Photography year 2

The term 'Decisive moment' came around from the French photographer 'Henri Cartier Bresson' who was considered a master of candid photography, he was one of the first to develop street photography and the 'decisive moment' is what he viewed photography as being. In David Bates' reading on storytelling he also speaks of a German critic named Gotthold Lessing who has developed the term of a 'Pregnant moment' where the past present and future can be depicted from a single glance by the viewer whilst also having their own interpretation on the moment. An example of this is showing aspects of politics and hidden messages whether they are intended or not to make up a good documentary photograph. This is one of the photos used in Bates' reading taken by Henri Cartier Bresson himself it shows one of many paintings of dutch governors being removed from the governors residence. This to me represents freedom and how they have achieved independence...

In this task we were asked to document and event whether it be over. long period of time or a short one, as you can see I have done 'smoking a cigarette' as my event and have included the key aspects of which I think resemble smoking a cigarette.

This was the first bit of text I was asked to analyse, it is a snippet from 'David Bate's' photography theory - this specific text speaks about how photography is overlooked in peoples everyday life, he uses an example of an image of a cow being on a milk carton and how that is not considered artistic statements, however the image being portrayed on the carton has been put there to create an image of the cow being as bate's says 'healthy' this is an example of idealised photography used in most cases of advertising to make things more attractive to the consumer. However is some cases it is better to put the harsh truth in a photo apposed to the ideal photo, most charities will use photos of sick children who they are trying to aid. Now while this may be uncomfortable for some people look at it also brands that image in peoples heads as it is showing the brutal reality. 'Nobody Else Even Knows' is a article by 'Bridget Jones' she photographs ...