I was inspired by Talbot’s images as the symbolism of the tree makes them look very powerful. Oak tree’s are a symbol of beauty, strength and stability, the oak tree in Talbot’s photograph gives the image a very heroic feel. The symbolism of the tree inspired me to use tree’s in my own images as I feel they represent the beauty and strength nature has but by using a bare tree it represents how the tree has aged and stood through time. Talbot produced the print from a paper negative. The composition of the photo gives it a very powerful because of how the tree is directly in the centre of the photo, this composition has inspired me to compose my images with the main subject in the centre. I like how the sky isn’t to distracting in the photo as there isn’t much detail because it looks very overcast.
Casper David Friedrich
Friedrich’s, ‘Monk by the sea’ is a sublime landscape. A feeling of awe and beauty is represented in the painting because of how vast the landscape is and how it allows your mind to imagine the area. The sublime quality of the landscape also has a horrific feel to it because you can’t calculate or measure the landscape because it is so sublime. The composition of the image adds to the feeling of it being a sublime landscape as there is a large amount of empty space in the picture. I love how Friedrich creates fear in this painting however it also gives you pleasure as the fear attracts you. Friedrich has also included a human figure in his painting, the figure almost looks heroic as its looking out over the vast landscape. His work has inspired me to take sublime landscapes to show the large areas of nature humans have affected. I was also inspired by the feeling of fear in his images but how they still manage to intrigue you, I want to create a similar effect in my own work by showing the devastating effects humans have caused on the landscape.
Peter Henry Emerson
Most of Emerson’s photographs were taken in the 1880’s in East Anglia. He was interested in every day life, his work consists of countrymen at work and countryside landscapes. Emerson was very interested in ‘natural’ photography and he believed that ‘a photograph should be a true representation of that which the eye saw’ this led to many arguments with the British photograph establishment. I like how Emerson shows the effects humans have had on the country side but regards everything in the countryside as equal as he uses a large depth of field so everything is in focus. Emerson was against modernisation this is shown in his work as he photographs very rural areas and shows countrymen working in a very idyllic way. I was inspired by his work because of how he represents the landscape in a natural way and shows a mixture of nature and man made in his images.
Edward Weston
Weston pays close attention to detail in his work, and gives everything equal significance this technique almost gives he’s images an abstract feel. Even though some of his pictures have a abstract feel you don’t loose the realness of the landscape but concentrate on the selected areas. Weston believes that ‘every natural fact is spiritual’, I believe this is why he focuses on small areas in the landscape to show all of its detail and to show how you’re at one with nature. His work inspired me for my own landscape images as I can show the detail in how humans have effected the landscape by taking close up’s of the effected area’s.
Timothy O'Sullivan
O’Sulliavan’s job was to photograph the American West to attract citizens, he photographed mines, prehistoric ruins and villages. His work documents the American West in an untamed way as well as showing American’s progression with modernisation. His photograph of the rock with the inscription and ruler represents the owning and controlling of the land and how its slowly being changed. I like how he shows the vastness of the land to show how much is still untouched but also includes areas that humans have changed cutting through the landscape. O’Sullivan’s work documents the landscape as well as showing it in an artistic way with he’s camera angles and compositions.
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