1. Garry Winogrand
Gerry Winogrand was a street photographer in the 1960's and 1970's, he photographed every day urban life, many critics have cited his work as complex, humorous and often profound. This photograph uses the formal element of depth to show the circumstances of life at this time. Depth is shown by photographing down this city street. Tone is also used, the light and dark areas show tone from the black of the road to the white of the pavement in the sunlight. This photograph is very raw and through research I have discovered that this is because Winogrand disliked editing and printing and much preferred the actual photography.
2. Edward Weston
Edward Weston, commonly known as one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Weston enjoyed taking photographs of landscape, nudes and still-life objects. In this photograph tone is used again to show the darker areas of the photo, the white of the subjects skin against the black background makes the hand and the cigarette stand out, for example the cigarette is in even lighter tone than the hand which shows the white of the filter. Form is also used in this piece of imagery due to the shadowing on one side of the hand and down the sleeve of the subject.
3. Mario Testino
www.mariotestino.com
Mario Testino is one of the most famous photographers in the world over the last ten years, Testino is particularly celebrated due to his glamorous and flattering fashion photography of women and his advertising campaigns for fashion houses. Mario Testino uses the formal element of colour to show the wild side of the fashion industry, the colour is used to add excitement to his images and bring them to life, for example this photograph is mesmerizing but would it still have the same effect on the audience if it was in monochrome?
4. Annie Leibovitz
www.biography.com/people/annie-leibovitz-9542372
Annie Leibovitz who is considered one of the best portrait photographers of her time, developed her trademark use of bold colours throughout her time at the magazine Rolling Stone. I love her work and think it ties in brilliantly with the formal elements of texture due to the way the careful editing of this photograph and intriguing use of colour shows the texture of the subjects skin. This photograph also uses examples of colour due to the powdered face of the subject and also Tone due to the lighting used to cast shadows on the subject.
5. Lyndon Wade
Lyndon Wade is most well known for creating vibrant compositions which often depict subjects in a kind of suspended animation. The use of halted movement - a formal element - suggests a larger narrative in the space of a single incident. Another formal element which is very prominent in Lyndon Wades work would be depth, in a lot of his photography he focuses the camera on one room and makes sure to include the whole room which creates depth within the image.
6. Lee Towndrow
Lee Towndrow, a man who had many jobs and aspirations found photography after a long time. Lee Towndrow uses the formal element of colour, he uses multiple vibrant colours to draw the attention of the audience, in this case he has put the vibrant colour infront of a black background which makes the colour stand out more.
7. Ansel Adams
In this photograph Ansel Adams, one of the best photographers in history used the formal element of depth in this photograph to elongate the photo and make the audience see the road as if they're are travelling or walking along it for miles on end. The formal element of tone is also used in this photograph to show the nature of the weather, the dark and light tones help to show the dark clouds, wet mud and shiny water on the long road.
8. Francois Xavier Marciat
In this photograph similar to Ansel Adams, Francois Xavier Marciet uses the formal elements of depth and tone. FXM uses depth to elongate the photo and draw the gaze of the audience down the small pier. Then, Tone is used to add emphasis to the amount of natural sunlight behind the pier which then adds darker tone to the wood due to the shadows cast on this side because of the light on the other side, therefore due to the shadowy nature this means the formal element of form is also used here.
9. Nicholas Samaras
Nicholas Samaras uses the formal element of colour to strike the view of the audience with the red, this draws their eyes to the image, the white of the womans skin and her dark hair with the red clothing are also examples of the formal element tone.
10. Alex Prager
Alex Prager is a surrealist photographer. Prager uses colour to emphasize the photograph for example she is known to use extremely vibrant shades. In co-operation with colour she uses tone which means she has many different shades of one colour or a variation of colours and tones in her photographs. Prager is also a fan of movement and has been known to shoot a serious of shots following women through movement such as a walk up a busy street.
11. Alessandro Rocchi
Alessandro Rocchi has the use of multiple formal elements in this photograph and the others in the set which are similar to this. He uses colour to emphasize the eyes of the subject and the brightness of her lips. Texture is also a formal element that is used due to the close focus of the camera on the face we can see every line in the subjects face.
12. Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau - an old school street photographer who was the leading man for street photographers of the modern day. Doisneau used movement and tone for his formal elements of choice. The movement formal element is shown by the woman leaning into the man to talk to him, this is clearly an action shot. The black and white tones show slightly less tone although its still there due to how the tones go from light to dark throughout the photograph.
13. David Bailey
David Bailey always worked closely with fellow photographer Brian Duffy to shoot multiple legends for fashion photography and media shots. In this shot of Twiggy, David Bailey has used the formal element of Form to the extreme, he has done this to create immense drifting shadows on the sides of Twiggy's face and in the hollows of her eyes. Then the formal element of Tone has been used to highlight the extreme lightness of certain areas of her face against the daring black shadows created by the light.
14. Eve Arnold
Eve Arnold famous for many many shots of Marilyn Monroe which were not dissimilar to the one above was an american photojournalist. Eve was well known for the way her use of tone and form added texture to her photographs. This one of Marilyn exhibits an excellent use of form due to the way the shadows cast over Marilyn's face fall in the exact right places to show the angles of her face. Somehow Eve Arnold created almost an aura of light around Marilyn in this shoot.
15. Ana Delaney
Ana Delaney is another street photographer who uses the black and white monochrome style to add the formal elements of tone and form again. Again the tone is used to show the light and dark areas by putting lighter and darker shades in. Form is used to give every area of the photograph a 3D look.
16. James Ellis
James Ellis - a street photographer who takes shots of modern people and street life. James Ellis uses colour to emphasize certain ares of the photograph, I believe texture is also another formal element that is used in this example of photograph due to the models hair. James Ellis has been known to use colour in his other works to emphasize modern street life and they way we live in the twenty first century.
17. Diane Arbus
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/d/diane-arbus/
Diane Arbus was a controversial photographer from the 20th century who was known for her photographs of disabled people, transvestites and other "marginal people". She photographs in black and white so again the formal elements of tone and form are major and very beneficial for this photographer. Form is used to show the 3D forms of the humans and Tone is used to show the lighter and darker areas.
18. Walker Evans
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/evan/hd_evan.htm
Walker Evans was a street photographer in era of the Great Depression in the United States. He used the formal element of tone and also form to show the bleak times that millions of citizens suffered during that harsh period in american history. Tone is used to create a dark surrounding and claim on every source of light in the setting and Form is used to show the hollows of the malnourished family during the Depression.
Walker Evans was a street photographer in era of the Great Depression in the United States. He used the formal element of tone and also form to show the bleak times that millions of citizens suffered during that harsh period in american history. Tone is used to create a dark surrounding and claim on every source of light in the setting and Form is used to show the hollows of the malnourished family during the Depression.
19. Brian Duffy
http://www.duffyphotographer.com/
Brian Duffy - a portrait photographer who worked closely with David Bailey was responsible for many photos of famous stars including this shot of John Lennon, In this portrait the formal element of tone is used to to show the light and dark areas of the photograph, the formal element of form is also used to create a shadow on the subjects face in order to show the 3D element.
20. Bill Brandt
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