Website 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_EvansWebsite 2:
http://masters-of-photography.com/E/evans/evans_articles3.html
Lee Friedlander
Website 1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_FriedlanderWebsite 2:
http://masters-of-photography.com/F/friedlander/friedlander_articles2.html
1. What kind of photographs do they make?
Both of them aim at representing the concept of self-consciousness but in two different ways. While Walker Evans takes pictures of his surroundings to point out a society where young men just act how they are expected to, Lee Friedlander includes himself to demonstrate his concern for the topic and that he, as compared to the majority, was conscious of his existence. Photography for them is just like music is to a musician. They express themselves through photography and try to send messages to everyone who looks at their art.
2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
Walkers Evans preferred to take pictures of backgrounds or of the front of a store and, while it may have been his own style of photography, using an 8x10 camera certainly restrained him. Lee Friedlander, was lucky enough to have a 35 mm camera which, not only allowed more mobility but was also more technologically advanced. As a result, taking pictures "on the spot" and with many different angles was possible thus, more creative pictures could be taken.
3.What do their pictures look like?
When I looked up their photographs, it seemed that, while the majority of their photographs are in black and white, I could only find colored pictures coming from Walker Evans which, I found odd because, after all, he is the one who had to deal with an older camera. Both photographers have a mix of both horizontal and vertical pictures but I did notice a liking for horizontal pictures coming from Lee Friedlander. Walker Evans preferes wider spaces, likes to include people in his pictures and has darker and sadder pictures while Lee Friedlander, considered more like a "loner", prefers to include himself, smaller spaces and neutral pictures with no particular feeling.
4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
Walker Evans hated the way people just listened to what others were telling them to do. That is why his idea was to freeze those moments so that people could look at his pictures and realize how they acted and hopefully change it. Lee Friedlander's pictures had the same motive as Evans'. But, he tried to make people realize what was around them by taking pictures of what he called the "social landscape" because he believed a lot could be taught from simply looking at our environment.
Some of their work:
Walker Evans:
Lee Friedlander:
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