This chapter of Shores text deals directly with The Depictive level. The depictive level has four levels of transformation; flatness, frame, time, and focus. Shore states that these four elements define the pictures depictive content and structure. Everything from the artists mistakes to describing the artists sense of the world. Each element has its own specific duty. Flatness deals with the plane of the picture. Since photographs are two-dimensional thus creating a flatness in the picture. But whats great about photography is that a picture can rest on the plane and also create an illusion. Next is the frame of the picture which separates what the picture is from what the picture isn't. Third is time. Whatever is happening while the photo is being taken creates the image. Two things can affect time; duration of the exposure and the staticness of the final image. The fourth and final element is Focus. Focus works to give emphasis to part of the picture as well help to distill the subject from the actually content. Similarly in the article by Joseph Szarkowski, he talks about five levels of transformation for the photo. He’s are The Thing itself, the detail, the frame, time, and vantage point. Although Szarkowski has different names for his elements for the most part he agrees with Shore on what is important. The only thing that is different from Szarkowski to Shore is that Szarkowski adds the element titled the Thing itself. This element talks about how the photographer must accept the fact but also to admire and treasure what he is photographing.
