American astronomer Edwin Hubble looks through the eyepiece of the 100-inch telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory in Los Angeles, 1937. In 1929, Hubble proposed that the more distant a galaxy is, the faster it appears to be receding from us, a concept that has become known as Hubble's law. Photo: Margaret Bourke-White Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Bourke-White's photo of the American astronomer Edwin Hubble captures the true essence of Edwin Hubble and his connection and love for our expanded discovery of our universe. The immense contrast in this photo with the foreground being very bright and almost stark white which is the exact opposite of the background that is completely black adds to the idea that this photo is about Edwin Hubble and how he was searching the darkness of space for new things and in this photo by Margaret Bourke-White creates a stark dark background that now we search for new things. This parallelism in the photo makes this photo seem timeless because the darkness of space and of this photo are both everlasting. Overall, the unique composition of this photo focusing on a large telescope and Edwin Hubble make this photo by Margaret Bourke-White timeless.
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Photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson a world renowned humanist photographer in his photo Berlin Wall truly captures the the human nature behind the Berlin wall and the presence it had on and everyday persons life. Henri Cartier-Bresson juxtaposes the max black in the Berlin wall with the max white on the kids playing and the sidewalk they are play on. This juxtaposition between the darkness and the light truly captures the demon inside the Berlinw all and the evil it represented and having the light and brightness of the kids so close buy perfect alludes to the idea that the humanity and joyfulness in the kids is truly omnipresent and develops there surrounding despite the stark contract between east and West germany. Overall, Henri Cartier-Bresson truly captures the human nature of the kids in his photo the Berlin wall despite the evil beside them.
Photographer: Shirin Neshat Shirin Neshat is an Iranian contemporary photographer that captures the attack on individual freedoms in Iran due to the increasing rigor of Islamic Law. In this photo Shirin Neshat captures raw emotion of an Iranian women by juxtaposing the face of this women with Farsi over her face excluding her eye. This dramatic composition makes this photo have a sense of individuality centered around this women. Additionally, the Black and White nature of this photo with max white on the women's eye and the max black on the hairdress make this moment center on her eye. The contemporary method of Frasi text on her face that Shirin Neshat adds to the subjects identity as an Iranian women. Overall, Shirin Neshat captures dramatic messages in her Photography.
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PhotographerXavier Millan is a student at Bonita Vista High School. Archives
May 2021
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