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 * Imogen Cunningham**



Digital black & white photo of painting on glass

An element of design that Cunningham uses well are texture and line. Her lines that she was able to show through this picture make the person's face seem soft and along with the texture. Her hair is also seen soft by the subtle dark lines or smudges that Cunningham caught with her camera. Also, for principles of design, she uses center of interest by placing the person right in the center of her photograph. I have a fascination of faces and bone structures within the face that make the appearances of a person striking. What I like about this picture is not only the softness in texture, but the softness in the women’s eyes. With her eyes being enlarged, they make her seem innocent and wise yet with an adolescent mind as she peeks over her shoulder contemplating about something.

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 * Richard Avedon**



Digital black & white photo

For Richard Avedon's photograph, he uses contrast quite well in seeing the difference between the sunglasses and the model. Also, he uses the model as the center of interest because she is in the center. Lastly, he uses harmony by having the almost circular rounded shape of the person's face to the round sunglasses as well. I chose this picture from Richard Avedon because of the flawless symmetry of the face. And with the eccentric glasses, makes this woman look like a model on a cover of vogue magazine.

__[|**http://blog.jelanieshop.com/photography/photographer-richard-avedon/**]__


 * Ansel Adams**



__[|**http://kimberlysphotojournalismblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/biography-on-ansel-easton-adams.html**]__

Digital black & white photo

This photograph shows good contrast between the rose and the water, and is also depicted as the center of intrest. There is balance between the two and his color choice of black and white give a calm feeling to the eye. without the popping color. I like this picture from Ansel Adams because the hardness of the rose makes it appear almost as a shell sitting on top the surface, and the rocks below it look like ripples in water at a quick glance. Therefore I enjoy the mysterious affect that comes with it.


 * Joyce Tenneson**



Film

http://www.tenneson.com/portfolios/wise-women

Tenneson uses film for this photograph but isn't entirely black and white. Through her picture you can see texture in the skin and good contrast between the skin, eyes, and hair. Also, this person is the center of interest, like in many portraits. And there is a sense of rhythm because of the repeating wrinkles on the body and the symmetry of the face. I enjoy this photo from Joyce Tenneson because this woman appears to be acting young, like a teenager looking in a mirror, when the true reality of it is her being elderly.


 * Frans Lanting**

Digital Photography

Lanting's photograph is in color and also includes a high contrast. With the contrast you can see the scales of the alligator quite well as well as the sand, and the egg. He uses size by making the egg and the baby alligator seem big by zooming in on the event, when in reality it is small. For principles of design he uses balance by not including other shapes or backgrounds to the object, instead there is just the reptile coming out of an egg. It is simple, yet pleasuring to the eye because it makes one really examine the reptile and brings suspense by looking at its face as well. I enjoy this picture because it symbolizes, like in many high school english books, evil — hunched over and literally crawling out potentially fulfilling its hunger of adventure or accomplishing whatever it wants to do.

http://pictographe.blogspot.com/2010/10/life-journey-through-time-frans-lanting.html


 * Michael Kenna**

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Digital with blurred effect, but looks like film

For Michael Kenna's photograph, he doesn't use contrast to make the picture look clearer, but instead makes it blurry. You can see texture near the end of the picture, which is part of a road and water on it, but nothing else. The rest of the picture is blurry which gives it's shape a two dimensional sense. Lastly, I enjoy this picture because it’s clear on the bottom of the photo, where nothing is really happening, but as one looks up, the image becomes more blurry. I especially like how the lights are blurred because that’s how I see without glasses or contacts.