Paul Strand

Post-Assignment Assessment: This assignment was based on the artist Paul Strand. His photographs are abstract shadows and portraits of people. Most of the time the portraits were of people unaware of the camera. For my photographs, I tried to get some cool shadows. Shadows that naturally made odd shapes or patterns. I loved that in one of my photos the shadows of the shades on a window made parallel lines on the wall. I actually had some trouble with this one because I wanted to get my photos like Paul's but I just couldn't. Paul focused on the light in his photos and I just couldn't figure that out. I would definitely improve how I incorporate light into my photos, I feel like the light and shadows are what make a photo great.