One common thing I initially notice between a couple of the photos is how the photographer has tried to make the buildings appear grand. They all are very grand buildings but the photographers have pin pointed and exaggerated this. Looking firstly at Gropius’ “the flatiron Building” photo it is evident that Gropuis has angled the camera upwards so it is as if the viewer is looking up at the building when looking at the photo. The height of the building is intensified as Gropuis has taken the photo at an angle so as to be able to fit more of the length of the building in the photo. Gropuis didn’t have to include, as much of the building in the photo as he has but he is trying to make a point, saying this building is so big that even at an angle all of it cannot fit into the photo. Compare this to Evans’ photo of the same flatiron building. taken with the camera again angled upwards, with the same intentions of maximizing grandness of the building. Both pictures do indeed show the grandness of this building and even though both photographers have used the same technique to achieve this, they have chosen to focus on the grandness in a different way. Whilst Gropuis focused on the length and tallness of the building and in turn made the building look rather thin, Evans instead has decided to focus more on the width if the building than the length. In Evans photo the building does not look as lengthy but it does however look wider. You can see in Gropius’ photo that he has chosen to leave in the roofs of the other buildings to prove tot eh viewers even more that this amazing building is more than twice the height of other buildings. Evans on the other hand has chosen to leave in part of another building that may not actually be taller than the flatiron building but appears to be in the photo. Evans really isn’t focusing on the height; he is focusing on the width and generally grandness of this building.
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