Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow New Vision Photography: Shoot from straight above or below and run the subject along a diagonal
- Type
- Set in New Vision Photography's manner (Align added lettering to the picture diagonal, off the horizontal), and let Photogram's lettering (For letters, lay cut stencils on the paper and leave them reversed) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in New Vision Photography's material (Hard direct light, strong shadow, black and white with the blacks closed); bring in exactly one thing from Photogram (Photo paper, lamp height, exposure time, distance controlling edge hardness).
- Colour
- Build on #e5e3dc, #8b8f92, #151719 and admit one accent from #f0eee5, #73777a, #111315.
Where they fight
- Roughly 90 years apart. Keep one of them recognisably period rather than letting both drift into the middle.
Caution
- New Vision Photography If the angle changes but reveals nothing about the subject, the picture becomes a shape nobody can name and the surprise is spent at first glance.
- Photogram This is not black and white abstraction in general. Merely arranging unusual objects records only shadows, while transparency and distance from the sensitized surface are what make the image.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from New Vision Photography (Style, 1920s–1930s) and its accent from Photogram (Technique, 1830s– / avant-garde revival). Structural cues: Steep angles; Close-up; Hard light and shadow; Abstraction. Accent cues, used sparingly: Cameraless; Object contours; Reversed values; Contact and distance. Composition: Shoot from straight above or below and run the subject along a diagonal. Type and lettering: Align added lettering to the picture diagonal, off the horizontal. Let one material quality come from the second style: Photo paper, lamp height, exposure time, distance controlling edge hardness. Mood: Technology, Futurism, Exhilaration, Calm, Play. Color: build on #e5e3dc, #8b8f92, #151719 with a single accent drawn from #f0eee5, #73777a, #111315. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- New Vision Photography 1920s–1930s / Style / Photography Movements
Looks for perception only a camera can produce, using views from far above and far below, extreme close-ups and experiments with light.
- Photogram 1830s– / avant-garde revival / Technique / Photographic Techniques
No camera is involved. Objects laid on the sensitive surface and exposed to light turn contour, transparency and distance into the picture.
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