Today you will be writing about this photograph by artist Joel Sternfeld. Your analysis must be 4 paragraphs, 5 sentences minimum per paragraph. Remember to post your analysis as a comment to the blog post that corresponds to your class. If you post your analysis to the wrong class post, it will not be graded.
If you do not finish your analysis in class, you must finish and post your analysis before class on Monday, 9/23/19. Refer to your "How to See" handout for analyzing a photograph--
Ali Welsh
9/20/2019 01:29:53 pm
This picture is like on a bridge or on top of something that almost all the people in this picture are looking down on the edge. There is also a baby crying on a see-through crib with blankets in the middle of the street. The colors that are being used are yellow, white, blue, orangish-reddish-brown, gray, cream, and black. The artist chooses one dominant color that becomes the focal point of the image and draws the eye of the viewer to it immediately. The greater the intensity of the color, the more it’s going to dominate, otherwise, a secondary subject could overshadow it because it has a dominating color.
Andy Cubriel
9/22/2019 07:34:37 am
This photo depicts a large wall that looks like a dam, with many people in front of it. There is a baby crib in front of the edge of the wall, and if you look closely, you notice what looks like a command building, and two towers that lead down the wall. The children are wearing shorts that are reminiscent of 80’s basketball shorts, and you can see a man that looks like he is wearing a beret. In the background over the wall, you can see what looks like canyons. The colors that are mainly being used in this photo are gray, orange, and yellow. The overall color scheme is dark. The lighting is natural, and it is overcast because the clouds are covering up the sun just enough to still get a good exposure.
Gabby Beck
9/22/2019 02:36:42 pm
The image shows many people looking over into a deep pit of some sort surrounded by many buildings. The sky is overcast and looks about to rain. In the background, there seem to be canyons and more people looking down at another pit. On the side of the road is a baby in a play crate. The main colors are neutral like gray and others like orange and beige. The lighting is natural but darker due to the cloud cover. There are some buildings around the ditches that look like they belong to a research facility. It's about to rain, but the people are looking down into the holes, mesmerized.
Suly Welsh
9/22/2019 08:33:34 pm
BLOG | Photograph by Joel Sternfeld, from 'American Prospects'.
Kate McDaniel
9/23/2019 11:29:49 am
In this image, there is a dam in the foreground and red cliffs in the background. I also see a baby in a travel crib, but the baby is also crying. I see that the sky is gray, the cliffs are a reddish orangish color, and all the colors aren’t very bright. All of the colors are pretty dull. The lighting a mix between light and dark. It could of been brighter, but because of the clouds, its not. Also, I think the photographer captured a real life shot, so it doesn’t look staged.
colin finerghty
9/25/2019 09:15:41 am
When I first look at the image the first thing my eye is drawn to is the massive dam that groups of pedestrians are looking at, they stare down at the dam, children stand on their tippy-toes to get a view of below. The second thing that my eye is drawn to is the baby in the crib on the side of the street, the baby has toys and a blanket in the crib, most likely the family close to the cribs is the baby's family. There are more families surrounding around the dam, there are younger children that are laying on the side wall that protects people from falling, they are looking down and they look curious. behind the dam there are red rock cliffs, they add a very good fling of color because the dam is kinda bland color so the vibrant rocks in the background add a good fling of color, the lighting in the picture is kinda darker. Comments are closed.
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