Futurism introduction

Denotation - Literal meaning of a photo (what you say)
Connotation- What something symbolises, hidden meaning, what it represents or stands for

Art Movements
Futurism
Surrealism
Cubism
Brutalism
Post-modernism
Realism

Within the art movements you can have different genres of photography

Futurism

Untraditional, unconventional, hate for art if the past.
Italian art movement
1909 to 1944
Danger, energy, speed, daring, aggression, war and anti-nature
founder = Poet Marinetti
Literature, visual art, theatre, the crafts, music and photography
Celebration of modern technology, scientific discoveries speed and city life
Motifs: cars, aeroplanes, electric lighting, building construction, the hectic pace of like and demonstrations in the street.
Abstract, monochrome, less is more, movement, repetition,
Eadward Muybridge- pioneer

Eadweard Muybridge- Pioneer of photography and motion

The zoopraxiscope is an early device for displaying motion pictures

Show speed or movement (fast shutter speed to freeze movement)
Photograph modern and cutting edge architecture (contrast it with traditions)
Photographing industrial aspects rather than nature
Photograph modern objects or futuristic motifs e.g planes cars, crowds
Experiment with lighting, shadows, colour (bold bright & complementary colour)
Hont at danger and daring e.g by using viewpoints and angles (drone photography)
combine with layered images of a science lab or computer coding
Photograph engineering machines
Photoshop techniques e.g image adjustments. Or use photoshop to create and imaginary scene of the future
Create and Italian style mood
Create layering, repetition, perspective, foreshortening or photomontage
limitless possibilities of the future
montage- putting together different elements
photo montage- layering 2 or more photographs - opacity tool on photoshop

cityscape of sheffield
new technology
scientific discoveries
speed and movement
use repetition when editing or taking a photo to allude to movement
use lines which are bold and dramatic
use colour and contrasts
use dramatic lighting to show shadows and contrasts
use cubism or small broken up parts to show futurists like under a microscope

Anton Giulio Bragaglia

The picture denotes a man sat smoking a cigarette. The movement in the picture could help to connote how something is continuous, which in the context could relate to how smoking is an addiction. The way the mans face is blurred due to the overlap created by the movement however his body is still. This shows how he doesn't really have an identity but is just a generic person instead and could be anyone. This could be due to the amount of people that smoked in the time that the photograph was taken. The nature of the person being male could also link to this as the photograph was taken in 1913 and this was a time when it was only acceptable for men to smoke and not women. There is contrast in the colours as the photograph denotes a black and white scene.



Mario Bellusi

The picture denotes a street scene. There picture shows movement due to how theres pictures overlayed. There a use of architecture in the picture which shows the stable area of the city however the blurred people could show the business of the city.