Katelyn Curtis Post 6

PHOTOS OF CHILDREN FROM AROUND THE WORLD WITH THEIR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS

GABRIELE GALIMBERTI

BY: Katelyn Curtis

Chiwa – Mchinji, Malawi

Cun Zi Yi – Chongqing, China

Bethsaida – Port au Prince, Haiti

Norden – Massa, Morocco

      Gabriele Galimberti is an Italian photographer who went on an 18 month journey to capture and compile photos of children from all around the world with their most prized possessions- their toys. Through this journey he discovered that children in richer countries were more possessive with their toys and would take a lot longer for them to warm up to him; versus the children from poorer countries were easier to interact with, even if they only had two or three toys. Galimberti also realized the toys were reflective of the world each child was born; which portrayed their economic status and how daily like affected the children by what toys they played with.

        This is a very interesting concept that Galimberti took on that I am personally interested in because it is very observation oriented and your not really sure how each kid is going to act. Really hits a note with me because i really like interactions that is like hitting the start button over and seeing what folds out.

Marinka Masseus - Silent Voices / LensCulture

Very unique.  Marinka photographs the same model, a young woman with an innocent wide eyed look. She is dressed in period clothing, guessing it to be victorian based on the elizabethan collar.  In each portrait style photo, the woman had something in her mouth, such as fruit or flowers, for example.The backgrounds are dark and without detail as portraits typically are. The bizarre images represent gender inequality.

Mary Calvert - LensCulture

This series by Mary Colvert is very powerful.  Her focus is to exposes the cultural atrocity of rape and sexual assault within the ranks of the US military.  The images speak for themselves and describe the devastation the attacks have on the victims.  A narrative at the bottom of each image, give the details of the incident along with the identities of each woman.

I have a special connection, because I spent 22 years in the Navy. I never experienced assault but I was a victim of sexual harassment and have my own nightmare to share.  I do believe that many men are predators and they lurk within all of society. Some cultures want to turn a blind eye.   When your organization refuses to protect or even validate your complaint, you are certainly to suffer emotional pain that could last a lifetime.



This is my favorite. I can feel her pain.

Tom Blachford - Hyper Allergenic

I fell in love with these images by the Australian photographer Tom Blachford.  His theme is simple and simple to understand. He photographs night scenes, between midnight and 5 am.  his subjects are homes and their surroundings taken in Palm Springs, California.  The houses are of an older. romantic era of the 50's and 60's.   The palm trees add beauty and interest, in contrast to the deep blue night sky. Blackford's consistent color palette is warm and inviting.

Maisy Cousins - Seesaw

Maisy Cousins does a great job of  keeping you guessing.  Each photo is paired with another but her rhyme or reason is vague at best.  However, they are still very pleasing to the eye and therefore worthy art pieces, as individual works or as a series.  Before I took this class, I would have rejected Maisy's work due to lack of understanding and appreciation.  Today, I am much more open to many styles of photography and certainly I enjoyed looking through this series entitled What Girls Are Made of.

Maisy studied art formally in London. She is a recent graduate, 2014.  Her style is very contemporary, and full of color. She states that she is interested in exploring and celebrating felinity, power, voyeurism, intimacy and indulgence.  She does an awesome job with that!

lauren reynard -week 5- artist 2

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This photographer, Zofia Rydet, traveled to different homes in Poland and took photos with the people that lived there surrounded by their belongings. These kinds of photos help the reader see who the people are in the photos without needing a description or story. The objects around them and the way their homes are decorated tell the stories themselves. Each person is different and she captured a wide range of living situations.

lauren reynard -week5- artist 1

I love how this photographer (Marilyn Mugot) uses light in this body of work. She takes the man made fluorescent light of the night streets and makes it the center of her photography with out having it front and center. She was able to get these amazing pinks and blues with it and it really helps define the city she was photographing and the kind of night life they would have. 

lauren reynard -week 4- artist 2

This photographer, Casey Morton, was able to get portraits of members of one of the most powerful gangs in New Zealand, The Black Power NZ. Her photos capture their dress attire as well as their strong sense for tattoos. Her photos give you a sense that you wouldn't want to cross one of these guys as well as giving you a sense that they stick with one another based on their matching clothes and vests with patches, much like a gang of bikers.

lauren reynard -week4- artist 1

This photographer,  Marzena Skubatz, captured the rawness of nature in her photos of this sheep farm. She caught the weather conditions as well as everyday life for these animals and the people caring for them. These people aren't sucked into their phones or computers all day, they are out seeing the world and enjoying the nature of it as they should be.

