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midterm Flashcards

(24 cards)

1
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professional photography triangle

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eye, heart, head

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fine art photography

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created in line with the vision of the artist, using photography as a medium for creative expression

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goal of fine art photography

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to express an idea, message, or emotion

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4
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two main elements of a photo

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form: what your photo looks like
narrative: what is depicted in the photo

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5
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intellectually driven

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communicates a visual idea to direct viewers to think deeply on a topic

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aesthetically driven

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involved with perceptual experience to direct viewers to see things in a new way and feel deeply about them

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subject matter

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what is in front of the lens (object, person, place, or thing)

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actual subject

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what the photo is actually about (story, theme), often not literally depicted
what the artist is communicating with their use of form

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color

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can emphasize mood and tell a story
as light changes, color will change
our perception of color changes based on its surroundings

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unity

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ours is a subtractive process, distracting elements and poor technique break unity, conceptual unity common

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emphasis and focal point

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emphasized elements help catch and hold viewer’s eye, ask viewers to take a second look and see in a new way
emphasis by contrast, isolation, placement, absence

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scale and proportion

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power of unusual scale
affects meaning, context, and interpretation of the image

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balance

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involves the correct distribution of visual weight within a composition
leveled, sharpened, radial, crystallographic

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line

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line as the power of physiological and emotional suggestion
actual, implied, or psychic

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shape

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a visually perceived area created either by an enclosing line, or by color or value changes defining edges
figure: object or foreground element
ground: empty space between objects

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texture

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depicted surface quality of the subject matter
dynamic way to capture visual interest of the viewer and engage their imagination

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space

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photos are 2D but can play with spatial illusion
can be literal or formalistic (flat space, deep space, illusion)

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motion

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photography can capture transient elements, recording realities our natural eye can’t perceive
can expressively add experience and emotion to the still frame

19
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framing

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creative awareness of the image frame
active vs. passive

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value

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light and dark (perception of figure and ground can depend on this)
contrast is determined by the relationships of values in the image

21
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historic self-portrait photographers

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Robert Cornelius, Louis Daguerre, John Moffat, Pierre-Louis Pierson

22
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historic BW formalism photographers

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Henry Fox Talbot, Henry Peach Robinson, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston

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historic color photographers

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Nickolas Muray, Ernst Haas, William Eggleston, Pete Turner

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historic lyrical doc photographers

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Maxime Du Camp, Alexander Gardner, Eugene Atget, Lewis Hine