Reading on the Stephen Shore's book...
"A photograph has edges; the world does not. The edges separate what is in the picture from what is not" (The Nature of Photographs, p. 54). This is an interesting theme and is worth exploring further.
"Just a monocular vision creates juxtraposition of lines and shapes within the image, edges create relationships between these lines and shapes and the frame. The relationships that the edges create are both visual and contexual" (p.56). These relationships could be used to 'tell the story', to help put a point across.
"For some pictures the frame act passively. It is where the picture ends. The structure of the picture begins within the image and works its way out of the frame.
For some pictures the frame is active. The structure of the picture begins within the frame and works inward" (p.60). I like this description of active and passive frames. It helps me understand how the frames could be used differently. There is nothing wrong with passive frames - in fact they might be necessary to communicate or emphasize the nature of the subject.
"A photograph has edges; the world does not. The edges separate what is in the picture from what is not" (The Nature of Photographs, p. 54). This is an interesting theme and is worth exploring further.
"Just a monocular vision creates juxtraposition of lines and shapes within the image, edges create relationships between these lines and shapes and the frame. The relationships that the edges create are both visual and contexual" (p.56). These relationships could be used to 'tell the story', to help put a point across.
"For some pictures the frame act passively. It is where the picture ends. The structure of the picture begins within the image and works its way out of the frame.
For some pictures the frame is active. The structure of the picture begins within the frame and works inward" (p.60). I like this description of active and passive frames. It helps me understand how the frames could be used differently. There is nothing wrong with passive frames - in fact they might be necessary to communicate or emphasize the nature of the subject.
