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Brassai

Brassai was a Hungarian-French photographer born in Hungary in 1899 he moved to France (Paris) in 1924. Once moving to Paris, he joined a group of Hungarian artists and writers. He would travel around his neighbourhood and documented prostitutes, street cleaners and others. In 1933 he published his book Paris de Nuit (Paris by night) that included 64 of his photos.

Photo analysis

This photo creates a light eerie atmosphere with the beams of light creating surreal pattens on the floor.

The high vantage point also adds to the surreal atmosphere as it makes Brassai seem separate and isolated to the people from the people in the station.

The contrast between the people in the station and the bright natural light makes the people stand out more drawing the viewers’ attention to them.

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Andrew Sanderson
Andrew is a professional photographer, he's been professional taking photos for 20 years. He currently runs workshops and gives lectures as one of Ilfords 'master printers'.

Photo Analysis:
This photo is in black and white which adds to the already mysterious atmosphere that is created by he fog. The wall acts as a leading line leading the viewer to look at the tree and its branches. it is lit up by an artificial light, the lighting is low key creating an intence scary atmosphere.

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The question many people find themselves asking when going to take a picture, but what is the better option? Which would it be better to do my PI with? Where camera phones have in accessibility DSLRs make up in Quality. To get a better understanding of the two I have compared the pros and cons of smartphone cameras.

The first pro of a smartphone camera is as I stated before the accessibility of the smartphone, and with there being more smartphones than people in the world, most people will have access to one and are therefore more likely to have one with us when we see a good photo opportunity. Compared to DSLR cameras smartphones seem to be the better option.

Another pro of a smartphone is that it is easy to edit a photo taken. With the many different free apps on the various app stores it is easy to download one and edit a photo with no wires required. Which compared to the options when editing a photo on a DSLR camera the free apps on smartphones it seems that editing photos is easier and more efficient on a phone.

A final pro of a smartphone camera is that they are the cheaper option. With the costs of most phones being close to that of most cheaper DSLRs it seems that the smartphone cameras are much more affordable. But that does not mean that a smartphone is the better option for my PI.

A disadvantage of smartphones is that they have limited amounts of space. When taking one photo a smartphone it is easy to store that photo but when taking up to 36 photos (not including the ones that don’t make it into the shoot – accidental or repeated photos) every other week it will begin to fill up the storage on the smartphone and I will need to keep digital versions of my shoots. This is where it becomes clear that a DSLR is the better option as they use interchangeable DS cards that can store thousands of photos.

Another disadvantage of smartphone cameras is that they restrict the user on what kinds of photos they take. For example, if I wanted to take a macro picture of a cactus it would look like this:

But if I take a picture of the same cactus on my DSLR camera I get this (at the bottom).

In conclusion this clearly shows that both a smartphone camera and a DSLR camera have different qualities and capabilities and that they where made for two completely different purposes. A smartphone is for taking casual photos while out and about and a DSLR is for taking more detailed and better quality and more professional photos, because of this a DSLR is more suitable for my

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This is a timeline showing pictures of moods and atmospheres from 1920-1970

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This is a timeline showing pictures of moods and atmospheres from 1920-1970

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The photo by Edward Steichen was taken for a magazine and I could not find why Lucinda Chua’s photo was taken. The photo on the right has a shallow depth of field to get just the model in focus and to blur the background bringing the viewer to focus on the model more than the background, the photo on the left has a deep depth of field getting things in both the background and foreground in focus. Both photos use artificial lighting with the one by Lucinda lit up by a strobe light and the one by Edward lit up by studio lighting. The photo by Lucinda gives off a scary suspicious and intense atmosphere whereas the photo by Edward gives off a happy relaxed and comfortable atmosphere. I like the artificial lighting used in both photos and I plan to use it in my photos to help created different atmospheres and to draw the viewer. The bright colours and the leading lines from the rail in the photo on the left help to draw the viewer to the image and are techniques that I plan to use in my shoots. But I also like the black and white as it makes the photo more simplistic and makes the viewer focus more on the other aspects of the picture instead of the colours.

