Frame and Composition: Activity 2
Q. What does John Szarkowski mean when he says that photographers are quoting ‘out of context’ when they make photographic pictures?
Q. The frame often ‘dissects familiar forms’. At the end of the last century photography was having a major impact on Art. Impressionist artists such as Degas were influenced by what they saw. Look at these examples of Degas work, which clearly shows the influence of Photography, and explain why the public might have been shocked to see such paintings.
1. When Szarkowski says that photographers are quoting 'out of context' he means that what a photographer is basically doing is providing a picture without any other information about the photo or the settings it was taken under.
Q. The frame often ‘dissects familiar forms’. At the end of the last century photography was having a major impact on Art. Impressionist artists such as Degas were influenced by what they saw. Look at these examples of Degas work, which clearly shows the influence of Photography, and explain why the public might have been shocked to see such paintings.
1. When Szarkowski says that photographers are quoting 'out of context' he means that what a photographer is basically doing is providing a picture without any other information about the photo or the settings it was taken under.
2. The public might have been shocked to see these paintings by Degas that were influenced by photography because in that time paintings usually had the subject in the center while in this painting the ballerinas are the not center of the photo, their position in the painting makes it more interesting.
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