Object unit - research

 

I begin my research with the f64 group. This group was known fro beginning a new modernalist era in photography. There were several artists is the f64 Group that formed in 1932, but the most noticeable members were Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. Their work, both in sill life and landscape photography, both use a similar technique of using high aperture to capture extreme detail.

The image “Nautilus” 1927 that Edward Weston produced is a  black-and-white photograph. The photo shows a single nautilus shell standing on its end against a dark background. It has been called "one of the most famous photographs ever made" and "a benchmark of modernism in the history of photography. To show his love for detail and shape, Edward began photographing several different large chambered nautiluses, either whole or cut in half to reveal their inner structure. When researching, I began to love how even in the darkest shadows and brightest highlights of the subject, you still can identify the great detail, and shape. 

Although Ansel Admas was best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West (landscape) his style of clarity, sharpness and depth characterized his photographs. Adams primarily used large-format cameras despite their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, as the camera contained high resolution, ensuring sharpness in all images.