Paul Strand

In our next assignment we are going to be looking into the famous photographer, Paul Strand. Paul is known for his breath taking black and white photography. Paul had a long and productive career with is camera. Every single one of his photos are absolutely breath taking. In class we watched 2-6 parts of Paul Strand: Under the Dark Cloth part 1, Posted by Tom Johnson on you-tube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5YTqqoAqA&feature=player_embedded). During these films we really got to know who Paul stand was and what he aimed for in all his photos. Paul was a really big part in helping making photography an art form in the 20th century, he was solemnly focused on looking passed other photographers and trying to make photography serious in his life than ever before. One type of photography that Paul is know famously for doing is Straight Photography. In my next assignment i will be going out and taking 50 photographs in the style of Paul Strands Straight photography. While i look towards taking them with good contrast so that the black and white will really pop, and that the shapes and objects in my picture really stand out and have a meaning. I have noticed that shadowing, vertical lines, and composition is extremely important in all of Paul's photos, so i will make sure to include them in my pictures. For this assignment i wouldn't like to study any subject in particular i want to get a little of each, so i know the feel of Paul's artwork. I researched some of Paul's famous images and here are some i liked the most;