PERSONAL ANALYSIS ON
THE FORMAL ELEMENTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY
John Hershel, which was the inventor of the
Cyanotype process, was a key person for the development of photography, as we
know it nowadays. This was a sensitive time where chemicals started to be
experimented with in order to achieve images on various different materials and
also more important to fix the images and render them permanent. Anna Atkins
had a even a more direct purpose for the use of the Cyanotype process, since
she was a botanist and needed a method to better and more efficiently keep
record of her work via illustrations, she quickly adopted the Cyanotype method
to illustrate her work, I think the Cyanotype process at that time being was imperative
for the succession of photography as we know it, this is due for the fact that
since it became started to being used as illustrations in books and other
publications such as scientific journals, people got aware if its importance to
get the message spread and even for the sake of faithful record keeping, all of
this triggered people into further research.
The image below is a reinterpretation I made
using modern digital photography, however I kept in mind the duo tone colour of
the Cyanotype process and the items Anna Atkins used to document via this
process, the result speaks for itself.
Image by Justin Gatt
In order for a person to further improve in photography, he/she must learn to analyze the visual elements. It is very easy to notice the obvious in an image or surrounding area, but in order to see the possibilities for composition one must be made aware about the formal elements. These are Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern and Color. These can be combined in various ways; in order to create art works.
Piet Mondrian – Line
over Form
John Hershel, which was the inventor of the
Cyanotype process, was a key person for the development of photography, as we
know it nowadays. This was a sensitive time where chemicals started to be
experimented with in order to achieve images on various different materials and
also more important to fix the images and render them permanent. Anna Atkins
had a even a more direct purpose for the use of the Cyanotype process, since
she was a botanist and needed a method to better and more efficiently keep
record of her work via illustrations, she quickly adopted the Cyanotype method
to illustrate her work, I think the Cyanotype process at that time being was imperative
for the succession of photography as we know it, this is due for the fact that
since it became started to being used as illustrations in books and other
publications such as scientific journals, people got aware if its importance to
get the message spread and even for the sake of faithful record keeping, all of
this triggered people into further research.
The image below is a reinterpretation I made
using modern digital photography, however I kept in mind the duo tone colour of
the Cyanotype process and the items Anna Atkins used to document via this
process, the result speaks for itself.
Image by Justin Gatt
In order for a person to further improve in photography, he/she must learn to analyze the visual elements. It is very easy to notice the obvious in an image or surrounding area, but in order to see the possibilities for composition one must be made aware about the formal elements. These are Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern and Color. These can be combined in various ways; in order to create art works.
Piet Mondrian – Line
over Form
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| Image by Justin Gatt |
In order for a person to further improve in photography, he/she must learn to analyze the visual elements. It is very easy to notice the obvious in an image or surrounding area, but in order to see the possibilities for composition one must be made aware about the formal elements. These are Line, Shape, Form, Texture, Pattern and Color. These can be combined in various ways; in order to create art works.
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Piet Mondrian – Line
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