Entry 6: Brett Weston

Dune, Oceano, 1934
http://www.brettwestonarchive.com/#s=11&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&p=3&a=0&at=0

"Windswept Dune, Oceano, California," Brett Weston, gelatin silver print, 1947
http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/98/1012/museum.htm 

For my second entry this week I chose Brett Weston as my second photographer. He is an American born photographer. I found his use of point of view to be the most interesting. I like how he chooses the best point of view to transform the dunes into undulating textures. They both look like they could be creatures under the sand. I also feel that how he situated himself so the spines of the dunes lead the viewer’s eye in the first photo.

           

The second photo’s point of view to me seems to transform the dune into something else. It doesn’t match the smooth background of the landscape in the background. I think his point of view is effective because it reminds me of the point of view of someone rider on the back of a sandworm from Frank Herbert's Dune.