''For me, abstraction is real, probably more real than nature. I'll go further and say that abstraction is nearer my heart. I prefer to see with closed eyes.''
- Joseph Albers
A jagged, irreglar formation of what looks like a cut out photograph hovers in the right hand corner.. If this were to be split into the rule of thirds, it would be situated in the first third of the composition. This irregular shape consists of somewhat streaks/ bars of light, repeated in a consecutive pattern which looks to be enduring motion as you can see by the blurs that follow. Below this structure, there is another asymmetrical curved shape, almost like a circle split in half. This contains a range of flowers/ leaves arranged compactly. These two constructions are layered and overlap the background, which appear to be nearer to our vision. The background is a regular, traditional image of leaves in a bush with hardly any space between the leaves, creating a brighter tone to the image as a whole.
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This is my favourite photograph because it displays more than one photo in one and to me it adds to the abstraction of the photograph overall. You can visualise it in whatever way you like; you can focus on the bright red numbers or you can focus on the trees. This effect reveals that the surface is reflective: looking at how the trees appear. You could say that the trees are a background to the image.
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"Puzzled 'em" is a photography related game that involves a set of unconventional photographs of objects that are deliberately complicated to interpret; this is achieved by the unusual angles and the lack of scale present in the images. Besides from the fact that these photographs and objects are quite dated, the greyscale effect adds to the uncertainty of what these objects appear to be. There are extreme close-ups, different angles and overall bizarre photographs that this game comprises of.
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Brassai
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Peter Fraser
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Stephen Gill
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"There are the things that are out in the open, and there are the things that are hidden. The real world has more to do with what is hidden."
Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was an American photographer whose early work in the 1940s-1950s became a huge contribution to the New York School Of Photography. His initial career focus was on painting however he ended up pursuing abstract photography. He would take strolls around Manhattan photographing people doing everyday things, distorting them by concealing parts of the photograph with dark shadows or objects.
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