Debate and Landscape lecture

This debate was on who though which was the better image, the group consisted of 3 fellow students (Sam,Stacy,Jess) and myself The debate rattled to and forth but the majority of the group believed that the Matthias Haker Image of the beasty stairs was the better image where as I my self at first sight did also until I looked at the images closer. Due to my sudden change of mind on the image I preferred I spoke to one of the students told her why I preferred this image and managed to get her to see the reasons why I do so. 

At first I did not feel a great deal about this photo but as I looked longer and closer I started to see its real beauty and believe it emanates a touch of  solidarity and it looks as if its a place virgin to man kind or at least not been interfered with. I get a feeling that when I look at it for a while there should be a knight or a lady in the lake, the image leads you to open up your imagination and narrate your own unique story. J.B seems to be most famous for his black and white nature images ranging from landscapes to still life. His images don't blow my mind but some of the images are great once you look closer at first glance they seem flat and dull but when I look closer I start to find hidden depths and parts of the image seem to pop out in 3 dimension   

Matthias Haker's Image portrays a feeling of sadness and trapped memories, the dark decaying building looks like a ghost of a grand age that had come to pass but as I followed the staircase up towards the roof there was a light which gives the viewer in my opinion a glimmer of hope The image that I was looking at during the debate must have had some printing problems as the image has a over powering purple hue which put me off the image but now that I have seen a digital copy the image is much more beautiful than I originally thought , the only thing I would have changed on this image if it were mine is the HDR maybe a tad over done.



Landscape lecture 

This lecture enlightened me on photographers views on landscape photography, the way that doing things completely the opposite to in-force the opinion of the image needs no editing to make reality beautiful because it was already there. The opinion of some photographers is that the image should not be manipulated and that it is used to show people reality not fakery. This was called straight photography, topography or deadpan aesthetics it was unromantic and bland, showed the world in its true reality and a style which is in my opinion a refreshing view but not necessarily to be used all the time I believe that it is a good option on allot of photo journalism  projects that are in regards to war and serious issues as it shows the viewer the real story, the real issue and in that sort of case a larger response. Obviously Ansel Adams is named the greatest landscape photographer that ever lived and was a big environmentalist and used his photography to make a difference. Creating various groups of photographers such as the f64 group and the sierra club was only some achievements that the landscape genius had created. Other Photographers that I learn t about on the lecture consisted of:

-Jem Southen
-Peter Henry Emerson
- Tim O'sullivsan
-William Garnett 
-William Henry Jackson
-Andre Giroux
-Henry Peach Robinson
-Alfred Stieglitz
-Dorthea Lange
-Robert Adam
-Bethan & Mcphea
  -Bernard & Hilla Bechar
-Richard Misrach
-John Davies
-Salgado
-Olof Otto Becker
-Pete Essick
-Mike sebourne
-Andrew Sanderson
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William Garnett caught my eye in this lecture due to his image's of before and after on fields turning into vast housing establishments, this image caught my eye because in replicated my idea that I have been working on as I am doing a before and after shot of the forests of  Dartmoors de-forestation.