Lauren Reynard - week 3 - artist 2

This photo series by Jay Maisel caught me instantaneously. The vibrant use of color really pulls you into the photo and makes you appreciate the color combinations that he used. The way that the woman's blue dress bounces off the red wall really plays around with your eyes. Also how the vibrant yellow building playing off the boys blue striped shirt is great. He really knows how to set up the color families to achieve the highest aesthetic.  

Lauren Reynard - week 3 - artist 1

This photo series by Johnny Miller is called Unequal Scenes. He is a drone photographer and focused on showing how unequal the world we live in really is. I chose these because the two sides really are astonishing. These pictures in particular show homes stacked ontop of each other on one side of the scene and the other is built in a "cookie cutter" fashion with nice spacing and roads with driveways. In one photo, there is even an entire golf course barricaded by bright green trees separating the "shanty" type homes. You truly see the inequality. 

Jill Greenberg - Blink

Jill's cover on Blink Magazine really caught my interest.  It is a head shot of a young girl about 2-3 years old. Then Jill captures my heart with several more photos of the same child exhibiting different expressions and emotions. I feel that this work has been done many times before, but the uniqueness may be in the way she bounds the photos together as a series, by use of coloring, lighting, position of the model, etc.  The child's face is endearing, and the images are pleasing to look at.

Brad Wilson - Cheetah #2

Brad Wilson used a format that I am very familiar with, as an equine photographer.  In a photo that I saw in Photo Eye,  Brad captured a stunning profile of a male Cheetah, with the emphasis on his transparent eye.  The background is solid black which is also very popular when shooting horse portraits. The photo of the Cheetah is definitely portraiture, and in most cases, not consider art. However, the shot does speak to me as an animal lover and photographer of animals.

Beth Teller - Week 3 Post 2

Sesh Saraday is a San Fransisco based photographer. He uses photography to help him "understand people, cultures and be a true mindful observer of life". Part of his artist statement: I believe that intuition and inner intelligence are the some of the ways to develop a mindset for greater creativity and offering the world fresh views of current problems. His work, Mayah: Contemplative Ways of Seeing, plays off of the artists sense of viewing and his meaning of the work juxtaposed with the possibility that the viewer might now get the same feeling. In this series he photographs every day objects using a play on light to create a different feel. I chose this work because of how it speaks to an aspiring artist. Art is very subjective, and to see work dedicated to how an image can make a photographer feel, knowing that the viewer might have an entirely different feel makes me realize that some people might have a deep connection with a photograph that can cause them to have a different view.

Beth Teller - Week 3 Post 1

Mark Peterson is a New York based photographer. He's had many reputable publications, such as Time, Fortune, ESPN, and more. What interested me was an article about his work, Political Theatre. Since 2013 Peterson has followed presidential candidates as "they lead rallies, meet with the public and plead for votes". He has chosen to photograph them in black and white, which I think gives the images a sense of rawness to them. Instead of doing the typical shot of the candidate giving their speech, Peterson looks for towards the crowds for the image. He goes behind the scenes to give the most genuine look and feel, he'll even go into the bathroom to get the image. His photos are unique and incredibly interesting. When looking that the photos from Political Theatre, I feel as though I'm getting the rare chance to see how it really is, instead of what's being paid for by the candidates to be shown to the masses. 

Devon Avant (Week 3)

CONTENT-AWARE: BRIAN VU

Brain Vu's work is quite striking and his path to photography intrigued me as someone who the studied the graphic arts and picked up photography. His images are content loaded and high contrasted. His use of models is very much narrative as they are not used to simply be a portrait but almost make a scene 

CONTENT-AWARE: ZAK ALEXANDER ROSE

Zak Rose's work teeters on the surreal. His approach of challenging what makes a photograph may not be original but it is always refreshing. The use of digital manipulation seems to be key to his work. The use of vibrant colors and digital effects is welcoming in the sense that it's using new technology to it's fullest potential.

Parker Austin Artist Week 3

Clay Lipsky photoshops atomic explosions into photos of people looking out over landscapes. The aspect of adding in something that isnt there is an aspect i enjoy very much in most photos. Creating your own reality is a great definition for photography and can be taken to many extents. The fact that these people look so calm really adds to the out look of society on war and what might come in the future.

Parker Austin Artist Week 2

Nick Brandt's "Inherit Dust" involves him taking picture of industrialized area that once were homes of the animals he pasted into the photos later on. I love the idea of placing an object over an original area, adding something that isnt there normally making it the slightest bit of a surreal feeling. Making it very obvious that they are pasted or scanned on there at a later time.

alex burleigh- ellan jantzen (week 3)

ELLEN JANTZEN: DISTURBING THE SPIRITS

      Ellen Jantzen is a conceptual photographer from St. Louis. Her work "disturbing the Spirits" shows a connection between the real physical world and the "spirit world". Many photographers try to create this but I think she went about it in a very unique way. The hard leading lines in each image lead you to the top in a sort of ascending feeling. Her mixture of clarity and the unclear keep you guessing where the subject is on this plane.    

alex burleigh- jessica rattner (week 2)

CANTEEN MAGAZINE’S NAKED JUDGING: JESSICA EVE RATTNER

   Jessica Rattner does a lot of work revolving around mental health and its part in society. Her work is generally very dark with stark hard lighting. Her photographs remind me more of a street photographer style of taking these images. Each one has an "in the moment" feel even though the majority of them are very staged. She used the same subject for each photo but within the theme I think she portrays each image as a very different stage in life.

