Edward Weston – Emphasizing shapes, shadows and angles can make ordinary objects/subjects much more interesting. A variety of geometrically pleasant photos and what grabbed my attention was the one of a snail, which reminded me of the Fibonacci sequence in nature.
Dorothea Lange – Taking dramatic angles and compositions of people in black and white leads to creating moving pictures that tell stories and appeal to people’s emotions. All her photos seem genuine (not staged) and look like a mini documentary of people’s lives. Even though she has people as the main subject of her photos, she also managed to capture the background well enough so that there is more context to the photos (historical period & setting). She also employs interesting ways of framing the subjects, and a really good one was the one showing family framed in a triangular opening of a tent. Her famous photo “Migrant Mother” captures so well the facial expressions of the mother that there is no need for words to describe the feelings of the subject and this photo also perfectly reflects the Great Depression’s impact on people’s lives. What is also interesting is that all of her subjects seem to be at ease and it doesn’t look like they felt pressured/uncomfortable about having pictures taken of their current life situation.