Bown's extensive photojournalism output includes series on Hop Pickers, Greenham Common evictions, Butlin's holiday resort, the British Seaside, and in 2002, Glastonbury festival. Her social documentary and photo journalism was mostly unseen before the release of her book Unknown Bown 1947-1967 in 2007.
In 2007 her work on the Greenham Common evictions was selected by Val Williams and Susa
Bright as part of How We Are: Photographing Britain, the first major survey of photography to be held at Tate Britain.In 2007 her work on the Greenham Common evictions was
selected by Val Williams and Susan Bright as part of How We Are: Photographing
Britain, the first major survey of photography to be held at Tate Britain. Bown
was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2000.
These are awarded to distinguished persons having, from their position or
attainments, an intimate connection with the science or fine art of photography
or the application thereof. In 2014, directors Luke Dodd and Michael Whyte
released a documentary about Bown, Looking For Light, featuring conversations
with Bown about her life and interviews with those she photographed and worked
with, including Edna O'Brien, Lynn Barber and Richard Ashcroft.What was the intention? What is the reason(s) why the photographer made the photograph? What's the subject? In my opinion Jane Bown made her photo's how they are so there isn't anything in the background to take the attention away from the person's face.Which of these best describes your photograph? I think it's a good example of expressive photography and made to show the persons emotions.
WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION? (This is the arrangement or structure of the
formal elements that make up an image, such as ‘Rule of Thirds’).
1.How is the photograph framed? How has the photographer arranged the
object(s) or people within the boundaries of the photograph?
The person’s face in the centre
of the photo.
2.What is the setting? Is it actual
physical surroundings or scenery? Is it artificial like a photographer’s
studio?
Nothing
so you don’t get drawn away from their face.
3.What is the vantage point? (This is the place from which a photographer
takes a photograph)Was the vantage point from eye level, low down or high up?
Was the vantage point from which the photograph was taken unusual or
exaggerated?
Eye level.
4.What is the balance? (The distribution of objects or people in a
photograph.
Symmetrical
balance distributes objects and/or people evenly in an image. Asymmetrical
balance is found when objects or people are not evenly distributed in an
image).Symetrical balance.
WHAT IS THE FOCUS? What areas appear
clearest or sharpest in the photograph? What is not?
Central focus is the object(s), which appears most prominently and/or
most clearly focused in a photograph.
Background:
the part of a scene or picture that is or seems to be toward the back. Is this
in focus or out of focus? Is this because of Depth of Field?The persons
face.
HOW DOES THE
LIGHT APPEAR IN THE PHOTOGRAPH? What areas of the photograph are most highlighted?
Are there any shadows?Does the photograph allow you to guess the time of day?Is
the light: natural or artificial, harsh or soft, reflected or direct?Contrast:
are there strong visual differences between light and dark, textures and
objects?Their face and the light is artificial.
FIFTH
QUESTIONS: CHOOSE WHICH QUESTIONS ARE APPROPRIATE TO YOUR PHOTOGRAPH.1.LINE:
are there objects in the photograph that act as lines? Are they straight,
curvy, thin or thick? Do the lines create direction in the photograph? Do they
outline? Do the lines show movement or energy? A ‘Contour’ is the outline of an
object or shape. The light
outlines the persons chest and face.
6.VALUE: is there a range of tones from dark to light? Where is the darkest
value? Where is the lightest? The lightest areas is his face so the
viewer doesn’t get distracted by the background.Light centre dark edges.
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