Week 4

William Eggleston

This photograph was taken by William Eggleston.  It is a very simple photograph and it is beautiful.  People say that he is the invited or created color photography, but he wasn't.  He was just on of the first people that used it and was able to make these wonderful photos with it.  The perspective of this photo is wonderful.  I like how it is  dominates the photo and i also enjoy the depth of field.  I think it is an interesting photograph and a wonderful picture.



http://www.egglestontrust.com/



Jerry Uelsmann

This is one of Jerry Uelsmann's earlier works.  I like this because of how the reflection of the top is in its negative form.  I think that is amazing.  That really captures my eye and i love how there are shadows of people or the children are white.  I think it gives it a creepy quality and i like the tonal range of this print as well.  This photo really keeps my attention and i think it was executed very well, especially since it was one of his newer works.  And on top of it all he did all of this in the darkroom.  That is extremely impressive.  This photo is called Small Woods Where I Meet Myself.


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Alec Soth




This photo comes from a project that Alec calls The Last Days of W.  I am drawn to this photo. I like the expressions on the women's faces because they are both different.  And by being different it makes you thing.  Is the viewer intruding on a moment that they were having or is that how they feel right at that second.  Also By having their legs somewhat crossing makes me think.... Are these two gay? are they lesbians? or are they prostitutes.  I also like how the color is portrayed in the photo as well.


http://alecsoth.com/photography/projects/the-last-days-of-w/

Portraits......

Meatyard

This photo is by Ralph Eugene Meatyard, I like this photo because it is a different photo compared to the other stuff he shoots.  I do like the whole mask thing, and the creepiness feel they give off. But This photo reminds me of a photograph that I took.  But the emotions hat are portrayed in this photo are strong and the house in the background is a nice touch to contrast with the lightness of the foreground.











Rinkeke Dijkstra 

   This is one of my favorite/ top photographers of all time!  I think her work is amazing and they are not just the typical portrait.  I think her pictures of full of these amazing situations and stories.  This photo is one of my favorites.  The little girl has this expression on her face that just love.  It is just straight,  hiding the emotion of all that she has been though. I like how neutral the background is compared to her dress as well.  It is a nice contrast.  And this photo over all is  just amazing because of this photographer would track this girl down every year and photographer.  Dijkstra did a series on her and the series is amazing!











Steve McCurry

 This photo is called Mother and Child.  It is by Steve McCurry, some of his stuff was in National Geographic, and his famous picture that he is most famous for is the Afghan Girl.  But i this one more.  How the water is on the windows and how the hand is touching it.  I love it.  But the look in the mothers face is subtle but the look on the face of her child is more amazing.  I like the fact that all colors in this are dark besides the dress of the mother.  It stands out and tries to brighten jup the photo.

Weirdness...........

Bill Brandt

Campden Hill is a photo that was take in London in 1953. This photograph was taken at an interesting angle and perspective causing the model to have these enormously large arms and big hands.  I enjoy how Brandt is distorting the human body, making it seem different.  I enjoy this photo due to the contrast that the photographer used to create this picture.  It makes the picture all around more dramatic.  The figure or the subject looks like it has a feeling of plasticity making the model feel cold and fake.  


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Herb Ritts

This photo was taken in 1989 and it is called Djimon With Octopus.  This photograph is beautiful.  It is weird because there is an octopus on this persons head, however it brings the photo together.  I believe that if this sea creature was not on the head of this person,  this picture would just be a typical portrait.  ANd I love the fact that the eye of the sea critter is open as well because the model's eyes are closed.  The contrast on this photo is beautiful, it shows a nice variety of tones shadows ad highlights.

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Arthur Tress

This photo is amazing!!!!!!!!  I do not know how he did this or if he found this or what not but i believe it is beautiful.  THe expression on the face is what i think makes the whole picture.  Also the tonal range is beautiful as well.  THe composition is ok.... but because the head of the figure is up so much, it makes the composition work.  THis is just a weird and unique photo that was captured in a beautiful way.   ANd i like the background as well.  The setting of this photo is interesting and adds to the photo as well.  It is called Singing Chair and was taken in 1977



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Land people and a combination

Ansel Adams


The picture to the left is a photo taken by Ansel Adams.  It was taken at Yellow Stone National Park and in the year or 1948.  This photo has beautiful contrast between the tree trunk and the white of the snow.   I believe that the photo's composition is not very interesting but the subject itself is.  The tree's branches look very ornate and fragile which give the photo a exquisite and elegant look.   The tree looks extremely large compared to the other trees that were in the background of the photograph.   It makes the viewer wonder if the tree is really that big of if he took the photo from an interesting perspective.



http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ansel/gallery/gal_ansel_10.html









Diane Arbus

here we have a photo called Puerto Rican Woman with a Beauty Mark which was take in 1965.  First off i love the composition of this photography.  It takes up the entire frame with allows the viewer to focus on the subject.  Also how this image is so close up to the woman is nice as well.  It is nice because normally when one does portraits, it is of their whole or has more of their body in it.  this one is just their head with makes the photo a little more personal.









http://masters-of-photography.com/A/arbus/arbus_mark.html



Jerry N. Uelsmann


This photo is a combination of the two.  He does multiple exposures.   I like how he merges the landscape and the portrait of the woman into one photo.  it has an interesting composition and a uniqueness to it as well.  The contrast of the photo is beautiful as well.  There is an amazing amount of detail that is shown here and the photography is assembled beautifully


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