Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Oh the End has Come

It is the last day of Our photo two blogs and I'm going to show you who and what inspired me to be a Photographer. Her name is ANNIE LEIBOVITS!!
I say photography is the truth... but she say " the photograph is a note or a letter from that moment; it is not the Truth, The truth is the moment the photograph is made!"
When she began her work with Rolling Stone she was still learning how the world of photography. I think what inspires me most about Leibovits is that when she photographs someone she wanted to live how they live and get to know them completely. Truly amazing photographs are made when people let their guard down. Something I didn't know was that the photograph of John Lennon and Yoko Ono would be the last photograph of John Lennon's Life.She creates photos that last a lifetime.
When creating a photograph I want to have my subject be completely open to the photo... that to me means Flaws and All ! I want my subject to not even notice my presence I want to be able to just photograph!















Monday, December 6, 2010

Christian Marclay




Christian Marclay is a composer and he also photographs "sound" i honestly don like any of his work besides these particular pieces. Marclay here uses album art to illustrate sound. This work is an example of  unconventional Juxtaposition !!Juxtaposition by Webster's definition means the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; also : the state of being so placed! therefore my point is whether it is a conventional or it is a non conventional way of using it it is JUXTAPOSITION :)
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Monday, November 22, 2010

Brainstorm ..... Juxtaposition

This first image is by Marcus Bain. He demonstrates juxtaposition by using two opposites. He uses black oil based ink and water in a cheap fish bowl on a white piece of card. I believe this is a comparison and contrast of the texture, color and function of the two liquids in one single image.
 This image is by Landon Michaelson, first and foremost this image and composition altogether is amazing. This is a juxtaposition image of a father and daughter. Which gives the difference in sex as well as a difference in age. this also shows the difference of texture in their skin.
Landon Michaelson and Marcus Bain
Beauty in an image. This is an excellent example of juxtaposition because of the composition . This is an example of order and disorder. Everything about this woman is perfect and then you notice the background and you see the imperfection. Which i believe could be used as a completely different interpretation of this image. oh and this is by Jenny Sun...
Created not even realizing the juxtaposition. This amazing image is to me man-made versus natural. I say that because human beings are a natural part of the planet and cars are not. It is also and example of many versus one and comparison of numbers. Photo by: Filip Bodgan.
 This is an example of juxtaposition using a wide angle lens can create.It is another example of man-made versus natural as well as curves straight lines. I think the lines and curves create a very interesting focal point. The rectangular buildings at the bottom of the composition keeps you grounded while every other building makes your eyes focus on the center of the sky. photo by:Carsten Ranke

This amazing image is to me man-made versus natural. The simplicity of the image creates a feeling of being in that place at that time and this would not technically be consider man- made but it is a built thing so I'm calling it man-made. Shot by: Jan Lakey
This is by the great Abelardo Morell . The use of an exterior inside of an interior is a juxtaposition in itself. The busy atmosphere of New York inside of an environment where you are supposed to have a calm peaceful place to be.

Placement is the juxtaposition. A chair is somewhere people sit not where people put there shoes. The focus of this image is the backs of the shoes mimic the curves of shoulders. this image is by:  Joe Elario
 This is an example of selection in focus. The babies feet are in focus in one image. The babies faces are in focus in the other. The way the tones are mimicked in each area where the focal point is makes the image more interesting. I believe Johanna McShan made excellent choices for this image.


Audrey And Lili created a very inspiring image. The way the use two images and split the image's focus from her face to the other image through the placement of glance is awesome.

My Interpretation


My Interpretation of Juxtapostion will be shown with comparisons of size, emotion, and texture. I may interpret these things using people. Some comparisons I thought would apply to my subject matter and chosen terms are : Old/New I would photograph a child's face and then proceed to photograph and adults face; Happy / Sad - with a happy event like a family dinner, with a sad event like a solo person in a grave yard; focused/ not focused - use focus on two different areas of the same person; large/ small take a photograph of a tall or overweight person in comparison to a short or very thin person. Man/ Women self explanitory but can be interpreted as a woman's body to a mans body or a woman face/man face. Natural/Manmade- someone with tons of make up and someone with out; Wet/Dry- Photograph someones skin that has water droplets all over it and then someones skin that is dry and cracked. Curves/ Strengthen photograph someone that has a very curvy body type versus someone with a very straight body. Up/Down - Someone looking up, someone looking down, one someone jumping up someone looking down, or some one jumping up, someone crouched down; Oil/ Water Someone using oil paint. someone using gouche; Pain/ Pleasure - someone in a hospital bed, some one at a party; Tight/ Loose - Someone in really tight Jeans and then someone with clothes that are oversize.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Women Photographers

Anna Atkins because i love her use of the cyanotype,  Imogen Cunningham  because her work reminds me of Mary's photos, I also chose Florence Henri because we were doing diptychs in craft and I think this is a great example of a diptych.





