Assigned in class Week 4, due by class Week 5 to present
Many types of photographers strive to capture and convey a sense of place, from editorial travel photographers to fine art conceptual photographers to those who capture the classic beauty of landscapes.
What is "sense of place" and how is it conveyed photographically? To show sense of place is to capture the unique aspects of a place, its culture and its character, through composition, quality of light, and the choice of whether to include the human presence.
Compare and Contrast three different landscape photographs, from three professional photographers. One should be from an editorial travel photographer, one from a fine art conceptual photographer, and one from a classic landscape photographer.
Post each photograph (with photographer's name and source of the photo) and answer the following questions for each:
How would you describe the sense of place conveyed in the photograph?
What choices did the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place?
Is human presence evident in the photograph? How does the presence or absence of people impact your impression of the place?
Some resources for finding photographs by travel editorial photographers:
National Geographic Magazine: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/more/photography
Conde Nast Traveler: http://www.cntraveler.com/
Some names of travel editorial photographers: Sam Abell, David Alan Harvey, William Albert Allard, Joel Sartore, Ditte Isager, Melissa Farlow, Steve McCurry
Fine Art, Conceptual Landscape Photographers:
Robert Adams
Stephen Shore
Lewis Balt
Frank Gohlke
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Edward Burtynsky
Joel Sternfeld
Sally Mann
Justine Kurland
Classic Landscape Photographers:
Ansel Adams
Amy Gulick
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Art Wolfe
Roger A. Caras
Ricardo Carrasco
Norman Chaffer
Frans Lanting
Michael Lavine
Steve Parish
Moose Peterson
John Pezzenti
Oliver G Pike
Eliot Porter
George Shiras III
Hannu Siitonen
Austin Stevens
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