The Photographer's Eye, John Szarkowski
The photographer's eye is a book written by John Svarkowski that explores how the traditions of photography have radically emerged into something new. From an exhaustive mechanical process into an electrical process taken effortlessly, now becoming a common hobby among silversmiths, tinkers , druggists, blacksmiths and printers. Photography is a new medium that betrays the ethics of art that disregards the traditional 'picture-making process' of painting.
" 'The Photographers Eye' is an investigation on what photographs look like, and why they look that way. It is concerned with photographic style and with photographic tradition: with the sense of possibilities that a photographer today takes to his work." |
The thing itself
He learned also that the factuality of his pictures, no matter how convincing and unarguable, was a different thing than he reality itself.
This was believed to such an extent that people started to trust more pictures than their own eyes because it was thought they showed illusions, because images survive but people tend to forget, they were given more credibility.
He learned also that the factuality of his pictures, no matter how convincing and unarguable, was a different thing than he reality itself.
This was believed to such an extent that people started to trust more pictures than their own eyes because it was thought they showed illusions, because images survive but people tend to forget, they were given more credibility.
The detail
Svarkowski also considers detail, believing that photographers do not tell the full truth in their photos, photography captures details of a story or everyday life rather than attempt to narrate it, and therefore photographers can capture details in everyday life which are overlooked in a narrative, so photography is not about telling a story, but about making it real.
Svarkowski also considers detail, believing that photographers do not tell the full truth in their photos, photography captures details of a story or everyday life rather than attempt to narrate it, and therefore photographers can capture details in everyday life which are overlooked in a narrative, so photography is not about telling a story, but about making it real.
The Frame
Photography is an art based on selection rather than synthesis. This means that, when shooting a photograph, the photographer decides what to include in it and what to leave out. This is exactly what Svarkowski means by "The Frame". The edges of the picture dictate what it contains and, by changing the position of the camera or moving the lens to different angles or directions, the photographer is entitled to choose what he wants to capture in his photograph.
Photography is an art based on selection rather than synthesis. This means that, when shooting a photograph, the photographer decides what to include in it and what to leave out. This is exactly what Svarkowski means by "The Frame". The edges of the picture dictate what it contains and, by changing the position of the camera or moving the lens to different angles or directions, the photographer is entitled to choose what he wants to capture in his photograph.
Time
Svarkowski describes a photograph as a time exposure of shorter or longer duration which capture a specific moment in time. Therefore, since photographic equipment started to improve, photographers all around the world have been experimenting to capture fast moving objects.
Svarkowski describes a photograph as a time exposure of shorter or longer duration which capture a specific moment in time. Therefore, since photographic equipment started to improve, photographers all around the world have been experimenting to capture fast moving objects.
Vantage point
Szarkowski states that the clarity and obscurity of a picture depend on the vantage point taken by the photographer. By taking an unexpected vantage point, something mundane and ordinary can become dramatic and exciting. It gives endless possibilities to make every photograph stand out from another.
Szarkowski states that the clarity and obscurity of a picture depend on the vantage point taken by the photographer. By taking an unexpected vantage point, something mundane and ordinary can become dramatic and exciting. It gives endless possibilities to make every photograph stand out from another.