Monday, November 1, 2010

Oh The Beauty of PORTRAITS

 Lets start with one of the greatest Richard Avedon. This photograph resonates with me because it is raw, beautiful, and real she is herself and this photo says it; everyone before this photo of the beautiful MARILYN MONROE just thought sex object, male fantasy, Hollywood star this photo says human being, just like the rest of us. I Love it :)

Martin Schoeller I was looking for images by Annie Leibovits and got side tracked ... I stumbled upon this image of Angelina Jolie and this is how i want some of the portraits I put in my book to turn out. I want you to just be able to see the face the shoulders and arms are not always necessary.

After i found Martin Schoeller I then, found on the national Portrait gallery's site Alec Soth whose photo named "misty" shows that even without the mess of hair and tons of makeup you can still have a beautiful portrait.

Monday, October 25, 2010

MARK LAITA

I love the way he uses the comparisons. one is a lingerie model and one is just an everyday woman in her undergarments.

ARNOLD NEWMANNNNNN

OK SO RON WAS RIGHT !!!!!PORTRAITS
I LOVE THESE PORTAITS THE WAY HE CREATES SHAPES AND USE THE NEGATIVE SPACE IS MIND BOGGLING.HIS WORK IS SOOOOOOO INSPIRING!!!
There is something about older peopls faces that add depth strength to these photographs.
I am going to attempt to capture this through shapes and using my backgrounds to my advantage.






EDWARD BURTYNSKY

EDWARD BURTYNSKY
When first looking at this photoi thought it was lava. The color and the path activate the photograph. the graphic nature of the design and color are amazing.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Alfred Stieglitz

1918
http://sixsistersiam3.blogspot.com/2009/02/thursday-artist-quotes-alfred-stieglitz.html

this photo is anexample of what i want my final project to look like. i want the viewers to feel what the person feels.

1920

this image captures her strength


welllllll i cant upload this image blogger decided to mess up  :( sorry
http://amandaatkins.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html

Monday, October 4, 2010

Robert Frank




Robert Frank U.S. 285, New Mexico 1956
gelatin silver print, 13-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches
Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://bhlogiston.schauecker.com/2008/04/28/wiederauflage-von-robert-franks-sicht-auf-amerika/

I love how the lines all lead to one point and it isn't noticable at first but there is a car on the road. I also love that the road is kinda reversed in color. The black and white  in this pho is almost perfectly balanced.

LI WEI


I think it is awesome that he get these images with theuse of mirrors, metal wires, scaffolding and acrobatics and not through the use of computer manipulation. 

When i first saw this image i was like how in the world he up the and the i read the text and it explains. To mention I thought these were photoshopped.

Joel Sternfeld

http://documentaryworks.org/punctum/onthissite.htm


Central Park, north of the Obelisk, behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 1993(courtesy of Joel Sternfeld)

So in Craft 1 we were looking at the photo books and i came across this image.
I was just flipping through the JOEL STERNFELD book ON THIS SITE and saw this on i was immediately drawn to the image, composition and the color. I love the way the sun hits the tree so sharply but the color of the sun seem that of sunset.
this image also resinates because in like 2 week we go to NY and I am COMPLETELY DETERMINED TO FIND THIS TREE :)

Monday, September 27, 2010

Sally Mann


This image connects with me because honestly back home i see twelve year old girls smoking cigarettes. this is called candy cigarette and i think it is a cool image because she places her two other children facing away from the camera and the daughter looking at you reads I'm BAD ASS and I KNOW IT ! and her expression,posture and relationship to the other figures give that away.

Abelardo Morell’s


Abelardo Morell’s  photographs remind us that photography is more about how we see than the tools we use to create it.He takes an ordinary room –  a hotel room — and transforms it into a camera.These a extraordinary images alter our perception of reality and our placement in it. I think  it is interesting how he he exposes the film for such a long period.  It is also interesting how you never see a car in these images the reality of the matter is cars aren't a constant and neither are people and that what i think of when i see these images.