Winter Fifth Avenue
”Winter on 5th avenue”
The photography is shot by Alfred Stieglitz in New York on 5th avenue, 1893
Objective Analysis
In the picture we see 5th avenue, covered in a vicious snowstorm. There are two carriages on the road, a few people on the sidewalk and in the background we see some buildings. The road is all covered in brown and filthy now, yet to get even more filthy as the carriages are about to pass through. The sky is completely grey and almost looks like a giant cover of darkness, covering New York, only to make it look even more like the worst weather of the century. The centre of the picture is the carriage closest to the photographer, being dark as all of the other moving objects in the picture. All the people in the picture are walking away from …show more content…
the vanishing point that lies in the depth of the picture covered with fog.
It is shown by the inclinations of buildings and the sidewalks. The perspective of the picture shows that you are looking towards the vanishing points and all the other objects and people are moving towards you. The carriage nearest to the photographer is encircled by the golden sections, illustrated in top right corner by a sign. There are many vertical lines through the picture from the buildings and the only visible thing in the background a silhouette of a spire on a tall building.
Subjective analysis
The photography ”Winter on 5th Avenue” is from the 1890´s. It shows the busy road 5th Avenue on a winter day. The weather is horrible. Dark, cloudy, foggy and there is a vicious snowstorm. The road is completely covered in disgusting dark muddy snow. There are only a few people in the photography. Some people are walking on
the sidewalk and at least two men are riding the two carriages in the picture. All the people are almost just dark silhouettes covered in the heavy fog that covers the entire photography. You can almost feel the wind crashing into the faces of them all. The ice-cold snow sticking to their faces. I really pity them. I wonder what exactly was so important that they had to go out that particular day instead of sitting at home in front of the fire. In the right side of the photography there is a big block. It is also covered in darkness, but there is nothing big and dominating about it. Therefore the photography should tilt to the right. But it doesn’t. I actually think it tilts more to the left side of the picture. In the background we should be able to the enormous New York, but it is hidden behind the heavy fog. The only thing visible is one tall building with a spire on top of it. The sky in the background is rather bright and it is a sharp contrast to the big dark building, the carriages and the rest of the people in the photography. The mood the in the photography is, in my opinion, very depressing. The weather is horrible, and the people are obviously freezing. Especially the harsh snowstorm creates that particular feeling of coldness. It literally makes me feel cold and depressed. Just as I think those people were feeling that day in the 1890´s.
The photography is shot by Alfred Stieglitz in New York on 5th avenue, 1893
Objective Analysis
In the picture we see 5th avenue, covered in a vicious snowstorm. There are two carriages on the road, a few people on the sidewalk and in the background we see some buildings. The road is all covered in brown and filthy now, yet to get even more filthy as the carriages are about to pass through. The sky is completely grey and almost looks like a giant cover of darkness, covering New York, only to make it look even more like the worst weather of the century. The centre of the picture is the carriage closest to the photographer, being dark as all of the other moving objects in the picture. All the people in the picture are walking away from …show more content…
the vanishing point that lies in the depth of the picture covered with fog.
It is shown by the inclinations of buildings and the sidewalks. The perspective of the picture shows that you are looking towards the vanishing points and all the other objects and people are moving towards you. The carriage nearest to the photographer is encircled by the golden sections, illustrated in top right corner by a sign. There are many vertical lines through the picture from the buildings and the only visible thing in the background a silhouette of a spire on a tall building.
Subjective analysis
The photography ”Winter on 5th Avenue” is from the 1890´s. It shows the busy road 5th Avenue on a winter day. The weather is horrible. Dark, cloudy, foggy and there is a vicious snowstorm. The road is completely covered in disgusting dark muddy snow. There are only a few people in the photography. Some people are walking on
the sidewalk and at least two men are riding the two carriages in the picture. All the people are almost just dark silhouettes covered in the heavy fog that covers the entire photography. You can almost feel the wind crashing into the faces of them all. The ice-cold snow sticking to their faces. I really pity them. I wonder what exactly was so important that they had to go out that particular day instead of sitting at home in front of the fire. In the right side of the photography there is a big block. It is also covered in darkness, but there is nothing big and dominating about it. Therefore the photography should tilt to the right. But it doesn’t. I actually think it tilts more to the left side of the picture. In the background we should be able to the enormous New York, but it is hidden behind the heavy fog. The only thing visible is one tall building with a spire on top of it. The sky in the background is rather bright and it is a sharp contrast to the big dark building, the carriages and the rest of the people in the photography. The mood the in the photography is, in my opinion, very depressing. The weather is horrible, and the people are obviously freezing. Especially the harsh snowstorm creates that particular feeling of coldness. It literally makes me feel cold and depressed. Just as I think those people were feeling that day in the 1890´s.