Judith Joy Ross (1946-Present) :
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-undersung-master-portrait-photographer
Judith Joy Ross took portraits of individuals (most of whom she was meeting for the first time) and a lot of her work is in black and white or sepia. I connected with her work as I am attracted to making photos of people and creating portraits and I feel as though her photos capture these intense moments that say "look at me". According to the article, when Ross was asked as to what she is hoping for when it comes to her photos she replied with "To know something about somebody." This spoke to me as I believe in photos telling tales and stories, that photos can really help you get to know someone by the way they look, the way they're dressed, the position they're in, or even the environment that they are in.
Gillian Wearing (1963-Present):
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/gillian-wearing-cbe-2648
https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/gillian-wearing
Wearing likes to convey the confessions and the interactions of individuals throughout photographs as well as videos. The photographs below are photos of people whom she interacted with and had them write down a confession or some thoughtful standpoint that they have. Her work explores identity in a way that is depicts a public vs private, individuality vs societal, personal vs open, fact vs fiction and so on inside a boundary of identity. Her works speak to me because looking at these photographs I think of how my mind works, how my mind judges and I also feel a true sense of reality within the photos themselves.
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