1 min 1 image: Daniel Siguenza

Monday, April 29, 2019

Daniel Siguenza

Richard Kalvar, "Woman looking at herself in store window."

1969, Silver Gelatin Print

Looking through Richard Kalvar's book, this is the first photo I encountered. Kalvar focused a lot on street photography and combined timing and framing into his work. This photo of a woman looking at her reflection caught my attention for that reason. The way the photo is framed is interesting, almost centered perfectly. There is a fire hydrant only visible in the reflection. The photo makes me think of analyzing oneself, taking a look in the mirror. It also sparks curiosity in me. Is she analyzing herself? Was she studying her face?

ABOUT

This blog was inspired by the 1 Image 1 Minute written column in X-TRA and subsequent live iterations of the project by Micol Hebron. The inspiration for the 1 Image 1 Minute column was a similar project produced by Belgian director Agnès Varda (and later written about by Rosalind Krauss) for French television in 1983.

For this blog (and their assignment), students in Niku Kashef's photography classes are asked to select a photograph (that they did not make) that inspires or intrigues them in some way and to speak about it for exactly 1 minute (roughly 150 written words). Students post their name, the artists' name, title of the photograph, year the photograph was made and the medium along with their ~150 words.

In the second part of the assignment, students are asked to either use the image they chose to speak to OR a new image and make an inspiration image based on the photographic/2d design aspects of that image (eg direction/type of light, perspective, depth of field, focus, color palate, etc).

To add to this blog and contribute a post, please contact niku(at)csun(dot)edu