Studiums in Photographs

Brief: To choose three photographs and draw five different studium's from each one.

1) Jim Mortram

• The scene - On first glance, this image could be confused as one that is set in a different era because of the style of pram and shop window.
• Cultural aspects - a large family with limited finances.
• The girl at the center of the photograph stands out, the light falls directly onto her, her pose is strong and confident. 
• Neither of the family are interacting with each other - they are all busy in their own thoughts or doing their own thing.
• There are no heavy shadows which suggests an image with no clear emotion, the photographer may have done this intentionally so the viewer can interpret this with their own Punctum.

2) Martin Parr

• A holiday scene or some kind of celebration/show.
• Materialistic - Dressy clothes, jewelry & makeup are all very apparent. 
• Greed - The image has been captured at the point where two people are about to take a large mouth full of food. The body size of these people adds to this along with the big plate of food next to them.
• Wearing sunglasses - this is a way of protecting identity? Adds to a very materialistic interpretation of the people in the frame.
• Not interacting with each other - Although all stood quite closely together, the woman to the right seems to interested in her next bite, the other two are engrossed in what they are eating.

Henri Cartier-Bresson 

Love under an umbrella, France, 1926

• A beach setting in the 1920's. A sign of the times fully clothed on the beach - can see the culture from those times a time when you wore your best suit on a day out and women had to be covered up.
• A couple under the umbrella shaded by the sun, this could be perceived as avoidance from other people as they want privacy. 
• Background - busy scene, people would flock to the beach during the holidays- something that is not as apparent today.
• Child to the right, looks almost camouflaged by the colour of the sand/rocks.
• Everyone is wearing a hat - covering from the sun, not something you see much today with adults as it is seen as fashionable to have a tan.