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Analyzing Contact Sheets

The document discusses contact sheets from two famous photographers - Diane Arbus and Robert Frank. It provides details on Arbus's 1962 photograph "Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City" and Frank's book "The Americans" which compiled 83 photographs from his road trip across 30 US states in the 1950s where he took over 27,000 photos. The document also provides tips on analyzing photographs, noting that composition, exposure, subject matter, and printing considerations are important factors to evaluate in a photo.

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Analyzing Contact Sheets

The document discusses contact sheets from two famous photographers - Diane Arbus and Robert Frank. It provides details on Arbus's 1962 photograph "Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City" and Frank's book "The Americans" which compiled 83 photographs from his road trip across 30 US states in the 1950s where he took over 27,000 photos. The document also provides tips on analyzing photographs, noting that composition, exposure, subject matter, and printing considerations are important factors to evaluate in a photo.

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Contact Sheets

Diane Arbus!

Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City ! 1962

Contact Sheets

Diane Arbus!

Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, New York City ! 1962

Robert Frank - The Americans

10,000 miles across over 30 states in 9 months! 767 rolls of lm - over 27,000 photos! 83 nal photographs in The Americans

Consider not only what is the best composition, but also which composition communicates your idea best.

Faces are covered, Division of frame into rectangles

Consider not only what is the best composition, but also which composition communicates your idea best.

Faces are covered, Division of frame into rectangles

Too crowded a composition More snapshot-like capture of people, no specific idea is being

communicated

unorganized

composition

moment

is captured

unorganized

again

Balanced composition Shows woman/man relationship Stoic faces allow us to focus on their role and what they represent

No clear subject Too far away

No specific focal point

Foreground figure is balanced by men on the left , leading back in space Zoomed in to make figure the focal point Cropped to focus the composition

No clear subject Too far away

No specific focal point

Foreground figure is balanced by men on the left , leading back in space Zoomed in to make figure the focal point Cropped to focus the composition

Analyze!
! !
exposure! -is it correctly exposed! -or over/under-exposed! -is there a sense of light! composition! -principles of composition! -depth of eld! -action! -framing through the viewnder! subject matter! -does it support your idea! -is it distracting! -how is it framed! -what would you change or alter!

MOST IMPORTANT

printing considerations! -size! -dodge/burn! -value range

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