Stephen Shore & William Eggleston

Stephen Shore

What I saw most in his images was that everything & I mean EVERYTHING was in focus.  I took that from my eyes as meaning that every part of the image was important and exact space of what was in the frame was to be considered.

Place vs Space is hard for me to differentiate but again I in my own words the space in its' entirety is what I think he wants his viewers to see.  I think it's very cool to find photographers that are somewhat specific to the assignments we are currently working on.  It's amazing to see it in motion through another photographers eyes.  It helps me to see what they see I guess is what I mean by that last statement.

His images give me a calm feeling about them.  I don't feel drawn to one thing but yet the WHOLE image.  I have been gazing at his work off and on all weekend and it's almost like everytime I do I find yet another something in one of his images I didn't feel before.

Look at the action going on in all of these shots combined.  I feel emotion, I feel like he wants the viewer to notice what is going on in the entire frame.  Again documenting the space from which these images were taken.

I bookmarked alot of his images and really was intrigued by the stories behind them.












William Eggleston

I think Eggleston really pays attention to the way light falls onto a subject.  Without doing the deep research this is what I am getting from viewing his images.  I think down to a T he is documenting the place he is in; filling the frame with a subject just so you were to be kept guessing what space it is acutally in.  So with that being hidden it has to be to show the so called space, right?!  LOL

I know our professor says that with photography there is no 2 + 2 = 4; no wrong answers but sometimes if I sit and dwell on the space vs place too long I get confused all over.  Art is through an artist eyes!

Both of these images are tidbits of information; leading you to figure out the space the actual place is in.  Ahhhhhh I got it!  Something can show space & place at the same time!!

Look at the monochromatic image on the right.....did someone drop that? Where is it?  Questions I think that Eggleston wants the viewer to consider.  I like images with a story behind them.  I also think he tends to stick to the more monochromatic side of things.