Impressionism

Impressionism

a style or movement in painting originating in France in the 1860s, characterized by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, especially in terms of the shifting effect of light and colour.  This art movement captures movement. it is a documentary style of photography. 

The development of impressionism can be considered partly as a reaction by artists to challenge presented by photography. It is based on the practice of painting outdoors and spontainiouly 'on the spot' rather than in a studio. 

The term 'Impressionism' comes from a painting by Claude Monet. 

Impressionism artists: 

• Pierre Renoir
• Claude Monet
• Alfred Sisley
• Edgar Degas
• Edouard Manet

PHOTO IMPRESSIONISM

Recreation

My recreation of impressionism is a photograph of a lady in the streets of Sheffield on her phone. It was late afternoon and the sun was setting behind the buildings so light was limited. This forced me to use a high F25 and quite long shutter speed at 1/3, to capture movement of the passers by and create the look I was aiming for. This photo denotes a still subject on her phone with blurred public in the foreground and background. The photo connotes time passing and the subject being unaware of her surrounding; giving off the visualisation of time passing due to technology. Making the photo look like the women is in a alternate universe.

Early impressionist photographers:

• Stephen D'Agostino
• Eva Polak
• Kat Clay
• Christopher Dydyk

TECHNIQUES:

• Camera shake and panning
• Long exposure
• Selective focus on wide aperture
• Zoom and long shutter speed
• Taking pictures through water/ glass
• Layering on photo shop