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21st Century Art Text Questions #2: Critical Thinking Questions

1. Check out this photograph of Northern officers in 1863. What does this picture tell you about the lives of the people who fought in the Civil War? Please list three things that you notice. (The first image you see is for this question)

2. Why do you think a photographer might choose to focus on negative space?

3. Why do you think that photographer Ansel Adams chose to take his pictures of nature in black and white?

4. Can you think of two examples of when it would be important for a photograph to show texture?

5. How does color add to the composition (look) of this photo?
(The second image with the leaf is for this question)

Answer 1

To not distract the audience

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Answer 2

To not distract the audience

Adams felt color could be distracting, and could therefore divert an artist’s attention from the achievement of his full potential when taking a photograph. Our eyes are drawn to areas that are bright, or areas that are sharply in focus- both forms of contrast (just as our cameras seek contrast in order to focus). This makes black and white photographs great to look at to notice details beyond color.

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