Taurique Venson

5/22/19

Graphic Design Principles 1

Artist : Evelyn Hoffer l Date:1964 l  Medium: Photographs dye transfer paint

Name of exhibit Evelyn Hofer in 3 parts: Portraits, Landscapes, Still Lives

Location: Danziger Gallery

The foreground in this art piece or photograph  stands outs. From first glance all it is  simple green grass. Its not so simple though, the grass brings out color in the photo and correlates with the background and helps the image overall and background. Showing contrast and layers of contrast throughout the photo. The background is foggy air with a  bridge behind it (that u can see through the mist). The main subject of the subject is a black male wearing a bright shirt sitting on a bike. He positioned right in the middle of the bridge and is covering a tree u can see in the background only by a little bit. Being a very old picture the texture is very grainy, its not very clear due to technology/camera that was used in the 1960s. The motion the male is presenting and the overall picture presents is stiff and neural . There’s is no emotions in the males face and is posture and the way his body is positioned on the bike is stiff. One of the project Ive done n Graphic design principles 1 was project 3 SelfieMotion. In one of the beginning steps for the project we had to take a selfie presenting a emotion in front of a white bland background. Seeing this photo the differences was plentiful. My face showed my expression and the way my body was positioned made it look like I was ready and excited to take this picture. The male in the photo looked like he didn’t want to be there and somewhat sad. Just an expressionless face.