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Sarolta Ban Surreal photography is an art form where photographers like Sarolta Ban take hallucinogenic types of photos. These photos are not something you see everyday the photos are normally taken and then edited intently until the photo looks as good and weird as it can get. Sarolta Ban is a type of surreal photographer where she takes more than a couple of days working on one photo to get it to the best standard. Sarolta Ban is famous in the surreal photography world mainly because her photographs really get the viewer thinking about what is going on.

Composition rule of thirds In this photo it is quite obvious to see that the photographer has taken rule of thirds in mind because the photo hits the hot spots as you can see the man walking the house is standing up straight nearly hitting the hot spots but the main part of the photo which is the dog house is hitting the hot spot perfectly which draws the person looking straight to that. Lighting use of shadows This photo has a very dark look to it the lighting is in a very precise place which gives the photo the gloomy look which the photographer is going for, the brightest part in the photo is the smoke/fog in the back ground which gives the photo more of a dark effect by doing this it adds to the meaning of what the photo is.

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Focus depth of field In this photo Sarolta Ban has used depth of field this gives the photo more of an effect and makes the viewer look straight at the object that is important in the case of this photo the man and the dog house is in focus but the rest isn’t but to the viewer this does not matter the only thing that is important is the object which is in focus. Depth is mainly used to show emotion or something which needs to be seen. Cropping In this photo it is easy to see that it has been cropped because the smoke/fog in the background fits perfectly with the photo plus with surreal photography it is highly edited to make the photo look just right which means the photo has more than likely been cropped. What is the narrative? The narrative of this photo shows a lot of different stories but the main thing that jumps out of the photo is that the man walking the house may have lost his dog recently and walks his house because he misses him this will explain why the man is looking down at the floor as he is walking, this will also explain why the photo is very dark and gloomy and there is no life in the photo because the man’s dog has died. Mise-en-scene The mise-en-scene in this photo is very dull and has nothing really in the background the main prop in this photo isn’t just the dog house but the field the man looks like he is walking this might show the dog he used to may have run on it. Another good prop in this photo is the lead he is using to pull the house which gives the whole photo its meaning. Purpose This photo has a very deep meaning to for example the first big meaning is to show that the old man has lost his dog, however because of this his is now lonely and that is why is walking in a very empty area.

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Composition rule of thirds In this photo Sarolta Ban has used rule of thirds very well as you can see the digger fits perfectly in both of the hot spots which is going to bring the person who looks at the photo to look straight there by doing this it shows that this is the main part of the photo and the most important thing to look at. Lighting use of shadows This photo shows a lot of shadows as you can see the diggers which are representing trees fading of in to the distance this adds effect it makes it look like it is never ending also with the lighting of the fog it makes the diggers a lot more scary but also adds the effect of darkness and gloominess this helps a lot and makes the photo what it is. Focus depth of field The depth of field in this photo is a key part because it helps to understand what the photo is actually trying to get across, the digger that is in focus shows what the photo actually because of the man admiring it gives the hint that the digger is representing a tree also by only having this in focus and having the background blurred adds the effect that the trail of diggers is never ending.

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Cropping Cropping this photo is highly effective with surreal photography every photo is edited but with this photo getting rid of the left over photo which is not needed is good because it is the only part you need to see and if you could see any more of the photo it wouldn’t have the same effect. What is the narrative? The narrative of this photo is showing how big businesses are taking over forests and other such big lands it the diggers represent what they are using to take the trees down this is very effective because it adds meaning to the photo but the main story line of the photo is the man still admiring the digger which would of been a tree. Another thing which shows what is going on is the floor in the photo its cracked due to pollution and vehicles driving over it this photo give an example the we are killing our self’s by doing this to our wild life. Another story this photo could tell is that robots and big new machinery is taking over man role and making man feel small and by doing this it is sucking the colour out of life. Mise-en-scene Every object in this photo adds meaning such as the floor, man, digger and the mist each one of these add to mise-en-scene, the props all add their own unique meaning and by doing this it makes the photo seem a lot more that what it is, by making the man look small it adds to the machinery taking over man kind and taking all the jobs, but yet the floor looks polluted like the machinery is doing all this and the mist adds a gloomy affect to what is going on and gives the image more of a dark effect and adds to the dark picture the photographer is trying to put forward. Purpose The purpose of this photo is to stop big machinery from taking away the country that we are living in. This photo represents what the world will eventually look like when big manufactures take over the landscape.

