Samuel Regan
ReganSamuel-Eggleston, Photo assignment #3
Photograph Title; Conventional
Snapshot of a Rustic Oven
Description and Inspiration;
In this photograph we see an old, dirty, used oven with a single lamp burning. In this shot we see the effect this lamp has on the lighting of the oven. The light illuminates the scars and scrapes this oven has endured as it lays empty. The light illuminates the specs of dirt and grim previous users have left on it. And when the oven has done its job, it’s left unclean, empty, and apondened.
In this shot I took inspiration from a postmodernism photographer named William Egglestion. Eggleston was known for capturing the emptiness of and in American Culture. In capturing this American Culture he highlighted the effects of consumerism and we could clearly see his reactions in his shots. He took shots of abandoned cars, empty streets, and urban life while emphasizing his use of color. He was known for exaggerating the mundane, the boring. William Egglestion took pictures in accordance with the Epiphany of Banal, or in other words the manifestianon and relizastion of the lack of originality, lack of freshness, and lack of originality in everyday objects. And yet he found ways to exaggerate and place emphasis on these objects.
In my photograph I utilized an older style oven to show these qualities off. Oven food, and ovens are found in every American household, and yet they are often looked past upon. In this shot I looked at our oven and displayed it as an abandoned piece of American culture. It shows off our need to buy and use our product, and once it has finished its purpose and a shinier model comes along, we abandon and forget about our product (thus it’s dirty, rustic appearance). This is what consumerism is like within America, and this was the effect/idea Eggelestion was trying to highlight within his photographs. Within this photograph we also take a piece of equipment that is not often noticed within a household and place emphasis on its qualities, emulating William’s quality of exaggerating the mundane.
Shot on the Iphone XR
ReganSamuel-Eggleston, Photo assignment #3
Photograph Title; Conventional
Snapshot of a Rustic Oven
Description and Inspiration;
In this photograph we see an old, dirty, used oven with a single lamp burning. In this shot we see the effect this lamp has on the lighting of the oven. The light illuminates the scars and scrapes this oven has endured as it lays empty. The light illuminates the specs of dirt and grim previous users have left on it. And when the oven has done its job, it’s left unclean, empty, and apondened.
In this shot I took inspiration from a postmodernism photographer named William Egglestion. Eggleston was known for capturing the emptiness of and in American Culture. In capturing this American Culture he highlighted the effects of consumerism and we could clearly see his reactions in his shots. He took shots of abandoned cars, empty streets, and urban life while emphasizing his use of color. He was known for exaggerating the mundane, the boring. William Egglestion took pictures in accordance with the Epiphany of Banal, or in other words the manifestianon and relizastion of the lack of originality, lack of freshness, and lack of originality in everyday objects. And yet he found ways to exaggerate and place emphasis on these objects.
In my photograph I utilized an older style oven to show these qualities off. Oven food, and ovens are found in every American household, and yet they are often looked past upon. In this shot I looked at our oven and displayed it as an abandoned piece of American culture. It shows off our need to buy and use our product, and once it has finished its purpose and a shinier model comes along, we abandon and forget about our product (thus it’s dirty, rustic appearance). This is what consumerism is like within America, and this was the effect/idea Eggelestion was trying to highlight within his photographs. Within this photograph we also take a piece of equipment that is not often noticed within a household and place emphasis on its qualities, emulating William’s quality of exaggerating the mundane.
Shot on the Iphone XR