Dorothea Lange, Man Beside Wheelbarrow, 1934, silver gelatin print

http://museumca.org/exhibit/dorothea-lange-california-photographs-oakland-international-airport

Pentti Sammallaht, Solovki, White Sea, Russia, 1992, silver gelatin print

http://joined-up-pictures.blogspot.com/2013/02/worth-look-pentti-sammallahti.html

Writing Assignment 1: 

Dorothea Lange contrast Pentti Sammallahti:

Compare two photographs within the Dorothea Lange exhibition with two photographs of the artist that Berger discusses in Chapter 1 of Shape of a Pocket; Pentti Sammallahti (4 photos total). You will need to research Sammallahti and find images that create an interesting comparison to Lange's photo from the Oakland Art Museum Exhibition. Images of Dorothea Lange’s that are not in the exhibition will not be accepted as viable comparisons.

Essays should focus on visible similarities between the subjects portrayed,  as well as the medium of black and white photography. These comments and observations should be based on visual concepts such as composition, contrast, lighting, perspective, etc. Essays should also include the visible differences between the two artists photographs in terms of light, composition and overall feeling or reception of the images. 

Objective: Comparative Analysis. To develop a vocabulary built from observations that discusses
the subjects in photographs and the context in which these images are developed and received. This vocabulary should be able to address the contrast and brightness of an image, how this effects the composition and space within an image, as well as the overall reception of its meaning. 

400 word minimum. Essays are to be posted on a blog site that you create on blogspot.com.  Blog pages should include

1.     Comparative essay

2.     4 Images discussed from both artists

3.     All info and web addresses of selected images.