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Photography Lighting: While we have had control over lighting in the studio, it may at first seems that no such controls are available once we go outside into the landscapes. There is only the big spotlight in the sky to work with, and it decides where it will be, not us. bert Adams rth Jetty, mouth of the Columbia River ver on left, ocean on right 90

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Page 1: Photography Lighting: While we have had control over lighting in the studio, it may at first seems that no such controls are available once we go outside

Photography

Lighting:While we have had control over lighting in the studio, it may at first seems that no such controls are available once we go outside into the landscapes. There is only the big spotlight in the sky to work with, and it decides where it will be, not us.

Robert AdamsNorth Jetty, mouth of the Columbia RiverRiver on left, ocean on right

1990

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Lighting:While the light may be beyond our control to move, it is not beyond our control to predict its behavior, and be ready of the subtle changes in lighting effect it offers us.

Robert AdamsSouthwest from the South Jetty, mouth of the Columbia River

1990

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Lighting:We know, for example, that the sun moves around the sky from east to west. It is at its maximum height at noon, when it shines from the south. We know that it rises and falls as the day progresses, and we know that the color changes as it sets.

Robert AdamsUntitled, Denver

1970-74

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Robert Adams Untitled, Denver 1970-74

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Lighting:Although we cannot alter the natural movement of the sun, we can move ourselves and our cameras relative to the sun, thus dramatically changing the visual (lighting) effect we capture in our pictures.

Robert AdamsUntitled, Denver

1970-74

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Lighting:Deciding what to do with the sun and the reflections or shadows it creates is central to creating mood in landscapes.

Robert AdamsUntitled, Denver

1970-74

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Robert Adams

Untitled, Colorado1994

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Robert Adams

Untitled, Colorado1994

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Lighting:We are not in the business of showing what a place looks like, but rather of interpreting how we feel about the landscape, or relate to it. To achieve these less easily definable results, the creative and considered use of light is essential.

Robert AdamsEdge of the San Timoteo Canyon, San Bernardino County, California1978

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Lighting:There are two forms of sunlight. Firstly there is the direct light from the sun itself. Secondly, there is the reflected light which reaches us the long way by bouncing off the blue sky before lightening up those areas the direct sunlight cannot reach.

Robert AdamsUntitled, Colorado

1994

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Robert Adams Remains of old growth forest, Washington 1990

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Robert Adams Untitled, Denver 1970-74

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Lighting:Soft lighting can be used to create wonderfully low key monocromatic images.

Manuel Alvarez BravoPortrait of the Eternal

1935

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Manuel Alvarez Bravofire workers

1935

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo First Solitude 1956

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo Somewhat Gay and Graceful 1942

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo Landscapes with grass 1940s

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo Laughing Mannequins 1930

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo Running boy 1950s

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo El color 1966

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Manuel Alvarez Bravo Striking Worker, Assassinated 1934

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Lighting:In this photograph the shadows play a key role in creating the drama.

Manuel Alvarez BravoMan from Papantia

1934

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Manuel Alvarez BravoFrida Kahlo in Alvarez Bravo's Studio

1930s

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Tina ModottiCampesinos

1926

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Tina ModottiMexican peasants reading El Machete 1928

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Tina ModottiHands of the puppeteer

1929

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Tina ModottiWoman of Tehauntepec carrying jecapixtle

1929

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Tina ModottiMother and child, Tehuantepec

1929

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Tina Modotti

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in the May Day march 1929

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Tina Modotti

Woman with olla 1926

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Tina Modotti

Stadium, Mexico City c. 1927

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Tina ModottiStaircase, Mexico

1925

The photograph is entitled "Staircase," but it is only in the most abstracted sense an architectural photograph; it is concerned with a different kind of structure, related perhaps to folded paper birds and geometric puzzles. It is a picture of space becoming pattern – a construction of lines and triangles stretched very tightly toward two dimensions - in which depth is both precisely described and subtly denied.

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Tina ModottiBandolier, corn, guitar

1927

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Tina ModottiJulio Antonio Mella's typewriter

1928

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Tina ModottiTelephones wires 1925

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Paul StrandBlind

1916

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Paul Stranduntitled

1916

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Paul Strandchurch1944

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Walker Evanschurch1944

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Paul StrandCity Hall ParkNew York

1915

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Paul StrandThe Family, Luzzara, Italy1953

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Paul StrandHarold GreengardTwin Lakes, Connecticut1916

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Paul StrandLathe No. 3,Akeley Shop, New York

1923

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Paul StrandLeaves ii

1929

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Paul Stranduntitled 1915

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Paul StrandWall street 1915

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Paul StrandPortrait, Washington Square Park

1916

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Paul StrandWhite Fence

1916

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