Andre Kertesz was a Hungarian-born photographer known for his ground breaking contributions to photographic composition and the photo essay. He done a lot of still life photography. This photograph is called ‘The Fork’ and was taken in 1982. This image looks like it has been taken whilst he was out at a restaurant maybe or even at home at the dinner table. He could've also taken this in a studio and put spot lights on the objects to create those sharp shadows. If he did use a studio he would have used a high key set up but with only one spotlight so you can see the shadows that where made. The main thing focused is the fork and the shadows but the shadows catch my eye more than the fork does as the shadow is much darker than the fork. The feeling to this image is quite a dull and strange feeling as I question why he has chosen to take an image of a fork. The colours in this photograph are quite dark and dull tones which make the photograph look interesting. From this photographer I can learn how to take plain toned images in a sense that looks interesting. For my own work I could try and think of simple objects and find a interesting way of presenting them, I could even use everyday objects
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