Cynthia Bowles- Weekly Artist post

SAUL LEITER

1. Saul Leiter was a photographer born in the early 1920's that sadly passed away in 2013. In the photos above, he uses a low ISO, a slow shutter speed, and a open aperture.Although during the time he was alive, he may have used an older camera. He used a shallow depth of field in each of these photos and focused on a reflective/ transparent object to create his images. He manipulates the viewers eye by doing so. 

2.Leiter might have took a great amount of time to capture and fully create the picture he wanted. For example, in the third image, he probably stared at the floor of some waiting room or office and noticed the reflection of the outside. My guess is that it took hours to get someones head perfectly aligned with the white puffy pillow and  checkerboard pillow while getting into a taxi. The color contrast in that same image highlights the way the environment outside was during that time. By that I mean the bold colors of green and yellow is less alarming in reflection than it might have been if he took the picture a different way. 

3. I love the work that Leiter has done. I like the way he truly used his environment. I also recognize the amount of time he invested into each photo. I think by using the reflection off the floor and taking the images through a the rainy windows was very creative. Looking at them gave me a different perspective idea of the way society was back then.