1930
Edward Weston American
I chose the artist Edward Weston and his piece Pepper No. 35. The piece is a black and white, close-up photograph of a shriveled pepper. The fact that the pepper is shriveled allows for intricate folds and shadows, creating the darkest darks of the image, in the folds of the pepper, along with the whitest whites at the peaks of the folds. The stark difference between the shadows to the highlights of the folds of the peppers, create a great contrast. There is a lot of foreshortening in this photograph as the top of the pepper is the closest to the camera and the end of the pepper is barely in the frame. There is also very little else in the frame of the shot, allowing the pepper to be the sole focus.
Watson, Edward. “Pepper No. 35.” The Met Museum, www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/286226.
Good observations on the focus and light. He placed his peppers inside a funnel to get the reflected light then used a small aperture for the depth of field.