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Assignment 7

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Assignment 6

In this chapter, Shore talks about mental modeling, which is when a photographer holds mental models in their minds, which are the results of the proddings of insight, conditioning, and comprehension of the world.  It operates unconsciously but if the photographer makes the model conscious, they bring it and the mental level of the photograph under control. Shore explains how each level of the photograph is determined by attributes of the previous level and each level provides the foundation the next level builds upon. Shore says that the mental level provides equivalent to the depictive theme. 

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Examples of Assignment 5

Chapter 4 talks about the mental level which is the different ways that your brain interprets or sees a specific space or an image in front of you. The mental level is determined by what is being photographed. It provides a framework for the mental image we construct of the picture. Even though the mental level and the depictive level are different, it is honed by the vantage point, frame, time and its focus. Shore talks about how even though a picture may have a deep depictive space, it could have a shallow space on the mental level and vice versa. Shore states, “Pictures exist on a mental level that may be coincident with the depictive level - what the picture is showing - but does not mirror it.” I think this point is important because it shows how both mental and depictive levels are different, yet important, in our’s mind view of a photograph.

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Shore talked about the four ways in which an image depicts, within certain formal constraints, an aspect of the world. These four attributes are flatness, the frame, the time and focus. Shore writes that the world is three dimensional but an image is two dimensional, he says that the depth of depictive space always bears relationship to the picture plane and that this plane is a field upon which the len;s image is projected. The next attribute is frame which is the edges that the photo lays upon in the lens. The third attribute is time. Time on a photograph can be determined by the exposure duration and the last attribute is focus which creates a a hierarchy in the depictive space by defining a single plane of focus. These four attributes define the picture's depictive content and structure.  

I like this photo because the way the rule of thirds frames the rusty chain and how the chain is the only thing focused in the photo. The car is vandalized with graffiti but you cannot tell by glancing at the photo that it is a car or that it is filled with graffiti. I like the way the car door splits the picture in half with the black line making it seem like there are two photos with the same subject. The spray paint dripping down out of focus makes the car look like its deteriorating along with the rusty chain. I like the way the shadow of the bar under the chain slightly shows on the car. I chose this photo because i believe it represents deterioration and it has many things deteriorating in one picture but it looks like they all belong together.

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In chapter 2 of Shore’s book, he talks about the physical attributes of photos such as their color and texture (such things we notice about the photo but don’t think to contribute to its meaning). How a photographer chooses to portray their photograph can help an outsider gain a new perspective on that photo. When we take a photo on purpose, we want to portray a certain message to the audience. When we take a photo by chance, we don’t see its meaning until after it is taken.

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