Brandon Stanton is a Photographer based in New York that not only takes pictures of people, but finds interesting stories to go along with the photos. He has an Instagram with 8 million followers, a Facebook page with 18 million likes and 17 million followers, a published book, and a web television series. His photos actually tell a story. Although his brand is Humans of New York he has branched out to other parts of the world, not forgetting his roots in New York.
Description
Analysis
Interpretation
Judgement
- Who is the artist? Brandon Stanton
- What is the title of the work? No title but the story is "I don't even know how old I am"
- When was it created? January 2018
- What is it made out of? Camera
- What is the setting of the work? Mumbai, India
- What is it? A lively women in Mumbai that is living her life to the fullest not worrying about anything, including her age.
Analysis
- Line- The background, the walls and pipes and the small door create lines in the photo..
- Color- The colors are bright and vibrant with emphasis on the primary colors.
- Shape- The small door creates shape in the blurred background while the women creates a organic shape.
- Texture- The wrinkles on the women create a texture in her body while the background is blurred creating a textural contrast.
- Space- The lady is in the foreground in focus while the background isn't in focus and is unimportant. .
- Unity- There is unity in the primary colors.
- Balance- There is a balance because the women is placed in the left third of the photo and there is the pipe down the middle of the photo.
- Emphasis or Dominance- The women.
- Contrast- High contrast in the colors and foreground vs background.
Interpretation
- Is the piece realistic, non-objective, abstract? Realistic
- How do you feel when you look at the piece? I feel happiness because of her smile and laugh.
- What viewer response does the piece evoke? It makes the viewer think of how unimportant age should be and how you can be extremely happy no matter your age. .
- What is the mood of the work? Uplifting and Happy.
- Does the work tell a story? The work tells the story of happiness and how age is just a number and it doesn't matter.
- What do you think was the artist’s purpose for creating the piece? I believe he took this photo to show a beautiful women who couldn't care less about how old she is because she is living her life as full as possible.
Judgement
- Do you like or dislike the piece? Why? I love this photo because of the colors and the raw emotion shown in it.
- How does the work fit into the historical time period in which it was created? This fits the time period because people are so worried about stupid things these days like age when it shouldn't be something worried about. .