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Storm On The Ocean Beach Analysis

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The photograph “Storm on the Ocean Beach” is a picture of San Francisco’s Cliff house during the 1900s before it was burned down by a fire. The image shows a storm happening during 1904 on Ocean Beach. The water level rises to the walkway of the beach and touches the base foundation of the old cliff house. This picture fascinated me because not once had I seen a storm this big in my life that resulted in water level rising tremendously. The lighting of the picture was quite dark which may have been caused by the storm rather than the camera itself during that day. I would assume the photographers’ intention was to show the uniqueness of the storm on Ocean Beach as well as give a feeling of fright to the viewers looking at this picture. The …show more content…

Their special interests are California Pictorialism, Social Documentary photography, Photojournalism and a lot more. They are based in Oakland, California, which is a short drive from downtown San Francisco so it makes sense they would take pictures around all the beautiful scenery in San Francisco including the Ocean Beach. “Compass Group, Big Basin Redwoods State Park” is a photograph of Redwood trees taken in the Redwoods State Park. In this picture, the redwoods has been filtered to make the color a lot warmer than it actually is. Although the picture might have been in black and white color only, the whiteness have been filtered to look closer to a yellowish shade rather than plain white. The texture seems have been modified to have a slightly sharper look to make the picture have more detail. Willard E. Worden and he is a fantastic photographer. He was born in Delaware in 1873 but moved to San Francisco in 1902 after his duty in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. Willard actually had his first studio at the Cliff House on Ocean Beach but later moved to a gallery in Stockton Street and started taking pictures of Chinatown, the 1906 earthquake, and the Panama-Pacific International

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