Uta Barth

 

    Uta Barth was born in Berlin, Germany on January 29th, 1958. She addresses themes such as perception, optical illusion and non-place. She has won the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada. She went to a couple different universities in California, University of California, Los Angeles, and University of California, Davis. 

    

    I think that this is a powerful image. The use of depth of field makes this image strong. The way that only a few close leaves are in focus when most of the image is a blurred out background gives this image a sense of significance. I personally like this image because it makes me feel that although the leaves in the front don't take up much of the screen, they are still important. I also like that the focus could easily have been on the background because the background has scenery, but Barth made the stylistic choice of un-focusing the background. I think that she made this choice in order to draw attention to the details of the few leaves nearer to the camera, they seem to hold some sort of importance. I also like the contrast in the yellow-ish leaves and the mellow green leaves because the rest of the background seems to follow the same calm, natural color scheme.