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Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry’s photographs are a portrait type of photography and he takes photos exactly how he sees things even if the person is in pain or if the are in danger. This type of photography adds more depth mainly because you know the person on who the photograph is not behind and big lights or anything else and you know the photograph was taken there and then. A portrait photographer is a photographer that really catches the detail of a person and also the emotions of the person. These types of photographers capture everything that the person is feeling through imagery. Composition rule of thirds This photo uses rule of thirds very well you can see that every hot spot shows a different part of the girls face also the girls eye is perfectly on the line even though it is not on the hot spot it is still one of the most striking parts of the photo.

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Lighting use of shadows The lighting in the photo is only produced by natural light however the girl is placed perfectly and it gives her all the light that she needs, there is no real shadow in the photo apart of the darker back ground which matches her clothing. Focus depth of field The depth of field in this photo is the main part which brings the photo to life the blurred out back ground really brings the girls face out and shows her real emotion and all the detail in her face it also makes your look straight at her and nothing else. Cropping This photo has more than likely been cropped this is because it fits the green perfectly in the back ground with nothing else being a distraction, the photo also looks to be cropped so you can see the girls face with perfect detail. What is the narrative? The photos narrative is to show the true emotion the Afghan girl and the things that she is going through. The photo shows that she is just looking at something but you don’t know what by doing this it makes the girl look very sad and scared of what lays a head of her life while she is living between the wars that is going on. Mise-en-scene In the photo that main visual colours are the green and red this is good because the colours show different meanings and adds different atmosphere to the photo where as if she was wearing bright pink and blue the photo wouldn’t have the same effect on the viewer the other good visual in the photo is the green wall in the back ground this plays a very important role towards the photo it’s not only that the green matches her clothing it also shows that the place where she is looks dark and gloomy which adds to the effect that there is a war going on. Purpose The purpose of this photo is to show how the Afghan girl is feeling. The photo show that she looks scared of what going on and that is why her facial expressions look very confused. This photo shows that she does not like what is going on around her

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Composition rule of thirds The rule of thirds in this photo is very well done because everything that needs to be looked at is perfectly in the middle box which makes the viewer look straight at it by doing this it adds a lot more effect in the photo. Lighting use of shadows This photo also uses natural light which gives the photo more of a gloomy edge because the light isn’t bright and all perfectly on the boy. Shadows aren’t really used in this photo apart from just behind the child where you can see an outline going all around which makes the child standout more towards the photograph. What is the narrative? The narrative of this photo is to show what is actually happening in this war on what kids can get their hands on to because of what they are seeing around them but however the boy is crying which makes him look like is being forced to do what he is doing and may be showing another story that someone has told him to do it and this is why he is crying. The narrative of this photograph is also truth it shows what it is doing to the people who are suffering and no one can help them as if they are just sitting there and dying. Focus depth of field The depth of field is hardly visible in the photo because the child stands out so much against the grey wall but you can see that the back ground is slightly blurred because the photographer want to make the boy the centre of attention and make sure there are no distraction coming from the background on the photo. Cropping This photo has quite obviously been cropped because by doing this it cuts out the distractions from the back ground and makes the child seem like it’s just him there and because this is set in the war there are no back drops so you need to find one and crop out the wrong parts.

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Mise-en-scene The main thing that has the most impact in this photo is quite obviously the gun even if it is real or not it shows everything about the photo if the gun was not there the photo would completely change how you see the boy, the gun that the boy looks like he is about to shoot himself with shows the real danger of the war, the other thing that stands out in the photo is that the boy is crying if the boy was not crying the photo would still be bad but it may look like the child is playing or not being scared of the war but because he is crying it shows that there is a lot of danger in the war and he is scared of them, his dirty t shit also shows that he doesn’t have clothes to wear and that he is not look after properly while the war is happening. Purpose The purpose of this photo is showing anti war and it is showing that people that are living in the war are getting effected in there everyday lives for example the boy in this photo is scared of the gun however he’s pointing at his own head like he is getting effected about what is going on around him.

