Richard Avedon
This Photograph taken by Richard Avedon quite simply explains the raw talent that Avedon had and how his ideas developed into photographs and techniques that would be carried on down for decades, also influencing many of the great and aspiring photographers around the world. (where was this from)
Form: The image is composed, the angle of the camera is slightly lower than the eye level of the model creating a more impressive view of the delicate model and monstrous animals. Avedon used a (type of camera) and the foreground holds focus but when looking closely you can see the elephant to the far left is out of focus which helps direct you line of vision to concentrate on the main focail point of the tiny frame of Domiva holding this (stunning) dress
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I feel positive looking at this image as it reminds me of almost a breakthrough as Dovima is almost gliding through the gap between the two giants that resemble the bleak period in time breaking it up with hope and luxury.
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Image Analysis
Dovima with Elephants, Richard Avedon, August 1955, Cirque d’Hiver Paris
“ It is worth emphasising that there is no single or ‘correct’ answer to the question, ‘What does an image mean? or ‘What is this ad saying?’. Since there is no law which can guarantee that things will have ‘one, true meaning’, or that the meaning won’t change over time, work in this area is bound to be interpretative - a debate between, not who is ‘right’ and who is ‘wrong’, but between equally plausible, though sometimes competing and contested, meanings and interpretations’ Hall, S. (1997)
Looking at the statement above by Hall, I will critically anaylise a particular inspiring photograph by Richard Avedon - ‘Dovima with elephants‘ ( see word count at the end if I need this introduction)
( Introduction Richard Avedon’s background)
Richard Avedon was born in 1923,
Form: The image is composed, the angle of the camera is slightly lower than the eye level of the model creating a more impressive view of the delicate model and monstrous animals. Avedon used a (type of camera) and the foreground holds focus but when looking closely you can see the elephant to the far left is out of focus which helps direct you line of vision to concentrate on the main focail point of the tiny frame of Domiva holding this (stunning) dress
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What does this photograph mean:
Evaluation
I feel positive looking at this image as it reminds me of almost a breakthrough as Dovima is almost gliding through the gap between the two giants that resemble the bleak period in time breaking it up with hope and luxury.
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Image Analysis
Dovima with Elephants, Richard Avedon, August 1955, Cirque d’Hiver Paris
“ It is worth emphasising that there is no single or ‘correct’ answer to the question, ‘What does an image mean? or ‘What is this ad saying?’. Since there is no law which can guarantee that things will have ‘one, true meaning’, or that the meaning won’t change over time, work in this area is bound to be interpretative - a debate between, not who is ‘right’ and who is ‘wrong’, but between equally plausible, though sometimes competing and contested, meanings and interpretations’ Hall, S. (1997)
Looking at the statement above by Hall, I will critically anaylise a particular inspiring photograph by Richard Avedon - ‘Dovima with elephants‘ ( see word count at the end if I need this introduction)
( Introduction Richard Avedon’s background)
Richard Avedon was born in 1923,