| Telelens (>50 mm) |
Wide angle (<50 mm) |
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| A telelens will give the impression
that the three buildings are close together in depth, the second
one being just behind the first and the third one behind the
second; in fact they are fairly distant in the background |
A wide-angle lens will show
a broader view than normal human eyesight, and will consequently
exaggerate the perspective effect: the vista (eg an arcade receding
towards the distance) will seem longer in depth than it is |
Interpretation:
- The photographer may wish to emphasise the building in
the distance, by showing it oversize to suggest it dominates
the city wherever you are (it may be a symbolic landmark)
- The photograph may have been commissioned by town-planning
interests to show that the city was overcrowded and needed
redevelopment with more open spaces
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Interpretation:
- The photographer may be illustrating a travel narrative,
and the accelerated perspective will express the length
of the journey towards the goal
- The photograph may have been intended to advertise a place
by showing it more spacious than it is
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| In either case,
the photograph does not document the city; it
expresses visions of the city (due to sentiment or to
vested interest), and it is a document on artistic or polemical
images of the city |
