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| ==== Photographic Clichés ==== | ==== Photographic Clichés ==== | ||
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| + | Given that there are so many photographs in the world, and given that there is such a breadth of visual recognition of tropes, cliches can serve an important role in art: they disarm, creating an opening for a message (this is assuming that a photographers wants to have a message, which isn’t a given). Cliches, when carefully used, can turn artists into undercover agents. But the key here lies on “when carefully used.” The temptation always is to give in to the cliches, because they are so appealing on so many different levels. | ||
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| + | ==== Real Serious Street Photography Clichés==== | ||
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| + | (via https:// | ||
| + | * Plastic Whales | ||
| + | * Shots of Backs | ||
| + | * People Walking Past Monotonous Walls | ||
| + | * people walking in front of advertising | ||
| + | * the Too Small Subject | ||
| + | * Supporting Tower of Pisa | ||
| + | * Street Photography (according to Martin Parr (but "Parr is merely a clicheed version of his own earlier work" | ||
| + | * People on mobile phones | ||
| + | * People juxtaposed with billboards | ||
| + | * People yawning | ||
| + | * People blinking (sleep walkers) | ||
| + | * People taking photographs | ||
| + | * People lying down in public | ||
| + | * Statues and art appearing to interact with their environment | ||
| + | * People obscured by trees | ||
| + | * an hdr shot of a kitten at sunset | ||
| + | * Faces obscured by balloons, flowers etc.. | ||
| + | * People perfectly positioned within a small frame within the frame | ||
| + | * people carrying random objects (often unusual or unexpected) | ||
| + | * Synchronised stepping | ||
| + | * People mirroring each other' | ||
| + | * People panhandling (while other people pretend not to notice them) | ||
| + | * Pictures of the photographer' | ||
| + | * Pictures of the photographer' | ||
| + | * Person caught in mid-flight jumping over puddle | ||
| + | * Urchins playing war games in derelict building | ||
| + | * People obscured by umbrellas on rainy day | ||
| + | * People drinking coffee in cafes - especially Parisian | ||
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| + | ==== generally cliché==== | ||
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| * Scrap rusty iron | * Scrap rusty iron | ||
| * Super-wide-angle shots of cars from a corner of the front bumper | * Super-wide-angle shots of cars from a corner of the front bumper | ||
| + | * hummingbirds and flower macros and hdr hot-air balloons | ||
| Instagram Clichés -> http:// | Instagram Clichés -> http:// | ||
| - | etc... | + | "Every photo book needs the following: a dwarf, a naked lady, a dog, an umbrella and a horse." --Charlie Kirk |
| + | etc... | ||
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