Eugene Richards-Stepping Through the Ashes
- What type of photograph is it?
(Eugene Richards-Stepping Through the Ashes), this photograph shows Space and Perspective. The type of this photograph is Negative space or ground.
- What can you tell (or guess) about the photographer’s intention?
For what I can tell, the photographer’s intention was to surround the figure hence the two children below right hand side of the street. Also, the background shows loneliness and the smoke surrounding the area hence the kids with cloth over their mouths.
- What emphasis has the photographer created and how has that been done?
The light on this photograph is highly emphasized towards the two children. The light is basically hovering over them to show the emotion, purpose or reason of this photograph.
- Do technical matters hÂelp or hinder the image?
Technical matters have helped this picture because I believe the purpose of the photograph is the two children and the photographer, Richards has caught them very clearly.
- Are graphic elements important, such as tone, line or perspective?
Yes, according to this photograph it is very important to have these graphic elements. For example, if there was no perspective, you won’t be able to understand the meaning of the photograph. Also, the tone of this photograph also gives it sense of the feelings the children may be going through.
- What else does the photograph reveal besides what is immediately evident?
The photograph reveals full scale affect which are black, white and gray. This photograph is diffused or revealing light which means almost no shadows.
- What emotional or physical impact does the photograph have?
According to this photograph, the photographer took this picture in Black and white which suggests grief and pain. Â Also, the background shows loneliness and the children are no longer under parental supervision.
- How does this photograph relate to others in the same series by the same photographer?
The photograph I chose from Eugene Richards Gallery- Stepping through the Ashes, all the photographs are taken on September 11, 2001 when the terrorists attacked the Twin Towers. It also relates to all taken black and white and it also shows grief, pain and suffering.
What an image. There is almost nothing in the photo to tell us what is happening except the two girls hold cloths to their mouths. As you state it is the perspective and the space it creates that makes the girls look so small and vulnerable. The glare of sunlight points right at them.
We know there is smoke and the air appears thick here gray, modifying what should be the crisp light of the sun. If the light is diffused here it is because of the smoke. Usually when we use this expression we are referring to light hitting a subject from many angles as on a cloudy day or in shade.