Depth of Field

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Diane Arbus’s black and white image is of a young man with his girlfriend in New York City in 1971. The man is looking directly at the camera with a hot dog in his hand. His other hand is partway in the pocket of his jacket. The girlfriend has her right arm around her boyfriend’s arm. Her other hand is holding her hot dog with a bite taken out of it. She is looking into space on the right of the camera. Neither person is posing for the picture. They both look serious like they were standing and focusing on something in front of them. The background is completely blurry and the subjects are in complete focus making this a short depth of field. This image was also taken more closely than the image below.

Arbus, D. (n.d.). A young man and his girlfriend with hot dogs in the park, N.Y.C. 1971, 1971 [Digital image]. Retrieved February 03, 2021, from http://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-arbus/a-young-man-and-his-girlfriend-with-hot-dogs-in-a-qcQoPspGWDJRF8NwIg529Q2

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Walker Evans’s black and white shot is of three houses in New Orleans taken in 1935. The house shown furthest to the left is the tallest house. The house on the far right is the shortest house. The house in the middle is in the middle of heights between the right and the left house. All three houses have two floors with four sections containing either a window or a door. On all houses, the bottom left section contains a door. This image shows details of the foreground, middle ground, and background making it a long depth of field. There are houses present behind the houses being photographed. Part of a tree branch is included in the image on the top right side. A power line also runs across the top of the three houses. This image was taken further away and includes subjects that are larger than people.

Evans, W. (n.d.). New Orleans Houses [Digital image]. Retrieved February 03, 2021, from https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/301913