yellow jacket is a firefighter thats ignoring the fire behind him and just shopping for pumpkins. Comments are closed.
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