Bresson explains at the beginning of the video he focuses on the geometry in a picture. For example:lines, shapes, curves and the relationship that forms between them in a photo. He doesn’t overthink when capturing a photo instead he acts in that moment. Even a small movement can change the photo so if you make a mistake you have to take another picture. You can’t take an exact picture as you did before, as he said “life is fluid” everyone is moving, you can’t go back and ask them to remain in the some position as before, therefore it is important to stay alert and present.
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What we choose to put in our frame will determine the meaning or relationship in things. For example, in the first video, Joel Meyerowitz explained by capturing two unrelated people that aren’t even interacting in reality but in the frame, he is creating a scene with both of them in it. Another importance of what we include in the frame is we can make the subject stand out more or help us draw our eye to the subject. It also makes the photo more interesting. In the second video, Peter McKinnon gives tips such as using architecture or using found material things in nature to frame the subject.
- Dawound Bey wanted to redefine unrepresenative Afrcian Americans in his photogrpahy by potraying them as a complex human being. One project is the underground railroad. He capture images the fugutive slaves might’ve seen at night such as the vast lands tall trees, grass, and houses in areas that are part of the underground railroad. As he said he’s “making the invisible visible”. He found his voice and is able to “see deeply” to compenstate for his hearing loss as said in the video.
- Carrie Mae Weems found her voice by her sense of “what need to happen”. She explores domesticated space like the kitchen. The kitchen table project is about giving women a voice. She also captures the drama within her photographs.
- I can find my voice perhaps by thinking about what subject I’m truly passionate about. What I want to change, what I want to capture, or even who I want to give a voice to in my photographs.
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