Weekly Artist Post #4

Philip Lorca-Dicorcia

1.  In the above photos, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, does an amazing job providing the viewer with examples of capturing a subject by using both shutter speed and aperture. In the first photo, diCorcia is in a busy tunnel in San Francisco and must have increased his shutter speed to be able to capture his subject, the man on the bike. He also decreased his depth of field to be able to have the man appear clearer than the bus in the background. I would also assume that his ISO was between 800-1600, as the photo does not appear to be in sharp quality overall. In the second photo, he did the same by increasing his shutter speed to capture the falling snow and streamline of pouring coffee. His depth of field is focused on the man sitting on the bench and his ISO has a high quality to be able to capture the facial expression of the man. Lastly, in the third photo, diCorcia uses aperture as his main setting to be able to capture the woman in the crowd. Also, his ISO must have been high to be able to have an overall high quality image.

2. According to David Zwirner, Philip-Lorca diCorcia is known for creating images that are poised between documentary and theatrically staged photography. In all three of the above images, diCorcia does an excellent job portraying the subjects that one could perhaps see when they are walking around. In the first two photos, diCorcia increases his shutter speed to be able to capture the moments that are happening in motion, such as the man on the bike, and falling snow. In the third photo, the woman is in the middle of a crowd of tall men, perhaps he is focusing on her as appearing to be an underdog and the underlying message is in woman's equal rights in today's society. 

3. I really enjoy diCorcia's choices of camera settings in his photographs. The use of high shutter speed to capture the subjects while still in motion, the depth of field of the subjects in the middle of their settings. The first two photos main setting use is shutter speed to be able to capture the vehicles in motion, and the falling snow and pouring coffee. In the last photo, diCorcia uses aperture to capture the woman in the middle of the crowd and to have her in focus than the surrounding men.