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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.

Walker Evans Research Project - Part 2

Photojournalism began in the mid 1800s. Events that were considered news were photographed at first and printing presses used engravings until the 1880s. Innovations in photography led to the printing of photographs on presses by 1897. The “golden age” of photojournalism went on between the 1930s-1950s. Some newspapers and magazines were popular because of the photography. Life Magazine was considered to be one of the most read magazines between 1936 and the early 70s. It exposed a great deal of people to photojournalism. Photojournalism and documentary photography are considered as a form of art today.


Documentary Photography is a type of photojournalism that focuses on a certain subject. The purpose of the photographs is to show the reality of the subject and teach the viewer about places, people or a time in history.


The main artists in the photojournalism genre are Carol Szathmari, Kenneth Kobre, Don McCullin, Susan C. Zavoina, John H. Davidson and Grahan Clarke.
The main artists in the documentary photography genre are Berenice Abbott, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, Nan Goldin, Lauren Greenfield, Lewis Hine, Dorothea Lange, Mary Ellen Mark, Steve McCurry, James Nachtwey, Gordon Parks, Eugene Richards, Jim Richardson, Jacob Riis, W. Eugene Smith, Gary Winogrand and Sally Mann.
Walker Evans was the first photographer to make art from something that did not appear to be art. “His work embodies a way of seeing that at once is entirely Evans’ and stands upon him.” His work was considered an important part on American documentary photography. He was considered a genius in his ability to show the reality of The Depression in this art form. He was against photographs that were too commercial or artsy.

End Notes:
Quote 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photojournalism
Photo 1: http://myjournalism.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/photojournalism_002.jpg
Photo 2: http://sarahwichlacz.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/docume2-1.jpg
Photo 3: http://www.docuphoto.com/images/activists/200x300/activist.jpg
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