Irving Penn and Eliot Porter Inspired Pictures

Photo assignment for 1/28/11

This seems like a photo William Eggleston would take.  There's the candidness and privacy felt in this photo as in his others.  Also, like one of his pictures there is another person's ligament which suggest another's presence in the room.

What does Szarkowski write about art in general?

In general, Szarkowski believes art is mainly consisted of form.  He even says, "form is perhaps the point of art."  With form, nothing is in the boundaries of nonfiction or based on fact.  "The goal is not to make something factually impeccable, but seamlessly persuasive."  And, if anything, in art, the subject is not the "starting point" but, instead, the overall "destination".