Category Archives: RR1-Mirrors and Windows

Window and Mirror

Szarkowski uses mirrors and windows ad a way to describe photography and the artist behind them. The use of mirrors reflects the feelings or mental state of a person while the window reflects an ambition or image that the artist would like to see.

Both pictures reflect subjects in similar positions with different meanings. Gary shows a window where the subject could be some he knows or is familiar with while Gregory reflects a set up scene where the subject might be having a bad night in many different ways. Creating both a mirror and a window takes the artist in different positions while themes or other factors they decide to photograph.

Mirrors and Windows

Gary Winogrand, Albuquerque, 1958

Gary Winogrand, Albuquerque, 1958

Gregory Crewdson, Daughter, 2008

Gregory Crewdson, Daughter, 2008

 

State Szarkowski’s Mirrors and Windows thesis in your own words.

Then use the mirrors and windows metaphor to compare and contrast the two photos by Crewdson and Winogrand. Consider which is a mirror and which a window? Use your observations of the photos as evidence. Each claim you make must be supported by something you can see in the photographs. Compare and contrast the two photographs using the Visual Elements vocabulary. Find at least four points of comparison in order to clearly define each photographer’s style.