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When I searched iconic images of atmospheres this photo appeared this photo may not be that iconic but it is a good example of a tense, suspenseful, and proud atmosphere.

This photo was taken by Maja Hitij a photographer for Getty images. This is a photo before a match between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig showing the fans of Borussia Dortmund excitedly anticipate the game and show of their team pride. The photo is expressive clearly showing the emotion of the fans, this probably being the photographer’s intention, with the majority of the picture being bright yellow this helps to draw the viewers eye and makes the picture seem livelier. The photo is lit up by natural lighting and is brighter at the bottom bringing the viewer to look at the yellow banner across the bottom of the picture. The photo is taken from the ground up to the stands this makes it seem like it has more people in it. The photo has no central focus and seems to have a deep depth.

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lucinda chua's picture of a red staircase inspired me to take my image of a dark staircase. Both  photos are taken with low key lighting, lucinda's photo uses the railing as a leading line that draws the viewer to the red wall in the centre of the picture in my image the shadow of the railing is used as a leading line to the bottom of the staircase. Both pictures are lit up with artificial lighting but my image is darker than lucinda's

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My photos of gravestones where inspired by Andrew Sanderson's photo of gravestones covered in frost surrounded by fog. Both photos create a similar creepy/somber atmosphere but my photo shows the contrast between the life and death in the cemetery with the bright greens of the plants and the gray stone of the graves. The pictures are both are lit with natural lighting, the natural lighting is more of a back lighting in my image thought whereas it is high key in Sandersons picture.

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I am investigating moods and atmospheres for my PI. To give me some inspiration for my shoots i have searched some phtographers on the web and I have found Lucinda Chua, Brassai, William Eggleston and Andrew Sanderson. I have chosen to do this theme because I wanted to experiment with how light can change the mood/atmosphere of a picture and I wanted to use models in dffrent situations to see how it changed the mood of the photo. I will use diffrent levels of light and diffrent lighting techniques, fast and slow shutter speeds, black and white photos and deep and shallow depths of field. This project will be limited by the Covid restrictions, this means that i will not be able to travel long distances to take my shoots.

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William Eggleston:
Born on July 27th 1939, in memphis, TN. He was initially influanced by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank and Walker Evans. He challenged the conventions of photography in the 1960s with colour film. Some of his works are in J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Photo Analysis:
This photo of an abandoned bike is shot outside with natural high key lighting lighting it up. The Vibrant blue of the handlebars and the seat helps to draw the viewer to the bike in the centre of the photo.

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Lucinda is a Photographer and musician from Milton Keynes. she focuses on still and moving image photography. Her work is displayed at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Nottingham’s Lakeside Arts Centre and The Royal Festival Hall.

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My picture of the crowd on the beach is inspired by Brassai’s picture of an indoor crowd. Brassai’s picture is in black and white whereas my picture is in colour and it is in bright vibrant colours. My picture is high key and lit up by natural sunlight and Brassai’s picture is lit up by an artificial light. The bright colours and the people create a busy joyful atmosphere which is a major contrast compared to the cramped uncomfortable atmosphere that Brassai’s photo creates

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My picture of the beach is inspired by William Eggleston’s picture of people by the sea. Both pictures are lit up by the natural sunlight but are slightly dull as the sun wasn’t bright. Eggleston’s picture shows very few people on the beach bu a calm sea whereas my picture is of a crowded beach and the seafront in Blackpool. The wall of the sea front acts as a leading line in my picture as it draws the viewer to look at the groups of people on the beach.

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My photo of a silhouette man  walking down a path was inspired by Brassai's photo of a man walking down a cobbled path at night. My photo is lit up by both natural and artificial lighting whereas Brassai's photo is lit up by the artificial street lights. Leading lines are in both images, for Brassai's photo the cobbles of the path act as leading lines drawing the viewer to look at the man walking down the street, for my image the bottom of the blue wall acts as a leading line again leading the viewer to look a the man at the end of the tunnel.

