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| - | ==== Photographic Cliches ==== | + | ==== Photographic |
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| + | Given that there are so many photographs in the world, and given that there is such a breadth of visual recognition of tropes, cliches can serve an important role in art: they disarm, creating an opening for a message (this is assuming that a photographers wants to have a message, which isn’t a given). | ||
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| + | ==== Real Serious Street Photography Clichés==== | ||
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| + | (via https:// | ||
| + | * Plastic Whales | ||
| + | * Shots of Backs | ||
| + | * People Walking Past Monotonous Walls | ||
| + | * people walking in front of advertising | ||
| + | * the Too Small Subject | ||
| + | * Supporting Tower of Pisa | ||
| + | * Street Photography (according to Martin Parr (but "Parr is merely a clicheed version of his own earlier work" | ||
| + | * People on mobile phones | ||
| + | * People juxtaposed with billboards | ||
| + | * People yawning | ||
| + | * People blinking (sleep walkers) | ||
| + | * People taking photographs | ||
| + | * People lying down in public | ||
| + | * Statues and art appearing to interact with their environment | ||
| + | * People obscured by trees | ||
| + | * an hdr shot of a kitten at sunset | ||
| + | * Faces obscured by balloons, flowers etc.. | ||
| + | * People perfectly positioned within a small frame within the frame | ||
| + | * people carrying random objects (often unusual or unexpected) | ||
| + | * Synchronised stepping | ||
| + | * People mirroring each other' | ||
| + | * People panhandling (while other people pretend not to notice them) | ||
| + | * Pictures of the photographer' | ||
| + | * Pictures of the photographer' | ||
| + | * Person caught in mid-flight jumping over puddle | ||
| + | * Urchins playing war games in derelict building | ||
| + | * People obscured by umbrellas on rainy day | ||
| + | * People drinking coffee in cafes - especially Parisian | ||
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| + | ==== generally cliché==== | ||
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| * Scrap rusty iron | * Scrap rusty iron | ||
| * Super-wide-angle shots of cars from a corner of the front bumper | * Super-wide-angle shots of cars from a corner of the front bumper | ||
| + | * hummingbirds and flower macros and hdr hot-air balloons | ||
| - | etc... | + | Instagram Clichés -> http:// |
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| + | "Every photo book needs the following: a dwarf, a naked lady, a dog, an umbrella and a horse." | ||
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| + | etc... | ||