Exhibit: falling water. Subject matter of the exhibit is falling water. The predominant formal characteristics is the shape of the water, the cool color of the water and the amplification of a fine detail of water. It shows some kind of symmetry. We think the message that the photographer wants to convey is a sense of shock to the waterfall, but it’s not a waterfall in another kind of cosmic landscape. when we see black and white falling water, It gives us a sense of returning to real life.
Exhibit: A Life Time of Wondering. Subject matter of the exhibit is street sense. The predominant formal characteristics is people in the street. Black and white gives people more contrast. The collision of different RACES and the unique flavor of that era. It’s basically an eye view. A lot of use rule of thirds. We think of the people and street view of that era. Record the classics of that era in the form of photographs. Record people of different ages and different RACES. Sometimes use black and white sometimes use color to bring different feeling.
Exhibit: Scenes from the blackout. Subject matter of the exhibit is street sense. The predominant formal characteristics is Chaos of life. The tone is very dark. But there is always a lamp to represent hope. Use the eagle eye Angle to record the scene and depth of field. The photographer wants to tell the audience that there is a side to the city that we live in. There is always darkness behind the light.
I agree that one of the strongest compositional elements of the falling water exhibit was symmetry. I am not quite sure what you mean by returning to real life but certainly the sense of the pull of gravity is powerful and majestic.
Arlene Gottfried was a street photographer. I don’t know that she specifically took on the subject of race so much as just photographed the people she met in the street. I agree that she captured the unique flavor of the era.
Scenes for the Blackout are staged photographs. The photographer set up everything-hired models, etc. he was imagining a future disaster.