Trish Juliano Photographer Styles

Tim Carpenter

By looking at the book “Local Objects” composed by Tim Carpenter, I can tell his style is hugely based around vertical, black and white images. His book highlights the inactivity of the every day views one may see in the American Midwest. These images have nice quality with little to no grain in them. There is moderate contrast between the black and white values, but definitely exercises the grays in between to create an interesting image. It looks as if he also takes the photos from his own eye-level perspective, rather than lowering himself below his subject or moving above it. Also, it looks like he uses a small aperture since the foreground and background are both in focus. It definitely looked like he wanted to show these subject in a raw state with no photography tricks or techniques to glorify these every day sights. The simplicity of the landscapes whether they have some rhythm to them or not, are very characteristic of these photographs. The images have ranged from trees, fields, plants, houses, cracked sidewalks, street intersections, textured buildings, and fences, but none included humans as subjects. Also, it looks like he had a collection of these images building for a while since some scenes have snow on the ground, and some have trees in full bloom.

Josef Sudek

Josef Sudek’s book started out by introducing his background in photography. He was started out as an art photographer, and as he got more established, he became a commercial photographer. He eventually learned how to photograph objects like glassware, plates, and clothing. After looking at his pictures in “The Advertising Photographs,” he made sure to meticulously place the subjects in a certain position so he could manipulate other factors like perspective and lighting to enhance the image. All of the photos are black and white, and have a vintage look to them, like they have some yellowish hue to them in some. Some were vertical or horizontal, some were cropped in close, and others were much wider. Certain objects he photographed were placed on a flat surface or light a floor or a raised surface like a table and sometimes it really helped to see the setting these objects belong to. Also, Sudek placed objects where shadows may enhance the photo so you could see the objects in an unusual setting. Additionally, he played with the angles he took the photos at and they really captured the dynamic shapes of the objects. For example, one image showed a curvy wooden chair and a circular coffee table leaning over it and he successfully made the photograph more interesting by taking it from the top right corner of the chair rather than looking at it straight on. 

Esther Haase

Esther Haase’s book “Fashion in Motion” puts men, women, and animals, as her subjects. The images were horizontal, vertical, colorful, monochromatic, or black and white. She played around with fast shutter speeds to freeze motion, while many embraced a slow shutter speed to capture moving body parts or an animal moving. It looks as if her models were very comfortable around the camera and she captured many of her models in a very raw state. Many models were nude, or barely clothes, while some were out and about in public wearing beautiful clothing. All of the images capture a sense of elegance and beauty of human nature by not glorifying private moments in a home or friends being together. Some photos looked like they were taken in a studio with a plain backdrop and a lighting set to produce dramatic shadows, some look like they were taking walking down the street casually and some were in someones private home displaying their normal activities. No matter what orientation or color the photos show, her choice made sense for them when some have bright vivid colors to show of the clothing or setting, and some have no color, putting more emphasis on the model and their natural beauty.