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Picture Editing
W. Eugene Smith, Country Doctor for Life, 1948
Picture Editing
• Initial questions:
Picture Editing
• Initial questions:– Output
• Print• Book• Screen• Gallery
– Format (vert/hor)– Style
Picture Editing
• Technical Qualities• Information• Emotional response
Lauren Greenfield Seniors from the Newport Harbor High School socialize in the party bus that takes them to prom. The hit Fox TV show, The OC, is based on their high school.
Picture Editing
1. Technical Qualities
Aaron Burton Social Justice South Africa 2005
Picture Editing
1. Technical Qualities– Exposure– Focus– Colour– Design– Style– Format
Aaron Burton Social Justice South Africa 2005
Picture Editing
2. Information
Martin Parr
Picture Editing
2. Information– 5Ws– Denotation/
Connotation– Index/Icon/Metonym/
Metaphor– Interpretations– Sequence
Martin Parr
Picture Editing3. Emotion
W. Eugene Smith Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath Minamata, 1972
Picture Editing3. Emotion
– Happiness– Pathos– Surprise– Disgust– Anger– Fear
W. Eugene Smith Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath Minamata, 1972
Sequence/Narrative
• 3 Acts• Essay• Diary/Journal• Survey
Sequence/Narrative
• 3 Acts– 1. Set-up
• characters locations
– 2. Confrontation• obstacles• plot-points
– 3. Resolution• climax
Spencer Platt, South Beirut, 2006
Sequence/Narrative
• Essay structure– Idea– Thematic/
argumentative– Non-linear
Lauren Greenfield Allegra, 4, plays dress-up in Malibu, California.
Sequence/Narrative
• Diary/Journal– Chronological– Experience– Time
Bruce Davidson, Subway, 1980
Sequence/Narrative
• Survey– Methodology– Portraits– Technique– Repetition
Jan Banning
Sequence/Narrative
• 3 Acts• Essay• Diary/Journal• Survey