photographer 5- Harold Edgerton

I have chosen Harold Edgerton as my 5th photographer as i like the way he is expresses the models movement through repetition of one part or object within the image. The repetition in his photograph almost gives an mystical feel to the image, maybe even supernatural as it creating something that is not seen in real life. In the majority of Harold Edgerton, the subject is in the center of the composition which i like as it sets a main focus in the photograph.

The composition of Harold Edgerton first image is a man standing in the center of the photograph and the movement of his arm is being shown.
Beside the models body are several arms which are repeated from  the center of the composition to the top of the composition. This is then showing the movement of the models arms. The repeated arms makes it look like the model has more than two arms which is then adding to the mystical and super natural feel of the photograph.The fact that the image is in black and white makes it simplistic and makes the focus on the model and the repeated part of the model.





The composition of Harold Edgerton second image is the movement of someone doing a flip in the air. Each individual movement is being shown which is allowing the audience to see the progression of the model doing the flip. I can see that the movements start off faded as as they progress they become much more sharp and clear. The model is in white which makes it stand out from the black background. This makes the model the main focus as well as the fact that it is in the center of the composition.







The composition of Harold Edgerton third image is a blurred figure with the repetition of tennis rackets around the subject. On the right hand side of the image there is the repetition of three tennis balls which then followed by several movements from the tennis rackets. The fact that the main subject is blurred for me shows that they are moving fast making it hard to make the subject sharp and clear. However all of the individual movements of the tennis rackets are clear and contrast the black background well making them appear sharp.
                                                     
The composition of Harold Edgerton forth image is a blurred figure in the center with a ring of golf club around the model showing the movement when hitting the gold ball. The fact that the golf clubs create a circle around the model make it more obvious that this is the main focus therefore it draws the audiences eye toward the model in the center. The golf clubs are quite faint however the audience is still able to see them as it is contrasted against the black background.




Influence
I was influenced by Harold Edgerton as i made me realize that you can show the movement of an object of model through repetition rather than just blurring. Also this way you are able to show individual movements which is an elements which i would like to try myself in my own photographs.

Summary
Overall i really like this photographer as he has made me look at movement images in a different way which is through repetition and also i like the way that he makes all of his photographs black and white so that the objects can contrast the background and stand out even if they are not very sharp and clear.