Andre Kurtesz In-depth Analysis; Still Life

   Context:
This picture was done by an artist named Andre Kertesz, a Hungarian photographer who was born in 1894, July and died in 1985. He named this art piece The Fork, also known as La Fourchette which was taken in 1928 and is his most famous pieces of Still Life Photography. I decided to analyse this picture because the shadows from the light create a very interesting effect. 

Meaning:
Another website that I looked at to understand Andre as an artist is Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Kert%C3%A9sz. The genre that I would associate this image with is Still Life photography. I would also associate this picture with the two themes:'everyday' and 'household objects' because he has used everyday objects; a fork and a bowl which are household objects. I think that the simple title; The Fork states the obvious, informing us on what the picture is. 

Aesthetic:
To take this picture he has used a black and white SLR camera using film. He has clearly used a particular angle to take the picture to show the shadows created from the objects blocking the light. This created a strong contrast between the different tones of the objects and shadow. In multiple pictures he has used light and shadow.

Personal Response:

I really like the way that Andre has taken the picture from a particular angle to show the shadows created from the objects blocking the light. Also, he has inspired me to create pictures focusing on light and shadow, using shiny objects.

These two images were both created by Andre Kertesz as he uses light and shadow:

Smoke in Toronto

Lion and Shadow

I have selected this picture because I think it's interesting how Andre has photographed an image of a person's shadow, but we can't actually see the person.