BCM - Artist 12 - Jimmy Nelson

First of all, let me admit that I first came across Jimmy Nelson from the criticisms of his work. Historians, human rights advocates and tribal leaders all think Jimmy is just another photographer on a long list of people who have otherized native peoples. Even the title of his work, "Before They Pass Away" is insulting. Davi Kopenawa, spokesman of the Yanomami tribe in Brazil and known as the “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest” said:

"It’s outrageous! We are not passing away but struggling to survive. Industrialized society is trying to destroy us in the name of ‘progress’, but we will keep defending our lands and contributing to the protection of the planet."

So why do I care about posting these? Well I think the style is great and I'd love to steal it and work with people who aren't marginalized, or threatened. Just everyday folks who live and work and deserve the heroic treatment just because humanity is so interesting. I don't know. Maybe I shouldn't, but I think this work is visually stunning.

BCM - Artist 11 - James Nachtwey

James Nachtwey is a photographer, who like Sebastiao Salgado, is often in the difficult situation of making visually beautiful photographs of terrible things, meaning the dark side of humanity and the human condition. His images have been described as alluring and impactful. He says,

"I have been a witness, and these pictures are

my testimony. The events I have recorded should

not be forgotten and must not be repeated."

I found his work informative, because in my discussions about my current work, I need to think about whether or not my work is glorifying gun culture, or just looking at it.

Jennifer Armstrong - Week 6

Richard Mosse’s “Heat Maps”: A Military-Grade Camera Repurposed on the Migrant Trail


Richard Mosse photographs what we can not see in the darkness. He uses infrared cameras which captures body heat through smog and smoke miles away. He traveled along commonly known regugee trails. His photos have an abstract feel to them but it is very interesting to look at.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/richard-mosses-heat-maps-a-military-grade-camera-repurposed-on-the-migrant-trail




Inside the Breuer Building, After the Whitney and Before the Met

Photographer Bill Jackson shows the simple side of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. All of his photos are simple but the way he shows the building is different then most. The use of angles in his work is what makes it so appealing to the eye.

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/inside-the-breuer-building-after-the-whitney-and-before-the-met

#10292, 9 September 2015, Bisti Badlands, New Mexico – © Jamey Stillings

•      Jamey Stillings — Santa Fe-based landscape photographer working with issues of sustainability and a special focus on renewable energy development and water. San Juan Basin aerials are included in the exhibition. Stilling's 2015 monograph, The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar published by Steidl, received numerous Book of the Year nominations and Stillings himself received the 2016 International Photography Award for Book Photographer of the Year.

River Lune, Cumbria, England, 1981 – © Edward Ranney 

•      Edward Ranney — Santa Fe-based internationally recognized photographer working with the natural and man-altered landscape for over forty years. Ranney's latest exhibition with photo-eye, Two Landscapes: England and Peru, opened in the Fall of 2015 and showcased work never before seen in the United States. A few of those works, including River Lune, Cumbria, England pictured above, are featured in Local Eight.

Katelyn Curtis Post 5

A FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHER FINDS MAGIC IN THE STREETS OF CHINA

 Marilyn Mugot

By:Katelyn Curtis

Marilyn Mugot is a french artist who discovered a new outlook on her work when she went to China and found herself disoriented and having feeling of being far away from home when she captured these photos. She captured these photos when time was not quite night or day, dubbed the "Blue Hour".

The "Blue Hour" is cold in comparison to the "Golden Hour."

She wandered the streets and captured the artificial lights interacting with what was going on outside. "Everything that is delicate or invisible during the day comes into focus for one flickering second."

BCM - Artist 10 - Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon is a photographer who did fashion and commercial photography. I love his series American West. I searched for a while to find some other photographer I could say I was inspired by but Dick is the only one I could come up with right now.