Analysing Uelsmann's work

1. Visual Analysis
Jerry Uelsmann

2. Photographic Analysis
‘What makes a good Photograph?’
• IMMEDIATE RESPONSE =
What do you think of the photo?
+
• PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS =
recognising the visual qualities of
the photograph

3. Basic Facts
Photographer? John Angerson
Date?
Title?
1989
‘The Fall of the Berlin Wall’

4. Description of Photograph
Content of photo?
Genre of photo?
What else do you
see?
Chris Killip 1985
Punks Dancing,Gateshead,

5. Visual Analysis
What do you look at
first?
How is your eye led
around the frame?
How is the image
composed: shapes,
areas of tone,
balance?
What formal elements
are visible?
Chris Killip 1984
Cookie in the Snow

6. Visual Analysis
What was the
photographer’s
viewpoint?
What type & direction of
light was used?
What is the depth of
field?
What was the shutter
speed?
Elaine Constantine 1997

7. Personal Analysis
What was your first
reaction?
What is the mood of the
photo?
What is the message of
the photo?
Wanda Wulz Cat & I 1932

8. Basic Facts
Photographer? Jerry Uelsmann
Date?
Title?
1982
Untitled

9. Description of Photograph
Content of photo?
Genre of photo?
What else do you
see?

10. Visual Analysis
What do you look at first?
How is your eye led around
the frame?
How is the image
composed: shapes, areas
of tone, balance?
What formal elements are
visible?

11. Visual Analysis
What was the photographer’s
viewpoint?
What type & direction of light
was used?
What is the depth of field?
What was the shutter speed?

12. Personal Analysis
What was your first
reaction?
What is the mood of the
photo?
What is the message of
the photo?

13. Juxtaposition
If you juxtapose two
contrasting objects, images,
or ideas, you place them
together or describe them
together, so that the
differences between them are
emphasised.
The technique is most often
used to juxtapose things for
dramatic effect.

14. Photomontage
A combination of several
photographs joined together
for artistic effect or to show
more of the subject than can
be shown in a single
photograph.

15. Visual Analysis
Collect some examples of Jerry Uelsmann’s work.
Choose one to analyse in more detail.
Use the PowerPoint in the ‘Y’ drive photography folder.

16. Keywords
Content
Contrast
Tone
Line
Colour
Shape
Form
Space
Texture
Symmetry
Depth of field
Composition
Balance
Mood
Setting
Atmosphere
Lighting
Foreground
Middle ground
Background
Photomontage
Juxtaposition