Andrea Feininger.
Coenties Slip, Circa 1940
From looking at Andreas Feininger’s work I can sense the theme of power, especially from her use of overpowering and domineering images such as towering buildings, representing a dominant and powerful country. I wanted to represent this theme in my own work, taking photograph’s of the city I love -London, focusing on historical and iconic London landmarks such as Big Ben, London Eye and Houses of Parliament. I am going to experiment with both black & white and colour photography to capture the life and experience of living in London. I want to use the over towering portrayal to represent the strong state of London.
My first response
I was initially attracted to this image as the train tracks acts as a visual line sweeping across the page guiding the eye across the image and central to the main object within the photo, focusing on the immense building. What drew me in more was the harsh contrast between the black track against the white building, juxtaposing both objects together, making the building seem more prominent. The juxtaposition is emphasised by the black and white format heightening the different shape and tone of the two subjects and the bright light luminates the authority and length of the building. I can see that Andrea Feininger’s work is based on an architecture which gave me the idea to focus on London's buildings and design.
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