This week we did our first darkroom session while completely the first step in making our papers. We also did our final draft of our 1,000 word write up about one of Dorothea Lange's photo and some of us have even started the photoshopping portion of the assignment. And we played around with photoshopping the portraits we've been taking into black and white. We also talked about how to capture human struggle and we all now have to go out and capture a human subject struggling. 1,000 Word AssignmentEmotion This photo is literally shedding light on the sadness that is happening at the time. How people are just sad that they have to leave their homes and work in the fields for little money. But kids at the time also felt probably felt very lonely, with their parents working on the farm and them having to stay home or even them working on the farms which can also be lonely. Most of the time as well the oldest of the kids were left to take care of there siblings when their parents worked. She just seems tired of being in this situation of consent struggle. Moving around when the season changes and maybe in her old life she had friends and now she can never see them again. Light The light in this photo I feel is portrayed in a very literal way because it’s showing that she is shedding light on the subject most are naive to. It’s also a great example of harsh lighting. On top of that the way the harsh light hits at a strong angle instead of straight up and down makes this photo that more striking. Also the fact that she is on the darker side of the lighting makes it that much more dramatic and makes the emotion sadness that much more apparent. Also since back then they didn’t have the nice lighting we have today it’s a great examples of how she uses natural light and the one flash of her camera to create these beautiful portraits. Most photographers at the time I feel didn't have the right touch with light like Dorothea Lange. She even had the big cameras instead of the smaller ones. So that just adds another layer of technique and authenticity to he r photos and especially this one. History Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project of 1935 which was located in Albuquerque which now is a high end city but there are still farms here and there with farm animals and land. The Federal Government in 1935 initiated the Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project after more fields around the country fell victim to the dust bowls ,So a lot of farmers became dust bowl refugees and were relocated to do farm work. Bosque Farms was in the valencia country and was far enough away from things that they were not effected till 1937 when the dust finally caught up to them. The homes that were built for them are still used to this day by some farmers but for the most part they are either empty or destroyed. Subject The subject in the photo conveys so much sadness and loneliness. Because as a kid she probably doesn't really know what is happening and why she had to leave her home. She just seems really confused on what is happening in her life. And the photo doesn't convey that she has any siblings so maybe when her parents are working on the frame maybe she is left home alone with nothing to do. Or maybe she does have siblings but she's the oldest and is left to take care of them when her parents are gone or shes the youngest and is left in the dark about stuff. She may go work in the farm herself with the rest of her family. But even then all of those thing still make her feel lonely and confused maybe even thinking no one cares for her because she is living poorly and that people rich people don't care about the poor. There she is giving off the vibe in this photo of what most back then were thinking about. How no one cares for the poor. Socail As we have discussed in class Dorothea Lange was one of the most influential photographers during that time and if it wasn't for her the high class people would have never known the state of their country was actually in. As I've done research on her work she has a certain way of catching an emotion in a person and then when others see that they immediately recognize the emotion and I think this is one of many great examples of catching an emotion and that's why she is so influential and why her photos made people realize what was happening. How not everyone is not living a costumed life and most are working in farms and live in poor conditions, how most have been forced to move because of the dust bowl and the market crashing. Dorothea Lange made an impact of how people see the great depression. Human Struggle PlanMy plan is to capture photos of street performers at Balboa park with my dad's camera which is a nice camera and I am hoping to capture the struggle of an artist and also all the different talents they showcase. ChemistryI first turned it clack and white then I messed with the brightness a little so her hair would stick out and not blend in with the background. The original photo has been lost.
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