McLean, Virginia, December 1978 © Joel Sternfeld Every other week in class, you will complete a written analysis on a work of photographic art. An image will be published bi-weekly on our class blog. We will discuss the work together. Then you will spend time studying the image and write a detailed analysis of the photograph. You will publish your analysis as a comment to the blog post; this comment should show your 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 7 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--
9/25/2020 01:27:03 pm
The picture is of a farmers market that sells pumpkins with a house on fire in the background. The pumpkins are smashes toward the front of the picture. It seems to be winter time because the trees have no leaves on them and pumpkins are around winter/fall. The farmers market shack also looks like it is falling apart.
Carson Moore
9/25/2020 01:28:52 pm
This photo uses a lot of specifics. You see two buildings, with pumpkins surrounding one building, firefighters surrounding the other building. A house is on fire in the background with firefighters racing to help, then the lone firefighter looking to take home some pumpkins for the family. Pumpkins are smashed in the front of the image, and trees have lost their leaves. The image is a disaster, yet there is a sense of peace behind the disaster seen in the firefighter looking for good pumpkins.
Rainey Davis
9/25/2020 01:31:58 pm
One of the first things I see in this image is a huge house on fire. In Front of the fire there is a farmers market selling pumpkins and apple cider. The colors that are shown seem to be cool toned, but the pumpkins and the fire both have a very warm orange tone to them, which make them stand out more in this picture. There are many dead pumpkins in the picture and the famers market does not seem to be in the greatest shape. I can also tell that it is the end of fall/start of winter judging how the trees no longer have leaves and most of the pumpkins are decaying. There is also a firefighter buying a pumpkin which is very peculiar because there is a big fire going on in the back and he does not seem to be too concerned about it.
Niya Omiridis
9/25/2020 01:33:52 pm
The image shows a firefighter at a Farmer’s Market buying a pumpkin. In the background, you can also see a house burning. The main colors in the photo are orange, grey, brown, and yellow. The two main yellow objects that caught my attention were the firefighter and the sign for the Farmer’s Market. The image is perfectly exposed it isn’t too dark or too light. I would call the lighting pure because it is sunlight. One of the other focuses of the photo is the trees, especially the one behind the market. You can also see tons of smashed pumpkins on the ground.
Emily Kitayama
9/25/2020 01:36:51 pm
In this image, I see A LOT of things. The 2 main subjects are houses. The house in the background is on fire and the house in the foreground is a farmers market selling pumpkins. There are a bunch of trees, some with leaves and some without, leading me to think that this picture was taken late fall or early winter. There are also some crushed pumpkins in the foreground and a firefighter is looking at the pumpkins.
Claire Harthan
9/25/2020 01:38:32 pm
When looking at this photo I see the Farmer's Market, crushed pumpkins, a burning house, and dead trees. This photo has dull and unimpressive colors like browns, blacks, grays, and oranges. The lighting in this piece is very dark. you don’t see any light at all, only the clouds. In the image there is a firefighter buying a pumpkin while there is a fire going on at the house. It is concerning because he is not concerned.
Lisa
9/25/2020 01:40:01 pm
In this photo there using a house that's on fire. There using mashed pumpkins and there using a farmers market as a place in the photos. You see trees, firefighters trying to help save the house and stop the fire. In these images there showing the house on fire pretty much burning down. They show one firefighter shopping at a farmers market during the fire. They have this really tall tree that looks very different from the other trees.
Hannah Jackson
9/25/2020 05:09:01 pm
In the image, there is a house of fire, a farmers market, and trees. The farmers market has a lot of pumpkins. There is a fire fighter looking at the pumpkins and it looks like he is choosing one to take home. The trees look dead and dry, so it must be fall or winter. Most of the trees don't have leaves on them. The grass also looks dry and dead and could catch on fire easily. The color that stands out to me is orange. It stands out to me the most because besides the fire and the pumpkins, everything is brown, yellow or green. Nothing else is a bright as the orange. This image doesn't seem very happy for several reasons. The sun isn't out, it isn't super bright and the house is on fire.
Kyan Jones
9/26/2020 11:53:45 am
This is a picture of a farmers market with a burning house in the background. It’s very cloudy outside, it brings a sort of gloomy atmosphere to the scene. There is a fireman with a pumpkin in his arms while the other firemen are fighting the fire that is burning down the house. There are a bunch of destroyed pumpkins in the foreground of the image. A lot of the colors in the image are warm colors, lots of orange and brown.
Andrea Garcia Riojas
9/27/2020 09:49:21 am
The image is of a fireman looking at pumpkins in a small pumpkin patch while behind the stand of the pumpkin patch, there is a fire burning a house with a firetruck right next to it. I’m not sure if it matters but the pumpkins and the fire are almost the same shade of orange and this could be a symbol of how the fireman seems to care for the pumpkins he is inspecting to find the one he wants, the same amount he should be caring for the fire. It is bright outside but it isn’t a blue sky, the sky is just one large white cloud.
Devin Khemalaap
9/27/2020 07:02:56 pm
This photo showcases two different scenes. One scene is of the farmer's market in the foreground of the photo, and the other is of the burning house in the background of the photo. In the background of this photo, there’s a house that is on fire. There’s also a fire truck that is seemingly attempting to put out the fire. In the foreground, there's a farmer's market with pumpkins, and it looks like there's some other produce as well. What’s ironic is that there is a fireman shopping for pumpkins at the farmer’s market while the house is basically burning to the ground. The overall image is somewhat dreary which kind of gives off a late fall, early winter vibe along with the farmer’s market in the foreground. Comments are closed.
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