Robin Michals | COMD 1340 Photography 1

Author: Julian

Final Project Proposal

The Many Faces Of Central Park

For my final project I want to go to Central Park. This place is very unique and tells a story like no other. On the surface you may be wondering what could central park offer? “I’ve been there a billion times”. Central park has 2 faces one in the day and one in the night. This idea got inspired from our midterm project. The concept of showing the same place but in a different prospective would work so well in a place like central park. In the day time it’s populated with people doing unique things such as walking their dog, street preforming, dancing classes, festivals/ meetups, people playing sports, going on dates, enjoying the scenery and many more. In the night however its the complete opposite, it starts to look more bleak and dark almost all the people are gone and it starts to look like something out of a slasher film. I want to take photos in the day, night and evening to show the evolution of central park. I really want to show people why I Love this place so much, and even though you’ve been there a 1000 + you haven’t seen the true face of this park yet.

Central Park Mood Board

Homework 1- Photo Description (By: Julian F. Georgi)

The photo I choose for this assignment was from Suzanne Stein. The image in question was a lady posing with a cigarette in her mouth, a pack of cigarettes in her left bra, and her left hand holding her wrist. This photo was visually engaging to me because it feels like Stein went out to the city and took a photo of a stranger without any prep time. Stein also captures the photo in portrait mode instead of landscape. I think this also helps the photo convey more emotion because instead of focusing on what’s around her it’s instead focusing only on her.

For the formal elements I have chose symmetry, patterns and repetition, and dominant eye. For symmetry if you slice/fold the photo down the middle it makes 2 perfect half’s. For patterns and repetition the figure is posing behind a gate that has a black diamond pattern. Finally for dominant eye her left eye the lady is showing her left eye more than the right.

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