Week 13

Week 13

Alterations are not allowed in press photography, but they are one of the tools used in contemporary art photography? Why?

In contemporary art photography, photographers can use other tools to make their photos look like how they want people to see. They can alter contemporary art as they are not making changes to a true event or trying to hide anything. Alterations are not allowed in press photography as the photo captures the true events and as per NPPA code of ethics should be followed and if press photographs are altered then it would lose its true meaning whereas in art photography the photographer takes picture of anything that he or she likes and alter to make the photo as they want to portray based on their experiences. 

 Compare photographs of Sommer,Adams, Klett versus Parkharrison,Muniz and Crewdson? What happened to the photography? Is this it's future?

Adams photographs  are of modern post war landscapes  and pictures of the developed American west. Sommer liked to take pictures of landscape and Adams and Klett were mostly in Black and White and mostly of western landscapes of Grand Canyon and Yosemite park and they focused more on natural landscape.

Whereas Parkharrison, Crewdson focuses more on color and different seasons of the year based on it he uses light subtle colors to represent the spring and summer seasons and dark colors for winter season. Muniz liked to remake famous artwork of pictures of look more like a painting. 

Photography has advanced due to advancement in technology you can alter the picture of the old women to make her younger or erase marks on their face.  Photographers today have more knowledge and are more experienced in their work. Like vik Muniz works with dirt, diamonds, sugar and chocolate syrup to create bold and witty images from art history.