Author Archives: Jara

I visited the Patrick Faigenbaum: Kolkata/Calcutta Aperture Gallery. “Kolkata/Calcutta is the portrait of a city with two faces and two sides: historical and contemporary”(Jean-Francois Chevrier). It is a small city in India formerly colonized by the British Empire. When I … Continue reading →

I chose this side profile photo because the short light contours his face nicely a his eyes focus straight ahead and the light gently touches pieces of his clothing as well while the shadows are extremely dark. The background also … Continue reading →

I chose this picture as my best picture from the bk bridge park because it is very simple and it is also unusual because most people take pictures of things that are alive and this was a dead branch and … Continue reading →

I chose to share this image because it looks like the two shadows where captured in a dance of the shadows. They look like they’re communicating, and the rule of thirds was also applied to this photo.

  This picture an interesting picture close up picture of a chair that shows nice subtle  curved lines and also an example of an eye level shot as well as the focus on the nut.

Dawoud Bey-Harlem Stories Photograph: Man in a bowler hat http://www.wbez.org/blogs/alison-cuddy/2012-05/photographer-dawoud-beys-landmark-moment-two-exhibits-two-chicago This is an image of an older gentleman taken in 1975, although it was taken in 1975 Dawoud Bey particularly wanted to take the photograph of this man because he … Continue reading →