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My photo of a tree in a busy town center was inspired by William Eggleston's photo of a woman sat on a curb in front of a tree. Both the wall and the curb act as leading lines drawing the viewer to look at the people in the picture. The tree and the wall frame the left side of my picture. Both photos include bright colors that give the photo a light-heated and happy atmosphere, the colors also draw the viewer to look at the specific parts of the photo.

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My photo of streetlights illuminating a car park is inspired by Brassai's photo of a man lighting a line of streetlights. Brassai's photo is taken in black and white whereas my photo is taken in color but the colors are not very vibrant. Also the yellow street makings attract the eye of the audience. Both photos are taken in low key lighting and are lit up by artificial lighting creating a spooky mysterious atmosphere.

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My photo of a tree illuminated by a street light is inspired by again a Brassai picture, this one of a man walking down a path that is lined with lights and trees in the night. my image and the Brassai image are both taken in low levels of light and are lit up by artificial street lights

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My photo of a street light lighting up a roundabout in a park is inspired by Andrew Sanderson's image of a single street light on a path. Both images are taken in low level lighting and are also both illuminated by artificial street lighting. Andrew Sanderson's image is taken in black and white and has a vignette while my image is colored which helps it draw the viewers eye to the center of the image ans the roundabout. My image has leading lines in the form of the shadows from the roundabout.

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My image of a set of swings is inspired by William Eggleston's image of an overgrown set of swings despite the contrast between the two. I saw Eggleston's image and decided that i wanted to completely change the atmosphere of the image for my own shoot, to a creepy eerie atmosphere instead of the bright but abandoned one Eggleston created. The bars from the frame of the swings and the chains create leading lines drawing the viewers eye towards the light.

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My image of a bank lit up in the night is inspired by Brassai's photo of shop signs lit up down a path. both photos are taken in low key lighting and have artificial lighting coming from the signs. Brassai's image is taken in black and white whereas my image is in color as the blue light envelops the whole scene making it seem even more threatening, it also attracts the eye of the viewer more to the bank. I also use the rule of thirds in my image as the cash machines and the lights above them are on one of the points this again draws the viewer to the image.

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My photo of a line of lights in a corridor is inspired by Brassaï's photo of a woman stood next to a  line of reflected light. Both images use the lights a leading lines but my image also uses the tiles on eth floor as leading lines drawing the viewers eye down the corridor and further into the picture. Both pictures use something in the foreground that draws the viewer, in brassais photo he used a model to gain the viewers attention in my image I used the grid as a focal point.

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Andrew Sanderson's image of a post office at night inspired my image of arches at night. the arch are the focal point of both the images and are illuminated by the lights around them drawing the eye to them. Both images are taken at night and use artificial lighting to light up their subjects, which are the arches in the buildings. My image uses more artificial lighting making it brighter than Sanderson's, my shutter speed for this image was also 1/6 which would have let more light into the lens making the image brighter.

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Andrew Sanderson's photo of a stair way and wall illuminated by an artificial streetlight inspired my photo of an alley lit up by an orange artificial light. Both images use the brick walls as leafing lines leading to the focal point, the stairs in Sanderson's photo and the white bin in my photo. Two of the three points of the rule of thirds in both pictures also land on the brick walls.

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Andrew Sanderson’ photo of a building and a fence inspired my image of a building illuminated by an artificial light. Both my image and Sanderson’s use the fence as leading lines, the fences in my image leads the viewers eye to the building that is illuminated by the light. Both of the photos are taken at night creating mysterious and eerie atmosphere.

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William Eggleston's image of a car park illuminated by a blue street light inspired my image of a red car under a white street light. Both images where taken at night in low key lighting and use artificial lights to illuminate the cars that are the focal point of both images. Eggleston's photo has an isolated and abandoned atmosphere that I tried to recreate with my image, and I think that I was successful in creating this.

