Walker Evans Series Drafts

For both construction pictures, I was trying to get a shot of a place that looked wrecked and deserted. This is similar to what Walker Evans did with some of his pictures. I was trying to get a good shot of the powerlines in the first picture and a good shot of the bulldozer in the second picture in order to have a good focus for both pictures. I was also trying to get a good background lighting in the first picture because in one of Walker Evans' pictures, he has a shot where the lighting in the background is brighter than the lighting in the front.




For both of the pictures of my house, I was trying to get a picture that was straight on with no angles. This was similar to what Walker Evans did with a couple of his house pictures. Like in my pictures, the houses in his were pretty close up with the focus on the center. What's a little different about my house pictures is that his background is literally in the background where as in my first picture, the background is reflected from the window of the door. In my second picture you can see a bit of a background through the top window.


For the picture of the street corner, I was trying to make it similar to a specific picture that Walker Evans did of a deserted street corner. Like Walker Evans, I was trying to make it look like it was a poor town and that hardly anyone lived there. Unfortunately it was difficult to avoid getting cars in the shot while taking the picture.

For the picture of the movie theatre, I was trying to get an example of the types of structures that Walker Evans used in his pictures. Like this one, his buildings are made up of old looking wood. Also the blue paint on the theatre makes it stand out from everything else. I was also trying to get a good shot of the background.

For the picture of the Tiburon shop window, I was trying to get a good shot of the sign in the window. This was similar to what Walker Evans did with many of his sign pictures. Like Walker Evans, I was trying to make my signs have a message. The message that I had in my signs was that this one said, "For Lease" and a picture of another shop window that I took said, "Leased." Unfortunately the second picture didn't turn out very well, so I didn't upload it.
For the picture of my christmas lights, I was trying to get a good shot of bright lighting with a dark background. This was similar to what Walker Evans did in one of his pictures of Times Square in New York. I was also trying to get a good shot of the lights that are in the background of the picture.