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Hum 2020 The Modern Eye Notes
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- HUM2020
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This is a comprehensive and detailed note on the modern eye. *Essential Study Material!!
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Kaitlyn DarnellDr. Luther
HUM2020
9 June 2022
Perception Key: “The Modern Eye”
While examining the photographs taken by Paul Strand, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Bruce
Davidson, they all have characteristics. The photograph taken by Paul Strand was taken further
up and is taken of many people walking on Wall Street in New York. It shows many people, and
there are many large cut out rectangles on the side of the building, but we cannot see inside. The
photo is also taken were we cannot see any faces and the entire photo is in black and white. The
next photo is taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1932 and is named Behind the Gare St. Lazare.
This photograph shows a man running, but he is blurry and as the viewer, we cannot see his face.
The photo is also in black and white and taken from afar. Lastly, Bruce Davidsons photograph is
of a couple during the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1969. This shows a couple
facing the camera walking through the museum, but a bar is in front of their face, so we cannot
see their eyes, but the viewers are able to see the woman’s smile, which is also another photo
taken in black and white. These photos share similar characteristics, such as all being taken from
afar, being taken in black and white, and we are not able to see anyone’s faces. Their differences
are that they were taken in different areas, they all had different reasonings of not showing faces
(one being too far away and away from them, one being too blurry, and another one having a
metal beam in front of the couple’s face). When in comparison with Tina Barney, they are
complete opposite considering that in Tinas photos, they are in color and showing faces, but in
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