Research Photographers

Photo by Alex Webb

1) The composition of the photo. 

2) You have a man in plaid shirt holding a red book with footballers on the cover on the left. His face is obscured by the book. 

3) The man with the child in the middle. While the spot light is on them, they are the ones in darkness. 

4) The couple on the right. The man is wearing a light blue shirt with a rolled paper/magazine in the waist of his pants. It is interesting that while they are happy, they are not hugging. 

5) The sign in Spanish identifies they are outside of some sort of government building which looks old because of the dirt on the white walls and green doors.

6) There is an empty plastic cup on the ground. 

7) The brick/tile is sticking up/uneven in some places.

8) The red book and the placement of the man's hand on the right, gives the photo a 3D perspective. 

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Photo by Rinko Kawauchi

1) The image in the foreground is in focus compared to the background meaning there's a shallow depth of field.  

2) While the subject of the photo is a spider web, there isn't a spider. 

3) These two along with the blurry, green background gives the photo a peaceful stillness.

4) There is a contrast of lines with the strands of the web being vertical while the tree branches are horizontal.

5) You can't guess that this image is part of a photo essay about how the pandemic disrupted the photographer's life.

6) The light shining on the web makes it seem otherworldly.

7) There is a limited color palette but the colors contrast. 

8) Rinko took the photo in landscape. 

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Photo by Lee Friedlander

1) Lee's photo is in black and white. 

2) The subject seems to be Lee himself in a self portrait. 

3) The viewer's eyes are drawn to the center of the image because of the lines and rectangles. 

4) The photo is of a reflection using the glass of a storefront. 

5) There seems to be an apartment building in the reflection as well.

6) The rectangles make the photo seem like a still of a movie.

7) The closed Mondays sign is in the shape of an L which is another use of lines.

8) The composition of the photo is filled with rectangles that frames not only Lee but the house across the street.