Boogie.
Boogie was born Vladimir Milivojevich in Belgrade. His friends gave him his nickname because he reminded them of a cartoon character called the Boogieman. He calls the Belgrade of his childhood as a peaceful place, where the crime rates were the lowest in Europe. Where he lived he said it turned into a violent city. His father was also a photographer. He gave Boogie his first camera. Boogie walked the streets everyday day and night recording the degradation of his city. He developed and natured style. Also he was never influenced by other peoples photography. He took pictures of heroin addicts and gang members. |
“Everybody Street illuminates the lives and work of New York’s iconic street photographers and the incomparable city that has inspired them for decades. The documentary pays tribute to the spirit of street photography through a cinematic exploration of New York City, and captures the visceral rush, singular perseverance and at times immediate danger customary to these artists. Covering nine decades of street photography, “Everybody Street” explores the careers and influences of many notable photographers––a number of whom have never been documented, featuring: Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, Jill Freedman, Bruce Gilden, Joel Meyerowitz, Rebecca Lepkoff, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Mermelstein, Clayton Patterson, Ricky Powell, Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper, and Boogie, with historians Max Kozloff and Luc Sante."
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“If I left my house without my camera, my heart would probably start pounding and I would get all tense,” Boogie said. “That thought freaks me out. I wouldn’t be able to take it. Maybe it sounds cliché, but I really do feel like I am one with my camera. I like to compare it to martial arts, when you practice some moves so many times that — when you need to use them — you don’t think, you just react. Thinking is the enemy.” ~Boogie
Image Analysis:
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In this picture you can see that there is a group of boys and there is a gun but he has only focused on the gun. The picture is in black and white this is showing that it is more aggressive and ghetto because you really focus on certain things.. If it was in colour it would look brighter, I think that we would perhaps focus on the colours more rather than what is in the image. The colour may take away the emphasis from the faces and the subject matter. The composition of this image is that its calm but voilent. But also looks organised. I would say that the photographer was standing taking this picture and he was a little bit close to them, the affect of this is that so he could focus more on the gun. The photographer was looking straight and standing still the picture dont look like it was moving everything looks still.
I think the photographer has used a lens to draw us closer to the subject and isolate it from the background. Also this photo looks very threatening, because if you was to walk past them you would feel scared. If i could ask the photographer a question i would ask him why he took pictures of people with guns and people taking drugs. The reason why i would ask Boogie this question is because in all his pictures the people are either holding guns,takin drugs. It seems like he went to a rough area to take these photos. |
Lorenzo Vitturi
Lorenzo was born in Italy 1980. His inspiration was he would make sculptures from objects found in a market. Some objects were used as found, some doused with pigment and other opened up, taken apart or left to rot. He then arranged them into dynamic and colorful compositions set against the backdrop of discarded market materials. He would then photograph it and then after it would just calaps.
Lorenzo was born in Italy 1980. His inspiration was he would make sculptures from objects found in a market. Some objects were used as found, some doused with pigment and other opened up, taken apart or left to rot. He then arranged them into dynamic and colorful compositions set against the backdrop of discarded market materials. He would then photograph it and then after it would just calaps.
When i was taking these images i first started to go around the school and then i would start to go outside and take images.
Some of the images did work and went well but some of then did not work well and did not look so good. In these photos
you can see their examples of what street photography could be.
Some of the images did work and went well but some of then did not work well and did not look so good. In these photos
you can see their examples of what street photography could be.
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Shadows And Reflections.
When you are doing shadows in photography all you need to do is have a light source and a subject that casts a shadow. We had to go outside and take 10 pictures, its better when its sunny to do shadows because the shadows show more. Good places where I found shadows&reflections was the floor,doors,windows and mirrors. When you are taking pictures of shadows and reflections it would not really work if it rains because there is no sun to make the shadows and reflections. |
Looking Down.
When you are doing looking down you have to position yourself which allows you to look down on events or objects below. If there is nothing happening when you are looking down you could ask a classmate to walk underneath and then you can take the picture. You can also change the direction of the camera to get different angles of looking below so all of the dont look the same. We also had to take 10 pictures. |
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Cropping.
When you are cropping you have to cut part of the photo out and it will only show part of the photo.
When you are cropping you have to cut part of the photo out and it will only show part of the photo.
Walk On By.
When people are walking you take a picture of them. When they are walking you have to focus on them if not the photo will go fuzzy and you wont be able to see it. |
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Over The Shoulder.
When you are taking pictures over the shoulder you have got to stand behind the person and take the picture behind the person when their either walking,crossing roads or standing still. When you take them all you will see in the photograph is the back or the side of someones head and the background they are in. |
Sufaces.
When you are in the street there is so many different patterns,signs and surfaces. Some street photographers are fascinated by all this visual information and try capture it in their images. |
Rule Of Thirds
Rule of third is a imaginary grid that could make your photograph better. As you can see in this diagram it divides the picture in to 9 segments by line place by one third or two thirds across the surface.
When you are taking pictures with the rule of thirds it helps you mark your photograph, you can pick if you want the person in the middle or 3 people in each section.
Rule of third is a imaginary grid that could make your photograph better. As you can see in this diagram it divides the picture in to 9 segments by line place by one third or two thirds across the surface.
When you are taking pictures with the rule of thirds it helps you mark your photograph, you can pick if you want the person in the middle or 3 people in each section.
What i learnt:
The rule of third is a useful way of making interesting compositions. It helped me when i wanted to place the people in the photo and it made me look where it looks better positioned. |
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