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My photo was inspired by Andrew Sanderson’s image of an artificial street light lighting up a dark alley, this image creates a spooky and unearthly atmosphere that I wanted to recreate in my shoot. I think that I have successfully recreated the atmosphere of Sanderson’s image while keeping it different from his image through the use of leading lines in the bricks drawing attention to the street light at the end of the alley

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My image of a shop lit up at night was inspired by William Eggleston's image of a bright red shop in the day. The bright color in Eggleston's image inspired me to take a picture of a shop front that has a similar bright color, the bright color is very bold and eye catching drawing the viewer into the photo. My low key image contrasts Eggleston's high key image making them portray different moods, Eggleston's image portrays a happy care free atmosphere whereas my image has a juxtaposing chilling atmosphere.

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My image of a fuel station at night was inspired by William Eggleston's photo of a fuel station in the day. I wanted to show with my image  that turning a high key image of the mundane into low key drastically changes the atmosphere the image creates, the atmosphere went from airy and happy to cramped and sinister. The bright reds and blues in my image also help it stand out and be bold, drawing the attention of the viewer.

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My photo of a corner shop with its lights on at night was inspired by William Eggleston's photo of someone walking past two shops on a high street in the day. In both pictures the focal point is the person going past the shops. Again Eggleston's photo was taken in the day and is high key which my photo contrasts with its low key and artificial lighting illuminating not only the shop but also the biker riding past.

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In William Eggleston's photo the bike creates an innocent an nostalgic atmosphere but in my photo inspired by his the bike symbolizes a loss of innocence and shows the presence of something more disturbing. The focal point of my image is the bike and I have used a shallow depth of field to help makes the bike stand out as it is one of the only parts of the image in focus.

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My photo of a main road illuminated by a street light was inspired by Andrew Sanderson's image of a street light lighting up an alley at night. The artificial lighting from the streetlight lights up the trees in both of the photos showing the clash of nature and the man made structures around it.

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This Photo was taken in a park at night with a shutter speed of 1/13 seconds and an IOS of 3200. I did not use flash for this image as I wanted the streetlight to backlight the image, this means that the picture was taken in low key artificial lighting. I wanted to make the swings look deserted and eerie during the night so I could contrast it with the happy and bright expectation people get when they think of parks. I might also go back to the park to get a shoot in the day to properly contrast the difference in my work.

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This image was also taken at a park in the dark with a shutter speed of 1/20 seconds and an ISO of 3200. However, I have edited this image to be darker as the shutter speed was higher than I wanted it to be and therefore made my picture brighter than I wanted. Again, I did not use flash for this picture and used the artificial lighting of the court behind to backlight my picture. I wanted to use this picture to again show how the sweet and happy atmosphere of the park transforms into an ominous, creepy atmosphere at night

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This photo was taken at night in the dark with an Exposure time of 1/30 seconds and the iOS is 3200. The Image came out lighter than I wanted so I have edited it to be darker, if I were to take the photo again I would make the shutter speed lower, so the image comes out darker. The image was taken in low level lighting with the artificial streetlights being the only thing that lights up the photo. Brassai’s photos of Paris at night was the inspiration for this photo with the streetlights and the cobbled road, which also acts as a leading line.

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This photo was also taken at night with low level lighting with the artificial light lighting up the path, the shutter speed was 1/40 seconds and the IOS was 3200. I have not made this Photo brighter as I think that it is at the perfect brightness, however I have made the colour of the light more vibrant to make the light stand out more especially on the reflection on the railing. This photo was also inspired by Brassai and Andrew Sanderson with the low level lighting and the sole artificial light lighting up the path

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This final photo was also taken at night with low level lighting and an artificial streetlight, the shutter speed is 1/60 and the IOS is 1600. Again, I have not changed the brightness of this image, but I have increased the color intensity so the light is more of an intense orange/yellow. This photo was inspired by Brassai with the low level lighting and the old fashioned streetlight.