Blog Notes: Ch. 8 Architecture & Urban Landscapes (p. 79-83)

• indirect portraits - can sometimes give off clues of lifestyles
• architectural photography - can be formal/informal, 3 methods (big view, detail shot, interior view), popular from the start (slow films + stationary buildings)
• Charles Negre - chose photography over painting
• Frederick H. Evans - one of the greatest architectural photographers in history, ENG & FR cathedrals, emtion & light
• Eugene Atget - Paris & surrounding towns, self-taught photographer
• line can be used to lead viewer's eye through architectural image
• divides images into different sections, separate areas of different values/textures
• How can the surroundings make your photograph stronger?
• can reveal personality
• pattern - repetition of any of elements of art, help to enrich & strengthen by adding visual complexity