  

alex burleigh- FOTOGRAMME (week 1)

 

EVA-FIORE KOVACOVSKY: FOTOGRAMME

     Eva-Fiore is an abstract photographer who focuses on nature and the colors brought forth. Her work is very organic and combines unset scenery with her own created work in them. Eva is from Switzerland and grew up on fields and farms which I believe shows well through her work. She describes the forested areas as "reclaiming territory" and has had shows in locations similar to botanical gardens.    

Jennifer Armstrong (Week 3)

Calling All Party People
in Times Square

Jane Dickson has been photographing New York City’s Time Square since 1970’s. She began working in animation which is where her idea for this series came about. The mosaics in her photos where commissioned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority are Arts and Design department and were unveiled in 2008. She photographs them with people speeding by and them just alone. I like the fun quality behind her work.

 

 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/calling-all-party-people-in-times-square/?action=click&contentCollection=Blogs&pgtype=imageslideshow&module=RelatedArticleList&region=CaptionArea&version=SlideCard-1

Through the Centuries,
New York From Above

 

This article is a about a book featuring many different photographers that have shown New York City over the year. I choose this photo because I have always loved the strong contrast between the city’s hard line and the parks organic feel. There is something about this photo that is engaging with all the different line directions. Around the park the lines are straight but in the park everything has a curve.

 

 

 http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/12/26/through-the-centuries-new-york-from-above/

 

 

BCM - Artist 6 - James Mollison

James Mollison is the photographer I was referencing in class when I mentioned how nice neighborhoods make me sick. I'm not perfect and I'm sure I have more than I need. My "small starter house" in Virginia Beach is a mansion for two thirds of the world. But pride in overt excess is just nauseating. Here's James' photographs showing that stark contrast in "Where Children Sleep".

Ryuta, 10, Tokyo, Japan

 Nantio, 15, Lisamis, Northern Kenya

Lay Lay, 4, Mae Sot, Thailand

Jazzy, 4, Kentucky, USA

Anonymous, 4, Rome, Italy

Joey, 11, Kentucky, USA

Lamine, 12, Bounkiling Village, Senegal

BCM - Artist 5 - Myung Keun Koh

 Myung Keun Koh prints images on translucent plexiglass, forms them into sculptures and illuminates them from within. Sometimes they are buildings or cityscapes and many are black and white nudes, often with mirrored left and right sides. They are photographs and sculpture. The shapes reference basic architectural forms.

Mollie Schaidt Week 3

Kimiko Yoshida

Kimiko Yoshida likes to use influences of famous Western fine art portraits and European fashion. Though she considers PAINTING. SELF PORTRAIT to be "anti-portraits", stating, "a refusal to be known and a declaration that is impossible to be understood. Yoshida wanted to move away from the archetypes trying to push aside the famous artists that everyone knows so well. Though not pictured, or mentioned in the recreation the reference is known. Yoshida wanted to not focus so much on the person in the photos as in Western art portraits tend to been a symbol of status, or question about who the person was.


Eugene Richards

Eugene Richards for awhile was trying to get a close look to the drug scene. After trial and error he couldn't, and then he realized how powerful the drug world was. He teamed up with Life reporter Ed Barnes and they went to the Red Hook Housing project located in Brooklyn, New York where these photos were taken. Richards wasn't interested in catching the dealers and addicts just wanted to see what the life was like up-close and personal.

Richard Tuschman, Once Upon A Time

This artist caught my eye with his painterly style. The collection of photos features a jewish family at home, in the kitchen. His palette is warm and inviting. I believe that the color tones and subject mater combined, make you look twice to be sure you are not looking at a group of paintings.  The titles of his work in this collection are The Taylor, The Taylor's Wife, The Potato Eaters, and Working Morning. The are all highly connected pieces, the same family, in the same setting, however each piece is uniquely beautiful.  Looking closely at the details the viewer can easily narrate the stories of this family during perhaps the depression or post depression era.  I love Richard's work!

Emily Schiffer - as viewed on Verge

Emily is brilliant.  I love her imagination as she captures what is important to her. It is clear that she is a deep thinker and socially connected with the world around her.  She is a master of her own thought process; meaning, that she is able to create imagines that best defines what she is thinking and trying to communicate.  She uses a variety of visual perspectives, many that are askewed.  She doesn't seem to have one style. Her images clearly reflect a complicated person behind the lens. Emily chooses to use all elements of art, however,  most of the images that involve people,  black and white, using great contrast. The subject matter was often heavy or at least, serious.  My favorite collection is called Cheyenne River.  She has received an abundance of recognition for her work.

Barbara Cole, underwater.

The photographer is Canadian born, Barbara Cole.  I viewed her images on Lens Scratch. The theme was underwater. She left me wanting more.  The images were colorful, without over stimulating the eye. Her concepts and creations  are simple yet complicated at the same time, by using water to askew the perspective in a pleasing and interesting way. Certainly beautiful enough to decorate a home and complicated enough to study the detail of the fluid shapes created by the element of water.  The images I liked the most were captures of women in dresses. The fabric dances and the art moves.

Beth Teller - Week 2 Post 1

Lori Vrba is a self-taught photographer from a "small, back-woods southeast Texas town". She does not have an extensive artistic background, nor have any family members with such. She uses film and has a traditional wet darkroom. Her series, Piano Farm, was inspired by her daughter's piano lessons. Her daughter's piano teacher is a farm caretaker, as well. Her series just started out as a way to pass time, but quickly evolved into something much deeper. Lori uses the farm as her source of inspiration. She notes that "the series speaks to the connection between an artist and a place of endless creative possibility". She describes the place as "a farm that holds possibility at every turn", and one thats a very giving place. Her love for both her daughters own artist evolution as well as Lori's it evident in her photographs. I hope that I can find a place, like Lori has, that gives me as much inspiration.