{"id":480,"date":"2020-07-09T01:20:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T00:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/?p=480"},"modified":"2020-11-10T17:26:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:26:14","slug":"deadpan-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/2020\/07\/09\/deadpan-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadpan Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I have seen in many other students blogs and assigments conversation about &#8216;Deadpan&#8217; photography, but haven&#8217;t really come across it in the course, except in relation to Bernd and Hilla Becher\u2019s &#8216;water towers&#8217;.  Therefore, I thought I&#8217;d do a bit of research into this style of photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most popular definition of this genre is that&nbsp;<strong>a deadpan photograph is devoid of emotion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have already come across a few photographers, such <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rineke_Dijkstra\" target=\"_blank\">Rineke Dijkstra<\/a>, August Sander and the Bechers who are famous for this kind of work.  However, a few others have cropped up in research such as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/alecsoth.com\/photography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alec Soth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/stephenshore.net\/photographs.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Shore<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jitkahanzlova.com\/menue.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Jitka Hanzlova<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some rules to making &#8216;deadpan&#8217; images:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the subject should be in the middle of the photo,<\/li><li>the subject is not posed and should be straight on to the camera<\/li><li>the subject is looking directly at the camera<\/li><li>the photographer is not showing an connection with the image<\/li><li>shoot in flat light<\/li><li>the image is often desaturated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a detached art, where the photographer merely captures something as it is, flat and almost uninteresting at first glance&#8221; (Depositphotos).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I actually quite like this aesthetic and can see it&#8217;s use to record social history and people in their places, but in my own photography, I have always strove to capture emotion and connectedness, which is the complete opposite of this style.  Having said that, I would like to include it in my repertoire as it fits well with conceptual art to tie concept to outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I realise from researching this that my first assignment although based on Sander&#8217;s images, are actually not deadpan at all and offer a greater depth of connection between myself and the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Works Cited<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlec Soth.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Alecsoth.Com<\/em>, 2020, alecsoth.com\/photography\/. Accessed 8 July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Depositphotos. \u201cDeadpan Photography Trend In 2018 &#8211; Depositphotos &#8211; Medium.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Medium<\/em>, Medium, 13 Mar. 2018, medium.com\/@Depositphotos\/deadpan-photography-trend-in-2018-73a26d802cc1. Accessed 8 July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJitka Hanzlov\u00e1.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Jitkahanzlova.Com<\/em>, 2020, www.jitkahanzlova.com\/menue.htm. Accessed 8 July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo What Exactly Is Deadpan Photography?\u201d&nbsp;<em>Student Resources<\/em>, 29 Aug. 2014, www.nyfa.edu\/student-resources\/what-is-deadpan-photography\/#:~:text=Deadpan%20portraits%20show%20people%20in,colors%20tend%20to%20be%20muted. Accessed 8 July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStephen Shore.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Stephenshore.Net<\/em>, 2020, stephenshore.net\/photographs\/uncommon\/index.php?page=13&amp;menu=photographs. Accessed 8 July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>stevemiddlehurst. \u201cThe Deadpan Aesthetic.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Steve Middlehurst Context and Narrative<\/em>, Steve Middlehurst Context and Narrative, 24 Feb. 2015, stevemiddlehurstcontextandnarrative.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/24\/the-deadpan-aesthetic\/. Accessed 8 July 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research I have seen in many other students blogs and assigments conversation about &#8216;Deadpan&#8217; photography, but haven&#8217;t really come across<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,53,1],"tags":[115,86,85,113,89,116],"class_list":["post-480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learning-log","category-research","category-uncategorised","tag-alec-soth","tag-august-sander","tag-becher","tag-jitka-hanzlova","tag-rineke-dijkstra","tag-stephen-shore"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/identityandplace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}