Thursday, 30 January 2014

Narrative/Staged Photography - Chris N

NARRATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 

Narrative photography is the idea that photographs can be used to tell a story. Allen Feldman stated that "the event is not what happens. The event is that which can be narrated". In this case, the medium is photograph. 


  
Narrative photography example 


Photographer: Lawrence Ripsher 
Cameras used: Canon 5D (Mark I) and a Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L zoom 
Editing Software: Photoshop Cs2 










This photograph shows a girl in a chair sitting in a very depressed like position, The rule of 3 is applied due to the subject of the photo is placed towards the right of the frame. The space left on the left side gives the photograph a very desolated and abandoned feeling. The reflection of the girl in the water and the rubbish around her also connotes a feeling of loneliness.






Staged photography involves a performance enacted before the camera. 
It embraces studio portraiture and character driven scenarios directed or manipulated by the photographer. 

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