Great B&W Photos, Part 2

Brassai was born on September 9, 1899 in Romania. At the age of 3, his family moved to Paris, France because of his father’s job. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1920, Brassai moved to Berlin & worked as a journalist. Then in 1924, he moved back to Paris & worked as a journalist there as well. Because of his job & his love of Paris, he started his career as a photographer. In 1933, he published his first book called “Paris After Dark.” Later, Brassai was nicknamed the “eye of Paris.” His photos led to international fame. In 1956, he made a film & won the “Most Original Film” award at Cannes Film Festival. 1974 came by & he was named “Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.” Two years later in 1976, Brassai was given the Legion of Honor. Two years after that, he won the first “Grand Prix National de la Photographie” in Paris. Brassai was the author of 17 books & many, many articles. He is considered one of the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Brassai died on July 8, 1984.

Masters of Photography

E.J. Bellocq

Brassai

Alvin Langdon Coburn

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I like this picture because you don't
really see the man. It's just the silhoutte
of him. The gray smoke makes him
stand out.

In this photo, the woman in front stands

out from the rest. It's a very dramatic photo

& shows the seriousness of the situation.

This picture uses the "Rules of the Thirds."

The men are aligned & stand out from the rest

of the objects in this picture.

The gray smoke in the picture shows

what's going on & pops out from the light

blue of the sky in the background.

This picture also uses the "Rules of the Thirds."

The American flag is the only thing in color in

this picture next to all the debris.

This picture is interesting because

the focus is on the building in the front,

but the twin towers still stand out.

Inside of a Camera

Important Words

Rangefinder- allows the photographer to measure the subject distance and take photographs that are in sharp focus

Parallax- causes framing errors in close-up shots; is an apparent displacement or difference of orientation of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines

Aperture- a hole or an opening through which light travels

Viewfinder- what the photographer looks through to compose, and in many cases to focus, the picture

Shutter- a device that allows light to pass for a determined period of time, for the purpose of exposing photographic film or a light-sensitive electronic sensor to light to capture a permanent image of a scene

Autofocus- a feature of some optical systems that allows them to obtain (and in some systems to also continuously maintain) correct focus on a subject, instead of requiring the operator to adjust focus manually.

Depth of Field- the portion of a scene that appears sharp in the image

Exposure- the total amount of light allowed to fall on the sensor during the taking of a photograph

F-stop- is the focal length divided by the "effective" aperture diameter

Focal length- a measure of how strongly it converges (focuses) or diverges (defocuses) light

Pinhole Photos

There are no people in this picture.

The building is in sharp focus, but the sunlight makes it look softer.

This image is not warped.

Photo taken by: Zablocki Piotr

Link URL: http://pinhole.org/wp-content/gallery/Robert%20Willmore/wwpd295.jpg

This picture has no people in it & has a soft focus.

This image is not warped either.

Photo taken by: Robert Willmore

Link URL: http://pinhole.org/wp-content/gallery/Zablocki%20Piotr/Zablocki_Italian_memories_11.jpg

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