Friday, April 18, 2008

it's complicated image rhetoric1

We’ll write a short blog post on this using the vocab we received from Ms. Chase.
The photographer of the "it's complicated" images uses a lot of lighting contrast to make his statements. He uses contrast, color, and balance. The contrast comes from the lighting. There is focus of the lighting and how it centered on their faces. Some pictures have the light coming from behind them that makes the person seem like they "can't see the light."
Color actually comes from the lack of color seen in teh photographs. You can, however, see tones in shades of gray, white, and balck. These tones make the pictures more simple so you can really focus on teh subjects. They aren't complicated with a bunch of bright colors.
Balance in the photographs comes from the balance of objects in teh photographs. Some pictures have a lot goiing on in them while others are very simple. The two ommish girls don't have much going on in teh background but the debutante does. It's a difference of livestyles represented by the balance in the photographs.

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