_ What are the advantages of a multiple column grid?
Multiple
column grids allow for more flexibility in spreads, as one can create different
zones for different kinds of content, text and images can spread over one or
multiple columns, and not all the space has to be filled.
_ How many characters is optimal for a line length? Words
per line?
Optimal
line length is 50-60 characters, or 12 words.
_ Why is the baseline grid used in design?
The
baseline grid anchors nearly all layouts to a common rhythm.
_ What are reasons to set type justified? Ragged
(unjustified)?
Justified
type creates a clean shape on the page and uses space efficiently, whereas
ragged type allows for a random, natural edge.
_ What is a typographic river?
A
typographic river is a set of spaces that connect vertically in a body of
justified text to create an unnatural, unintended river-like shape.
_ What does clothesline, hang line or flow line mean?
A hang line
is a horizontal line that divides a page into different spatial areas and
creates alignment points for the placement of text and images.
_ What is type color/texture mean?
Type color,
also called type texture, is the appearance of the type based upon its weight
or boldness.
_ How does x-height effect type color?
X-height
can make a type heavier if it’s taller, or lighter if it’s shorter because of
the space that it allows to the ascenders.
_ What are some ways to indicate a new paragraph. Are there
any rules?
An indent,
line break, outdent, or symbol can indicate a new paragraph. Avoid an indent on
the very first line of a body of text.
For anyone who knows Bruce Weber’s
work, he photographs for Abercrombie and Fitch, Vanity Fair, American Vogue,
Interview, Italian Vogue, and many other prestigious magazines and books. He
finds the most attractive men and women in every aspect of the word, and places
them in whatever situation he happens to need at any particular moment, clothed
or not, to create a wonderland for the eye. His photographs are daring and
sexy, beautiful and magical, and it’s no wonder he has become well known within
the photography world. His personal work and museum exhibits open up an
entirely new realm however, to which dogs, homosexuals, Irishmen, and loving
mothers are but a few of his subjects.
Born in
rural Greensburg, Pennsylvania in 1946, Bruce Weber initially pursued theater
at Denison University, in Ohio, but turned to filmmaking at New York University.
He studied with Lisette Model at The New School for Social Research in the
1960’s, participated in his first group show at The Floating Foundation of
Photography in 1973, and had his first solo exhibition at Razor Gallery a year
later. In the late 1970’s—as he was barely reaching his 30’s—he began
photographing ads and commercials for Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. By the
1980’s, he became the preeminent photographer of the fashion industry.
How is it
that someone could find the beauty in everything, could take an amazing
photograph so easily which holds such emotional power? As Bruce Weber says in
his video, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” “Recently I was backstage at a
fashion show, and there was a sign that read, ‘Fashion is not funny.’ I always
thought fashion was funny and fun.” He finds the quirks in models, the natural
swagger. Some of them are comfortable being photographed nude, some aren’t, and
some must ask their grandmothers, boyfriends, or girlfriends before they can do
anything so scandalous. One of these models in the video said of his own work,
“I’m not gonna pretend that I’m a saint or a monk or anything, but I am what I
am and I think as a whole individual, one should express what one feels, and
what one feels inside one’s soul as an artist, and I just try to express life
as I see it, and certainly sensuality and sex. That is a great part about lives
that we don’t like to speak of. It’s done in the bedroom. It’s done quietly.”
In his natural models—the ones that bark or the ones that he finds on the
streets simply living their lives—a student of his in “Bruce Weber: A Young
Arts Masterclass on HBO” states, “he was talking about, what are those people
feeling in that moment?” It’s not about creating an emotion in a model for him,
it’s about finding the ones that aren’t afraid to show their emotions: good,
bad, ugly, and everything that falls in between.
In Bruce
Weber’s photo shoots, he encounters anything from his pack of playful dogs to a
perfectly timed Vietnamese stranger coming onto the set right when they needed
someone like him. He says of his choices, “So many times in photography when
you’re talking to somebody about a subject they’ll say, ‘He’s a little odd, we
shouldn’t photograph him.’ That’s like saying I’m not going to photograph
Salvador Dalí because he wears a lot of eye makeup.” So go on, photograph the
dogs, and the punks, and the pretty Italian woman with her baby. Each is
already a work of art; Bruce Weber simply creates the frame.
Works Cited
Ain't Nothing
Like the Real Thing. Dir. Bruce
Weber. Perf. Bruce Weber. Bruce Weber, 2012. Film.
Bruce Weber
Official Website. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2013.
<http://www.bruceweber.com/#/about/bruce__nan_bios>.
1.pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with
the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
2.lacking in moral restraints; lewd or unchaste.
3.arousing or exciting the senses or appetites.
4.worldly; materialistic; irreligious.
5.of or pertaining to the senses or physical
sensation; sensory.
Daring:
adjective
1.bold or courageous; fearless or intrepid; adventurous.
Natural:
adjective
1.existing in or formed by nature (opposed to artificial ):
a natural bridge.
2.based on the state of things in nature;
constituted by nature: Growth is a natural process.
3.of or pertaining to nature or the universe: natural
beauty.
4.of, pertaining to, or occupied with the study of
natural science: conducting natural experiments.
5.in a state of nature; uncultivated, as land.
Famous:
adjective
1.having a widespread reputation, usually of a
favorable nature; renowned; celebrated: a famous writer. Synonyms: famed,
notable, illustrious. Antonyms: unknown, obscure.
2.Informal. first-rate;
excellent: The singer gave a famous performance.
3.notorious (used pejoratively).
Average:
adjective
1.of or pertaining to an average; estimated by
average; forming an average: The average rainfall there is 180 inches.
2.typical; common; ordinary: The average
secretary couldn't handle such a workload. His grades were nothing special,
only average.
