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LepageNuage-Stieglitz
For this photo assignment concentrating on the stylistic qualities of Modernism, I decided to replicate a photograph from Alfred Stieglitz. Stieglitz is considered to be the first modernist photographer, and when I found one particular photograph called Georgia O’Keeffe – Hands and Grapes I immediately knew I wanted to take a similar photo. This particular photograph was taken in 1921 on the medium gelatin silver print and it shows us the hands of the famous artist, Georgia O’Keefe holding grapes. The subject was backlight because it was taken right against a window and it looks like it was a pretty foggy and cloudy day. It is very rare for Los Angeles weather to be cloudy but luckily enough it was today, so I decided to place my model’s hands against my window and have him hold bananas instead of grapes. I thought changing the fruit provided my twist to the photograph and then using a male model instead of a female made me feel like I reversed the gender roles that were present during the Modernist period. Stieglitz’s stylistic qualities are forms and the shapes they create, this photograph with the hands and bananas is a perfect example of that. The hands by themselves could be any shape we want to create and because of the lighting, it emphasizes forms even more. Alfred Stieglitz was also part of the Straight Photography movement, which its main goal was to create abstraction through photography. The photograph I took is abstract because it does not tell a story. Other stylistic qualities present in Stieglitz’s photography were close-ups and unique camera angles. I believe that in this photo the close-up provides us with the ability to concentrate directly on the hands and fruits and the unique camera angle is kind of strange and makes the photo a little bit uncomfortable. I took this photograph on a Canon 70D at around 11 am and set my color profile to monochrome so I wouldn’t have to use Lightroom for color changing. I did use Lightroom to add texture and grain because I felt like the photograph was too flat without it.
LepageNuage-Stieglitz
For this photo assignment concentrating on the stylistic qualities of Modernism, I decided to replicate a photograph from Alfred Stieglitz. Stieglitz is considered to be the first modernist photographer, and when I found one particular photograph called Georgia O’Keeffe – Hands and Grapes I immediately knew I wanted to take a similar photo. This particular photograph was taken in 1921 on the medium gelatin silver print and it shows us the hands of the famous artist, Georgia O’Keefe holding grapes. The subject was backlight because it was taken right against a window and it looks like it was a pretty foggy and cloudy day. It is very rare for Los Angeles weather to be cloudy but luckily enough it was today, so I decided to place my model’s hands against my window and have him hold bananas instead of grapes. I thought changing the fruit provided my twist to the photograph and then using a male model instead of a female made me feel like I reversed the gender roles that were present during the Modernist period. Stieglitz’s stylistic qualities are forms and the shapes they create, this photograph with the hands and bananas is a perfect example of that. The hands by themselves could be any shape we want to create and because of the lighting, it emphasizes forms even more. Alfred Stieglitz was also part of the Straight Photography movement, which its main goal was to create abstraction through photography. The photograph I took is abstract because it does not tell a story. Other stylistic qualities present in Stieglitz’s photography were close-ups and unique camera angles. I believe that in this photo the close-up provides us with the ability to concentrate directly on the hands and fruits and the unique camera angle is kind of strange and makes the photo a little bit uncomfortable. I took this photograph on a Canon 70D at around 11 am and set my color profile to monochrome so I wouldn’t have to use Lightroom for color changing. I did use Lightroom to add texture and grain because I felt like the photograph was too flat without it.