week 8

Clarence John Laughlin

This piece was taken by, Clarence John Laughlin and it is called The Appearance of the Anonymous Man.  This is a nice piece of work, it is simple ish, but full of meaning.  The person in the photo has a veil on to represent her being unseen because they are dead.  Though out his work Laughlin uses veils to help represent spirits or death, and this is because he wants to portray them as ghost or spirits of New Orleans.  And the wall, that has the holes in it is amazing it shows the world around us is decaying.












http://www.flickr.com/photos/doncolin/425362973/in/photostream/lightbox/




Max Waldman 

This photo above is called Experimental Nude #5  I love how abstract this is.  The tonal range is beautiful and there is some grain there as well.  I think those two things adds to the picture itself.  and if you look at it, would one really think it was a person?  i wouldn't.  But also there are these curves and riffles and this volume that this picture has that is beautiful.  It show \s this weird shape, this abnormal composition.   

http://www.maxwaldman.com/pages/nude5.html




Minor White

   This is called Barn and Clouds by Minor White.  I really like this photograph because of the sky.  I think the dark sky contrasting with the white gray clouds look amazing.  and than how the barn is almost as dark as the clouds is mimicking each others.   The photo too an extent looks a little surreal to a certain degree. it makes me think did he use infra red film to make this photo how is it or is it just a negative print........



http://www.dptips-central.com/minor-white.html

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Henry Callahan

This photograph was taken by Henry Callahan back in he 1970s.  I like the image because of the surrealism in it.  I think it raises questions due to the figure in the background and the egg shaped circle that is in the middle of the image as well.  The haziness that is on the outside of the circle has this beautiful landscape in it and it allows your eyes to focus on the middle circle.  I enjoy the fact that the photographer made a oval, egg like shape instead of circle because it adds another element to the image.





site: http://www.stephendaitergallery.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=2279

Josef Koudelka

This photograph is by Josef Koudelka and it was taken in Greece of 1994.  The image above give a feeling of isolation.  A sense of loneliness because of the single tree that is standing on its own.  And that tree is oddly shaped, and is dark and stands out compared to other trees.  Also the misty fog that is in the background  add to the photo, it adds to that feeling of isolation and loneliness.   The trees on the right are interesting as well.  They are extremely different compared to the small one.





Natasha Gudermane




This photo is by Natasha Gudermane and i find it interesting.
I like how the face lines the bottom of the frame.  It is attracting too an extent because it is not the normal composition of a face.  and the television being on adds to the image.  It makes you think.  ANd the fact that the walls are bare and how simple the objets are in the photo and i think it adds to the image.  

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Lewis Baltz

This photo is called Nevada, 1977 and it is by Lewis Baltz.  This photo has some nice lighting because how the silo-wet of the mountain is dark and the house is bright.  I think that the mountain in the background is mimicking the shape of the house.  Also i think that it is going with the stuff that i have been working on now.  That is possibly I like it.  I like the composition of the house as well.  It is not perfectly centered and it makes the mountain in the back look centered.


Site:  http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426108317/684/lewis-baltz-nevada-1977-a-sequential-work-with-15-elements-element-no-8.html



WEEGEE

So this photograph is taken by the one and only Weegee.  This picture can make people question why is that light is bright.  I like it. Ok so i know it is on a movie theater but that is the projection light.  but why is it so bright?  what was his reasoning for it? It was done my a long exposure.  But it is just interesting.  ANd i like how dynamic it is as well.

site:  http://www.amber-online.com/exhibitions/weegee-collection/exhibits/017





Joel-Peter Witkin

This photo is by Joel-Peter Witkin and it is called "Beauty has Three Nipples" and it was taken in 1998.  THis photograph is different.  I like his technique I will say that he scratches your negative and manipulated them as well.  He would sometime bleach his prints in the printing process and toned some of them as well.  He was inspired by living with a freak show and he found love there, but when he could not live with them he decided to take pictures of "freaks".  I think i like how he executes his photography more than the subject matter.  I say this because i am interested in him technique and how he printed his work.

Week 5

Cindy Sherman

This photo was taken by Cindy Sherman and it is titled Untitled #250.

I like this photography because of the bizarreness of it.  And I like how are uses the mannequins as well. I think it just is different.  But I like it because of the  composition of the figure and the poster of it as well.  And the eyes of this figure seems lie ti is staring right at you and it is sort of scarryish.  Like it is starting you down.    


 web site:  Untitled250.jpg




Bruce Davidson

This photograph is by Bruce Davidson and and this sort of reminds me of a photo i took back in high school.  The photo I took back in high school.  I love the composition of the person where he was placed is very nice. I like that he doesn't take over the frame and i like that you can see the background.  The background is very interesting with this hazy sky and the circus tent.  I think that it makes the photo and helps the viewer to see that this might not of been staged that it was a decisive moment.












site:  http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&VBID=2K1HZSKA1WFE&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm&IID=2S5RYDWD5MJR&PN=4&CT=Album




Todd Hido






This Photograph is numbered 2312a and it is by Todd Hido.  I like the light that is being show in the sky.  I love the shadows as well. I think these two features of this photo gives it a creepy feeling.  I like the coolness of the photo as well.  I think i adds something else to the photo and it contrasts with the warm colors of the leaves on the tree.  normally Todd likes to have a light on in the house when he photographs but this one he doesn't which is odd.  



Site:  http://www.ahornmagazine.com/issue_6/interview_hido/interview_hido.html