MasterPhoto_Dillemuth



The artist that inspired me the most was Henri Cartier-Bresson. His photos were classified as "street" photos. He lived from 1908-2004. He was one of the "old" photography masters and his photos caught my attention more than the recent photographers had. HIs photographs used a lot of framing and leading lines. His work inspired me to try and capture images using natural framing (like the buildings and trees found in the outside pictures). I would also like to try to produce a series of images in black and white because I haven't created an image in that color scheme, yet. Even though it was not intentional, many of his images have a very gloomy-feel to them (especially the middle image). I really enjoy old images because history is so fascinating to me. So by using a "old" artist, I feel like I could create a better series that I could having been inspired by a more recent artist. That he captured parts of history, even so small parts, is very interesting to me so it really caught my eye. I, then, noticed the finer details of each image and became inspired by it.

To create a complex composition, I will use Photoshop. I will do a series of three images on one page. I want to have all the images on one page with space between the three so that there is contrast between a (mostly likely) dark photo and a white page for background. A compositional technique that I am planning on using would be framing and leading lines.

The principle of design that I know for sure that I will be using is contrast. Contrast is how the subjects differ from another by usually using color. The colors can be complementary (such as orange and blue) or in extreme values (like white and black). In black and white images, contrast is very important so that the subject can be seen, however I also want to make the individual idea for each image contrast with each other, if only slightly. Mainly by making one image have a not-so happy ending in the middle and the "happier" endings on the sides. But there will also be contrast within the images from the white and black coloring. I want to use this principle as it draws the eye to the darkest/brightest part of the image.

I want my concept to be that there is always a light at the end of a tunnel, that you can get through it. To do this, the foreground of the images will probably be dark while the background steadily gets brighter or has something that represents good (like the middle image has NYC in the background while the foreground is rubble of a fire). Framing will also be a large part of this project to represent the "tunnel" or dark event. I want one image to lead out of the "tunnel" and into something dark because not everything does turn out okay.

__Henri Cartier-Bresson __ USA. New York City. Manhattan. Downtown. 1947 http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

USA. Fire in Hoboken, facing Manhattan. 1947. http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

France. Brie. 1968 http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN