The Genius Of Photography: Snap Judgements

The Genius of Photography

1          1.   Overall how many photographs are taken in a year?

Overall there are 80 billion photographs taken in a year

2. How does Gregory Crewdson work?

 Gregory Crewdson works on his photo set as if it was a movie set featuring actors, producers and sets. He uses a production crew who has previously worked in cinema creating one perfect moment rather than a feature length film. He recently produced an edition of 6 images, each worth $60,0000. Throughout his sets he also used terminology of a film set.

 

3.Which prints command the highest price and what are they called?

Prices arose due to the interest of baby boomers and people throughout the 1970s within the art and photography industry. Photo prints that command the highest price tags are made by the photographer, also known as vintage prints. Vintage prints can go from $22,000-$26,000 at least.

4. How does Ben Lewis see Jeff Wall's photography?

Ben Lewis sees Jeff Wall's photography as arts itself. It  feeds many different issues from gender to racial stereotypes.

5. How many photographs does Andreas Gursky produces and what scale and size are they?

 Andreas Gursky produces multiple photographs focusing on nature and human interaction. The size of Gursky’s photohgraphs range from large to extra large.

 

6. What is different in Seydou Keita portrayal of Africa, compared to traditional photographs of Africa?

Seydou Keita’s photographs portrayed Africa in a beautiful sense rather than the negative sense of a  stereotype.