Monday, 12 March 2012

The Golden Age

The Great Depression in 1930 brought about a larger influx of Documentary Photography
Magazines such as Life, Picture Post and Paris Match brought about a large fan base through the use of photographs.
I decided to look into a single prominent photographer from this era instead of collecting images from a number, I decided to do this purely on the fact that it'd help me identify their particular style of photography and find out any pattens.


"Photographs can summon enough emotion to be a catalyst to thought." - W. Eugene Smith



I decided to pick W. Eugene Smith and some of his photos



I noticed on a lot of his photos (shown below) he uses the environment to frame the subject in it for example:



This technique draws you into the subject of the photo making them stand out more clearly