Image Analysis

These photos are by artist Jeff Wall, one of the largest figures in modern Photography today.
Using what we have discussed about the elements and principles of design analyse the pictures below. For each select one element and one principle that stand out in each picture and discuss.

Something Interesting : Jeff Harris

Jeff Harris looking at a Jeff Koons Sculpture

Jeff Harris has a picture of himself representing every single day of his life since January 1st 2006. Thousands of images, some taken by Jeff himself, some taken by friends and some taken by total strangers. What results is part diary and part timeline. Analysed individually, a single image is fairly unremarkable but as a whole they tell a powerful story. When this project began Jeff had no particular vision in mind and he didn't set a deadline for how long he would continue he just jumped right in. The interesting part has been how it has affected him and the way he lives his life. In some ways it has pushed him make certain that he gets out and does something interesting each day and urges him to live his life to the fullest. More recently he has been stuggling with cancer treatments and the toll on his body when compared to earlier pictures is obvious. Even though many of the pictures do document his treatments many of them do not. He talks about how this project has given him perspective and kept him positive during this time.

"If I didn't have theese pictures I may look back at those five months and think that when I had cancer but now when I look back at those five months I see, no I had a bit of cancer.... but I did alot of other interesting stuff."

Please follow this the link to this video produced of his exhibition at the Toronto Contact Film Festival last summer.

Welcome to Photography Class!

I'd like to welcome all of the new members of the class to our Photography Blog. Assignments, lesson information and other interesting snippets about Photography will be posted here. One of the main functions of this blog is also to highlight some of the great work going on in our class too. Each week I will be adding the top pictures from various projects and journals to the reel so check back often to see what is happening and to see if your work is being showcased.

The following is a list of some websites you may want to explore to find the "style" you are interested in for assignment one. (Getting to Know Your Style):

Travel Photography:

Stuck in Customs
Art Wolfe
Fashion Photography: Fashion Photography Blog
A good compilation of lesser knowns... Top Fashion

Photojournalism:

My favorite for current events in big interesting pictures... The Big Picture
A group that has been together for decades with some of the best photojournalists in the business Magnum Photography
 

Editorial/Narrative:

Editorialphoto.com

Fine Art Photography:

Lens Culture

 

Sports Photography:

A really great site for learning how to take better sport (any action for that matter) photos...Sports Photography Blog

Other good sources of images:

The definitive amature photography site, that is easy to navigate and search.. Flickr

A site for more artistic amature work...DeviantART

Happy Hunting...