Summary of Thomas Struth: San Zaccaria, Venice 1995 by Sophie Howarth

Summary of Thomas Struth: San Zaccaria, Venice 1995 by Sophie Howarth

Thomas Struth: San Zanccaria, Venice 1995

   Sophie Howarth starts off her essay by writing about the people in the image: telling us what she believes they are doing there and possibly what they are thinking. Her first comment is about the couple, who are tourists at this magnificent place of worship. She instantly explains how the viewer can tell they are tourists and not people of the community. In the next few paragraphs, she writes about the people who are sat and gives us information about these people. 

   Howarth then goes on to give more information about the photographer himself. Giving us information about what Struth had intended to do on his trip. She also speaks about the camera Struth used, the size of the negatives and roughly how many negatives he would of produced during his shoot. 

She then goes on to give us her belief of why Struth choose the original negative rather than any other of the 60 or so negatives that had been produced as well as telling us how he took the photograph and why he took it with that certain technique.

   Howarth goes on to explain how Struth became inspired to start this project, along with it two quotes by Struth explaining himself. 

   She then speaks about how he photographed the tourists, as he "never mocked individuals". She also explained how Struth allowed the visitors a "level of privacy" by not showing their faces. 

   In her next paragraph, she is pondering the future of Struth photograph: how it will be seen and how it will be considered. 

   Howarth adds into the essay a poem by Phillip Larkin about a cyclist being confused of why he stopped outside of a church even though he was a non-believer himself. Which nicely concluded Howarths last paragraph about the place of worship bringing people who are believers and non-believes together for their "common hunger for something mysterious".