Nil Santana
Chase Martin I agree with Michael. The video was great, and the ability to foc…More »
Chase Martin This is really neat! The composition of this photo’s are great. I…More »
Hannah Jones these pictures fascinate me! i love the clarity they give of the …More »
Emily McCommas No problem :) Glad to help…More »
Hannah Jones these are so nice! my friends have made these in the past and i t…More »
Hannah Jones these works are so cool, i love how they vary from piece to piece…More »
Michael McCarty I loved this video. I went and looked at the majority of this use…More »
Hannah Jones Ive always been a fan of time lapse photos/videos, and these time…More »
Michael McCarty Flickr was able to help me out a whole lot with this project. I w…More »
Michael McCarty This has always been something that I’ve wanted to try and never …More »
Michael McCarty I remember seeing this photographer a while back, maybe from adva…More »
Ryan Smith I agree with Al, this has been one of my favorite projects of the…More »
Altheron Payne For some odd reason my eyes were focused on that fog to the left …More »
Altheron Payne This project is my favorite one, I enjoy how each project will lo…More »
Lee Anna McGee I stumbled upon this a few years ago as well and thought it was g…More »
After looking at the landscapes of Joel Sternfeld, portraits by Leibovitz, and narrative by Crewdson, we swiftly transition to the question of the object and its representation, a discourse on photography and image, sign and signified. The Spanish photographer Chema Madoz is in my opinion, a genius at work playing with the relations between photo-surrealist representations and language.
Greg Crewdson
On Main Street, Pittsfield Massachusetts lights are being rigged, props are being positioned and actors are taking their places. It looks like a movie, sounds like a movie and smells like a movie, but it isn’t. All of this activity is to make a single photograph, by Gregory Crewdson.
“I work with a production crew that all come out of film. We work with cinematic lighting but we are only after creating one single perfect moment.” (Gregory Crewdson, photographer)
Over an 11-day shoot in a variety of locations Crewdson’s team will make a series of multiple exposures which will be digitally combined to make six final images. He’ll produce an edition of six prints of each image priced at approximately $60,000. There’s already a list of prospective buyers.
With his striking tableaux which combine Hollywood’s production values with suburbia’s bad dreams Crewdson has become hot property, confident that he has an audience who will appreciate, and if they can afford it, buy his work. For Crewdson the business and benefits of being a photographer feel very different from the experience of earlier generations.
Extract from ‘Snap Judgements’, Genius of Photography (Wall to Wall)
http://www.aperture.org/crewdson/
From the link above, click on the image (left or right) to read interview, or ‘additional images’ to see more of his photographs
Well, here’s a “copy & paste” from Intro to Photography’s Photographer of the week in case you missed. :)
Annie Leibovitz
One of my favorite photographers of all, for her versatile, daring and crafty style. I was able to see her exhibition: A Photographer’s Life, and many of her original prints in Paris last year.
Follow this link for the American Music series.
Morten Nilsson
“I find the ballroom dancers interesting because of their clothes, makeup, and in many ways their still imperfect and immature body and mind that the teenage dancer represents – put in a world searching for perfection. It is a world where the right size and measures, the right positions, grown up demands and conservatism rules. It is about basic training in being a perfect adult-a perfect gentleman or a real lady princess.” by Nilsson
Yeondoo Jung
While many photographers exploit their models in using them as props, Yeondoo Jung is generous with his talent. The Korean-born photographer lends himself and his camera to “average” people, allowing them to realize wondrous, stifled and personal fantasies.
Well, you asked for composited images, so here you go, one of my favorite photographers in that field: Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison. Their images are simply stunning!
from the Architect’s Brother series.
John Paul Caponigro
In light of our next project, I thought it would be quite interesting to display (and discuss) Caponigro’s mirrored images. His use of simple elements such as clouds and water surfaces seem surreal, yet, achieving such intriguing and engaging images. Caponigro is one of the most creative visual artists working today. Dedicated to fostering the growth of creativity in others, he exhibits, writes, lectures, and teaches seminars and digital photography workshops. His life’s work is a call to connect with our natural world, with each other, and with ourselves.
From his ‘Gallery’ page, make sure to look at “EXHALATION” series… after looking at the other ones. :) They will be displayed as PDF.
Joel Sternfeld is well known for large-format color photographs that extend the tradition of chronicling roadside America initiated by Walker Evans in the 1930s. Sternfeld’s projects have consistently explored the possibility of a collective American identity by documenting ordinary people and places throughout the country. Each project he embarks on is bound by a concept that imbues it with subtle irony, often through insightful visual juxtapositions or by pairing images with informational text. Another characteristic aspect of Sternfeld’s work is that color is never arbitrary; it functions in highly sophisticated ways to connect elements and resonate emotion.
Click on the image to see more of his works.
Desert Escapes: by Richard Misrach
http://www.fraenkelgallery.com
Note: “enter” the flash site and browse by artists, look for Richard Misrach.
A Small World: by Olivo Barbieri (Italian artist and photographer)
There’s no better photographer to kick-off our series “photographer of the week” than Olivo Barbieri. His work surfaces a classic discussion about depiction of the real. Site Specific is a play in our senses and perception. They look uncannily like hyperdetailed models, absent the imperfections of reality.
http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/site_specific/
