Jeff Curto's Camera Position

Jeff Curto•www.cameraposition.com

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Camera Position 06 : Left, Right, Up, Down

Eugene Atget’s photograph of conical shrubs in Saint Cloud provides the visual resource for a discussion of how careful camera placement can affect a photograph. Saint Cloud, 1921 Photograph by Eugene Atget A great resource on Atget on Artsy

Feb 23, 2006•11 min

Camera Position 05 : Movement and Time

With a photograph of pecore (sheep) as an example, Camera Position #5 examines the way movement and time affect a photographic image. In many ways, every photograph is about the past and about the passage of time. Pecore, Tuscany, 1994 Photograph by Jeff Curto

Feb 18, 2006•8 min

Camera Position 04 : Patience and Seeing

Using a photograph of Venice, Camera Position #4 explores the idea of how sometimes what you think you want in a photograph isn’t the most interesting thing there. Sometimes the subject is right in front of you; you just have to be patient enough to find it. Calle del Forno, Venice, 1990 Photograph by Jeff … Continue reading Camera Position 04 : Patience and Seeing →

Feb 11, 2006•5 min

Camera Position 03 : Paul Caponigro’s Two Leaves

Camera Position #3 features a discussion about one of my all-time favorite photographs by one of my all-time favorite photographers, Paul Caponigro. The photograph, “Two Leaves, Brewster, NY, 1963” is discussed alongside some images that were made at the same time, giving us some sense of how a photographer finds and “works” a subject. Two … Continue reading Camera Position 03 : Paul Caponigro’s Two Leaves →

Feb 08, 2006•18 min

Camera Position 02 : Light in Montepulciano

Camera Position #2 is about a photograph I made in 1997 of the Tempio di San Biagio, a beautiful Renaissance church just outside the walls of the Tuscan hilltown of Montepulciano. It’s all about the light and waiting for that light to be right. Montepulciano, Tuscany, 1997 Photograph by Jeff Curto

Feb 07, 2006•4 min

Camera Position 01 : An Introduction through an Italian window

This introductory podcast explains what I want to try to accomplish with this Camera Position and what I will be talking about as the shows progress. Camera Position is a podcast about the art of creative photography, featuring the work of noted fine art photographer Jeff Curto. This episode features a photograph made in the … Continue reading Camera Position 01 : An Introduction through an Italian window →

Feb 05, 2006•7 min

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