When I was editing this photo, I obviously had to make the image black and white, but a small change I made was to also increase the sharpness/clarity of the photo. With this change, I was surprised to see the dirt on the floors and in the halls become more apparent and I think that it improves the picture in a sense that with shadow and dirt there is light above, as seen in the top of the middle of the picture.
In this image, I tried to imitate Andre Kertesz's ability to make a simple picture look dramatic by working with the shadow and light. I also had to make the photo black and white by lowering the saturation to the lowest setting. In order create even more of a contrast between the scissors and tape/table I added a small increase in the whites and exposure settings.
In many of Andre Kertesz's photos, he distorted the images but it can only be guessed why. In order to distort the picture, I had to use a tool in Adobe Photoshop and drag out the areas I wanted distorted. I also made the photo black and white by lowering saturation levels to the minimum.
Although my picture isn't in the same setting as Andre Kertesz's, but I felt that the most important part of the picture was the theme of darkness. While editing the picture, I lowered saturation to make it black and white, and then increased clarity for detail.
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Inspiration for photo.
This image was very easy to edit, what I did was lower saturation to make the photo black and white, and then I added some highlights to whites to increase contrast.
Andre Kertesz, born 1894 - died 1985, lived during a time where photography was making it's rise in culture. Kertesz lived through World War I and World War II which had an impact on the subject and style of his photography. Kertesz was born in Budapest, Austria - Hungary, but later moved to New York to pursue his career as a photographer. Andre Kertesz mostly took photos of people, scenery, and objects. In some of his photos, Andrew Kertesz would distort the objects for reasons unknown. Andre Kertesz lived through the deaths of many loved ones, and he also, like I said before, lived through two World Wars. In my opinion, Andre Kertesz looked to express his emotions through his photos which I think was very unique.
My group and I chose Andre Kertesz as our photographer because of the combination of his simple, but oddly quirky photos mixed with powerful and deep photos. Andre Kertesz inspired me to take simple photos, and to convey a sense of deepness through them. Andre Kertesz also taught me that the picture doesn't have to be meaningful to others, it just has to mean something to yourself. This inspiration has held fast the whole assignment.
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