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Caroline Eakins

Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date:

1882

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Classification:

Photographs

Response to photo

I really enjoy this photograph; it really resonates with the simplicity of life I feel when I look at it. I also like the reality of it. It makes me feel that the artist, Thomas Eakins was trying to portray the calmness and gentleness of everyday life. I look at the picture and I can see the evening and feel the worm breeze on my face. The way the women id facing with her back to the camera gives me the impression and feeling I’m getting a sneak peak in to her world. I love how the sun is setting, it adds to the calmness and love in the photograph. Its funny the artist wasn’t at all appreciated for his depth, perception, character and commitment to realism. He only sold 30 paintings/ photos before he died. Only after he died in 1917 did people appreciate and recognize him as one of America’s greatest painters. His attention to light, landscape and human form made him stand far above his peers in the art world. This picture of his I choose is actually of his wife and dog. Thomas enjoyed painting the human form, which wasn’t done in his time. Thomas refused to compromise his beliefs, and painted people the way they were, not the way they wanted to be seen. This vision changes the nature of art education and provided generations to come with a deeper view of the time in which he lived.

                      

     

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responce to interview

This is my response to the interview.

Reading some of his writing was confusing just because of the technical aspect of it and the words he chose to use. From what I read about film and photography, there are many differences. With film, everything in the picture has to be perfect when you take the shot. With digital photography, you can take many photos and blend, piece and put them together using a computer program. Lighting adds a lot of depth, detail, color and texture to the picture. I also feel that lighting just makes the images in the photo pop on the page. It also changes the size of the image in the photo. The size of the train in Howards work really surprised me how small it looked, when in actuality it’s huge. I think lighting is important because it can alter the reality of the picture, making it your own. I’m actually going to try to make a light source like the one he talks about in the interview. A flashlight and pipe with holes in the top may work. When I took my photos this week I attempted to make that light source. I took a toilet paper roll, pooped holes in the top, taped a flashlight to one end and taped the other end. That seemed to work pretty well with the first dozen or so shots I took. After experimenting a little bit, I decided to only use the flashlight for more control. Doing that made for some really neat pictures. I probably took about 75 plus pictures and uploaded 12 because I couldn’t pick out my favorite 5. It was a lot more fun than I thought it was going to be.