Robert Capa

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War photography is a type of photography where the photographer has to risk their life to take the photos. War Photography also means that you can normally only take

one photo before you have to move on because if you stay to take another photograph you are risking your life even more. Robert Capa is a war photographer and because

he risks his life to take the photographs it adds more of an actual incite of what the war was like. Robert Capa is also a photographer who takes photos as they are and there is no lighting when he takes the photo.

Composition rule of thirds The rule of thirds in this photo is used well; each hot spot of the photo is filled up with something as you can see the bottom left hot spot is filled with some sort of broken boat and the right of it is filled with men about to fight. Lighting use of shadows This photo has a lack of contrast, which adds to the effect of the war. The photo also looks like the colour has been drained which makes the sea stand out a lot more. The photo also being black and white adds affect and makes it look gloomy which is what the photographer is trying to get across.

What is the narrative? The narrative of this photo is to show what happened at the D-day and to show the pain the soldiers where going through. The photo is a documentation of what truly happened on D-day shows the pain of World War 2. Focus depth of field

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The depth of field in this photo is used well and brings the soldiers in to focus so you can see it is the main focal point of the photo, you can also see that the back ground is blurred out so the beach is the main thing to look at. Framing Because the photo is documentation the framing of the photo is straight in the middle because the picture has to be taken there and then which adds more effect to the documentation photography. The reason it was taken there and then is because bullets would of been firing at him as well as the other soldiers. Cropping This photo has not been cropped because back then the facilities to edit the photos would not of been accessible. Mise-en-scene The mise-en-scene in this photo is war you can see the big anti tank metal bars and the soldiers in there uniform, in the back ground you can also see the carnage that is going on in the back ground. The sea also adds effect and makes the photo feel cold. Purpose The purpose of this photo is to show people what it is like on the front line of the war. This photo shows the raw footage that the war is not pretty and that people are dying every day in the war.

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Rule of thirds The rule of thirds in the photo is used well because the hot spot looks just at the top of the flag, which is one of the main focal points of the photo, another main focal point is the army man on the right he is the main person getting the flag up and he looks like he is putting the most effort in to the flag rising. Lighting use of shadows Because Robert Capa was a documentary photographer most of his photos lack a lot of lighting and uses of shadows however in this photo it is very well lit. The photo has a lack of contrast which adds to more of a war effect. The photo almost looks blue to give it more of a cold feeling and by doing this it gives it more of a war look. What is the narrative? The narrative of this photo is to show a documentation of what was going on in the war Robert Capa took photos like this to give people and also to show them what the army and the people fighting for the country are doing. Robert Capa took this photo to give people hope about the war because raising a flag shows that they have overcome what was originally there. Focus depth of field The focus depth of field is used very well in this photo, you can see this because every soldier is in focus and the back ground/the sky isn’t really in focus by doing this it bring the soldiers to the main focal point and more importantly the flag. The main focus point of the photo is the flag having a sort of blurred out back ground makes the flag seem a lot more important than it actually is. Framing Because the photo was taken as the war was happening the framing isn’t perfect however the flag is in one of the hot spot on the top left corner which brings the person looking to look straight at that point. The reason for the framing to not be perfect is because Robert Capa was in the middle of a war zone which means that he has to take the photos as fast as he can so him any the other soldiers don’t get hurt.

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Cropping This photo would not have been cropped because back then this type of facility would not have been accessible. Mise-en-scene The mise-en-scene in this photo is mainly the flag this is because it is the main focal point and it is the main thing which the photographer wants the audience. The other main thing in this photograph is also quite obviously the soldiers they look like they are struggling which the flag this may be because they are tired out from fighting and not had sleep in many days. Another big feature off this photo is the ground they are standing on it looks like they are on a lo t of rubble of some sort of blown up house or some sort of bunker this adds effect because it shows the hard work the soldiers have gone through. Purpose The purpose of this photograph is to give people back in war times that there is hope and that there is going to be an end to the war. This photograph symbolises that there is hope.