Portrait+of+a+place+research-+Kyte



__ Portrait of a place #1 __
Al Mullen [] This first portrait I chose(furthest to the left) is a innerscape picture of an abandoned house. The fact that this is an abandoned house and because it is black and white, makes the image have a haunting and creepy feeling sent onto the viewer. It sort of makes the viewer feel unsettled. Now, this is something very commonly seen in the artist- Al Mullen’s, work. He typically seems to take portraits of abandoned places and gives them a black and white effect. So, this portrait is just another example of one of the commonly seen portraits taken by him. In this portrait the compositional techniques that I see being used by him are framing, fill the frame, and focal point. Framing is used by the frame of the door which frames the main subject of the portrait- the chair. Which brings it to another technique used which is the focal point. Because the door frame brings attention to the chair and so does the missing part of the wall above the chair, that draws the viewer’s eye to it, making the chair the focal point of this portrait. Lastly, fill the frame was used because in this portrait there is always something important to the image in the frame. Whether it’s rubble on the ground or windows, or chairs, they all play a role in what this photo means and they take up the entire frame. As for the name of this portrait it is “abandoned home, Fon du Lac area.”

__ Portrait of a Place #2 __ John Paul Caponigro [] The second portrait I chose(middle picture) was a landscape picture of the desert. This picture is more lightened and has a more happy feel to it. However, the desert is in the middle of nowhere so it kind of gives the feeling of being lost. The artist’s name is John Paul Caponigro and from his website it seems that he mainly or only takes photographs of outdoor locations/landscapes, which is seen in the photo I selected. In this photo, the compositional techniques that I saw being used were leading lines, rule of thirds, and level horizon. Leading lines was used by the line of sand that curves around like a circle across the entire portrait and cuts off at the edge of the photo. This line causes for the viewer’s eye to travel around the entire portrait instead of seeing only one spot, allowing for the entire image to be viewed. Rule of thirds was used because there was only about one third of the entire sand dune in the photo with it cutting off on the left side. This allows for only the right side of the sand dune to be shown. Lastly, level horizon was used because in the very top of the picture the sand dune cuts off at a very level spot allowing for some of the blue sky to be seen. The line is slightly curved but it is still almost level. Although I know the artist’s name, the title of the image is not shown.

__ Portrait of a Place #3 __ Fabrice Silly Photography [] The third portrait I chose(right most picture) was a cityscape picture of the Golden Gate Bridge. In this picture the bridge looks slightly lit up because the area all around it looks dark and stormy. This causes for the viewer to feel kind of uneasy about it because there is something light among the dark storminess. The author of this- Fabrice Silly, seems to mainly shoot pictures like this one- pictures of the city that look dark. It seems like the artist wants it too look like there is a storm while this is happening but the part of the city is unharmed. In this portrait the compositional techniques that I saw being used were leading lines, level horizon, and point of view. The leading lines were used very much in this picture with the many lines of the bridges and the buildings in the city. It causes for the viewer to look at the entire picture and be led around the photo. Level horizon was used because around the left side of the portrait there is a level horizon being made with the buildings. However, the bridge is also on a slant from where the photo is being taken which gives a slight feeling of unease. Lastly, point of view was used because the photo is almost taken under the bridge which makes the viewer think about who it could be that is taking this photo. It could make them think that an animal is taking the picture of someone on a boat. It leaves the picture up to the interpretation of the viewer as to who this picture is supposed to be from the POV of.

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 * 1) ** Explain the printmaking technique you hope to use and how it will illustrate your concept for this project. **

The printmaking technique that I want to use is transferring the image I already printed onto wood. I want to do this because the portrait of a place that I want to take will be something outdoors and most likely of nature. So because wood actually came from nature, I thought that it would illustrate my concept(that I haven’t completely decided on) very well. I also like how it gives the image a more antique look because if I don’t take a picture of nature, I will most likely take one of an indoors place that looks antique. However, if I end up taking a picture of something more modern and I happen to like those portraits better while I am shooting, I will want to put those images onto glass. I would like to do this because I think it will give it more of a modern feel and make it look more sophisticated. Since it would be somewhere that isn’t of nature, I think the glass would help show that concept better.

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 * 1) ** Explain your concept for this project. What will your imagery look like, why? **

For this project I focused on taking pictures of nature and I want to print on something like glass or wood. If I were to print on wood I would do this to show the concept that I want to be more in touch with nature and that is shown with what I printed on. However if I printed on glass, I would use a picture that has some sun in it because a lot of the pictures I took outside had the sun in the background. I would want the picture to look slightly like stained glass and would use the glass that I printed on to show this, which would relate back to my concept.

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 * 1) ** What mood and lighting will your portray? **

The mood that I was trying to portray while taking my portraits was mysterious and wandering because I took a lot of portraits that had leading lines which led a person to feel like they need to continue looking at the picture and find out where it is leading. Also, in all of my pictures I used natural lighting.

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 * 1) ** What type of place will you illustrate (landscape, cityscape etc.) **

For the most part I chose to illustrate a landscape because I liked pictures that were more in touch with nature and I liked to show landscapes a lot more.

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 * 1) ** Explain how large the final image will be and what it will be printed onto. Refer to the original Portrait of A Place Resource Page for details on the techniques. **

My final image will be of a landscape taken when the sun is about to set and I will print it onto glass.