In this picture I can see a man's hand, two cars, a person on a motorbike and a bus and a man in a cowboy hat. Kenneth Josephson uses a viewfinder to shrink the man in the car's hand. The picture is also taken in black and white. In the background of the picture, a bus and two cars can be seen. The main subject of this photo is Kenneth Josephson's hand as this image is part of a self portrait series of images.
In this photograph, I can see a hand on what looks like a door on the right side and a woman covered in shrink wrap on the left side of the image with only her legs showing. The room is bare and looks dark and gloomy. In the room there are two people, something that looks like a snake, a radiator and a mirror. The main subject of the image is the two people.
In both of these photographs, we as viewers can't see any faces and the photographer is hidden and there both have abstract things in them. Both photographs are in black and white and that is something that also makes them similar.
Kenneth Josephson uses his physical body as part of the picture as we can see his hand in the photograph whereas in Woodman's image, we cannot see her in the image. Both of these photographers have used the idea of a frame within a frame for their work. This creates a very interesting illusion for the viewers. In Josephson's photograph, there are 4 frames being used. The first frame is the camera frame, the second is the frame of the photograph, the third is the frame surrounding the viewfinder and the fourth is the frame inside the viewfinder itself .
Woodman's photograph has three frames. The first one is also the camera frame, the second is the picture frame and the third is the mirror frame. Woodman has used the technique to mirror what was happening inside the room. Woodman is present in the room but has created the illusion that is is not there as we cannot see her presence in the photo.
the surprising factor of both self portraits is that you can't see the photographer directly. In Kenneth Josephson's image you can a shadow of him unlike Woodman's self portrait where you can't see her. also in this photograph both photographers have been very creative with the use of multiple frames in the picture and how they hide them. Something very mysterious is that in woodman's photo is that there is a small part in the photo that's when you change perspective it changes when look at head on it looks like a snake but when looked at with a birds eye view you can see a face.
In both of these photographs, we as viewers can't see any faces and the photographer is hidden and there both have abstract things in them. Both photographs are in black and white and that is something that also makes them similar.
Kenneth Josephson uses his physical body as part of the picture as we can see his hand in the photograph whereas in Woodman's image, we cannot see her in the image. Both of these photographers have used the idea of a frame within a frame for their work. This creates a very interesting illusion for the viewers. In Josephson's photograph, there are 4 frames being used. The first frame is the camera frame, the second is the frame of the photograph, the third is the frame surrounding the viewfinder and the fourth is the frame inside the viewfinder itself .
Woodman's photograph has three frames. The first one is also the camera frame, the second is the picture frame and the third is the mirror frame. Woodman has used the technique to mirror what was happening inside the room. Woodman is present in the room but has created the illusion that is is not there as we cannot see her presence in the photo.
the surprising factor of both self portraits is that you can't see the photographer directly. In Kenneth Josephson's image you can a shadow of him unlike Woodman's self portrait where you can't see her. also in this photograph both photographers have been very creative with the use of multiple frames in the picture and how they hide them. Something very mysterious is that in woodman's photo is that there is a small part in the photo that's when you change perspective it changes when look at head on it looks like a snake but when looked at with a birds eye view you can see a face.