Module 5 - Creative arts Unit 5.1 - Photography: Analysing a photograph
16. Read the description of the photo on the page 176 and complete.
16.1. Author
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16.2. Title and year
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Soluzione suggerita:Italian family on ferry boat, leaving Ellis Island, 1905
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16.3. Subject
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Soluzione suggerita:Italian immigrants at Ellis Island
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16.4. Colour
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Soluzione suggerita:Black and white
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16.5. Light
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Soluzione suggerita:Light comes from the left
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16.6. Foreground
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Soluzione suggerita:Ferry railing
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16.7. Background
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Soluzione suggerita:A mother holding her little girl in her best clothes. On their left is the father with a heavy burden on his shoulder
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16.8. Depth of field
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Soluzione suggerita:Not very wide
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16.9. Symmetry
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Soluzione suggerita:The photo is asymmetric
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16.10. Rule of thirds
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Soluzione suggerita:The two-thirds rule is not respected
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16.11. Main theme
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Soluzione suggerita:Denouncing the conditions of immigrants at Ellis Island
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16.12. artist’s intention
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Soluzione suggerita:Drawing attention to the issue of immigrants
17. Analyse this photo according to the main elements for a formal analysis that you can find in the text and explain why this photo doesn’t contain any technical mistakes. Write a passage of about 100/120 words.
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Soluzione suggerita:This is a landscape photography. The main feature of this genre of photography lies in its subjects, which are made up of natural scenarios. In this case the photo represents a hilly seaside resort overlooking the sea. It was taken at night, and you can see the houses lit up from the inside. The basic rules of taking photos at night have been respected. The shutter has been set in the right way in order to avoid blurring. The sensor’s exposure to light has been lengthened. A tripod has been used to prevent the photo from being blurred. In addition to this, we can say that the sea is contrasted with a promontory, as often occurs in sea landscape photography, and the low light plays a fundamental role in underlining its movement..
18. Listen to a recording about Lunch atop a skyscraper and say if the statements are true or false.
1. The photo was taken during the Great Depression in the USA.
2. In the image you can see twelve construction workers eating lunch.
3. They are sitting on a beam, 750 feet in the air.
4. The photo represented a hopeful look of America during the Great Depression.
5. The photo was published in 1932.
6. The author of the photo was a famous photographer.
7. There was no interest in the labour conditions of building construction workers.
8. The photo was a sort of advertising image.
9. The place where the workers are sitting looks very dangerous.
10. Under the beam there was probably a perfectly safe floor.
