Response to "The Photographer's Eye"

 The Photographer's Eye by Szarkowski delves into the history of photography and the common aspects that successful photographer's share. Szarkowski explains that the photographer's eye is aware of five separate issues associated with the trade.

The Thing Itself

The photographer has an appreciation and understanding of the things around him; what he is capturing. The photographer would also acknowledge that an image of something and the thing itself are completely separate, and that a photograph is capable of removing that which is realistic and possibly unique to the original object.

The Detail

The photographer knows that photographs typically do not tell narratives as well as paintings. A photograph documents a certain event, though it gives the viewer no indication of the details behind that event or following it.

The Frame

The photographer can give new meaning and establish new connections among objects and people through the frame that he shoots. The frame can be adjusted to show guests at a big event but can also be adjusted to show new relations among people (i.e., taking a photograph among those guests of two people that don't even know each other).

Time

The photographer knows that a photograph only gives representation for that particular time period. Photographs were later then manipulated to show time through the quick, blurred motion of a running horse, the falling of cloth, and so on.

Vantage Point

The photographer has multiple viewpoints available to him when shooting a photo. He can capture the image with extreme foreshortening or from a flat, 2D type of space.

The ability to show time, the ability to show different perspectives. All of these aspects are used to create a successful photo. For this project, many possibilities are at our disposal.