Human Perception through Photography

Uta Barth is a German photographer who lives in Los Angeles. I was introduced about this photographer through a classmate in Abstract/Representation class while we were exchanging our inspirations. The signature quality from her photographs is the blurring by focusing the camera. It is interesting because it shows qualities of both painting and photography. Barth's subject matter is very conventional but she executes this theme in different and 'modernism' approach.

I thought her photographs were very relevant to this class because the ambience of Barth's photographs were very applicable to the theme of Pictorialism and Modernism. During Week four, where we compare/contrasted various photographers' Flatiron Building photographs, we discussed how each photographs have its own unique ambience. Her works can be seen as the contemporary version of Pictorialism. Also, it is interesting that her photographs have Modernism's general qualities and photographic strategies.


This photograph titled "Field 8" is an example of Uta Barth's photographs. Her photograph has the element of abstracting and cropping techniques.