Here are some artists that came to mind during crits. For some of them I mention certain people's work, but I think they are all valuable for you to look at, and don't worry if I didn't mention your work by name. I encourage you to leave thoughts in the comments section and they will be counted towards your participation grade.
Martin Parr: He photographed british culture in a book called "Think of England", and many of his projects are about how National Identity is demonstrated in public spaces. Richard's pictures reminded me of his work.
Thomas Struth & Whitney Hubbs: We looked at their work in class as well, Ruby's pictures of forests made me think of Struth's Paradise series, and some of Hubbs' landscapes.
James Welling: Some of Torey's pictures of Grafitti reminded me of Welling's work in the way they flattened photographic space. Look at the "selected works" section and click through to some of the older work. Hannah's backgrounds also have something in common with Welling's pictures of phyllo dough on black improvised backgrounds. Another person to look at who makes abstract pictures is Aaron Siskind.
Joel Tauber: This artist's fixation on this tree reminded me of Jesse's portraits of trees. There are also these pictures by Robert Voit of trees that are actually cell phone towers.
beierle + keijser Their project called Joghurtbecher relates directly to the assignment, read about it by clicking their name and see the pictures here.
Will Rogan: Scott's pictures of Pho shops reminded me of Will's project photographing signage that uses the word "world".
help remedies: This medicine cabinet thing they do is similar to Tom's sinks.
Ken OHara: He did this book called "One" that is high-contrast close-ups of people's faces, similar to what Jordi was interested in with his portraits.
Seiichi Furuya: He did a book of many portraits of his wife, focusing on a singular subject the way Anna was. More here.
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I wonder how Martin Parr photographed in those particular instances. Perhaps, he falls in the category of ostentatiously (which he spelled wrong btw) wealthy population of the world? If not, it's amazing how he was able to coexist in certain atmospheres to capture the moments. The way James Welling handles the lighting of his photographs is interesting to observe. Many of his works have the assets of lomographs and some even look like illustrations. When we transition in color photography, I'd like to explore this style. In addition, beierle + keijser's link led me to explore more photographers through their "stuff we look at list" and found http://www.heejinkang.com/index.php?/portfolio/no-sleep/ this project to be quite interesting.
ReplyDeleteAfter looking at James Welling’s work, can see how my photos of graffiti can relate. There is a definite sense of flatness in some of his photos. The ones that reminded me most of my work were the black lines that look like they could be from a Pollock piece. There’s also one colored photo on the first page from the selected works that also has that same flatness effect. Thomas Struth’s and Whitney Hubbs’ work have that same overwhelming effect and sense of chaos that Ruby’s photos had. I really enjoyed Jordi’s photographs because the lighting, quality, and expressions were all great. After seeing Ken Ohara’s and Jordi’s portraits, I’m really inspired to try and do up-close portraiture myself sometime since I’ve never really tried it before. I also really enjoyed Tom’s work as well. I was actually looking forward see the final photographs. I could have sworn I saw him working on the same photograph the few times I caught glace of a sink in the darkroom. That just means he had a successful typology because if I would have taken more time to actually look at what type of sink I saw, then I would have figured out it wasn’t the same sink every time. The “Help Remedies” was actually pretty entertaining to me because just like the sinks, you can get a sense of personality from inanimate objects that are present in the photographs. It reminds me of the saying, “You can tell a girl by the contents of her purse.” I liked going through the photographs studying what different people had in the medicine cabinets.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I've tried commenting a few times on here but everytime that I click on an artists' name to see their work and I click back the comment I was working on disappeared.Fustrating! So to make it short, I loved the way that both mine and Struth's pictures of seemingly benign trees and foliage are really anything but because of the way that the plant life is placed and the way that the light plays with them. I also saw how torey's and siskind's pictues relate, especially the abstract expressionist painter work she did. And then I also particulary enjoyed the last artist, seiichi furuya and the story of his photographic homage to his wife. It really inspired me to take pictures of my own loved ones, not just because I;m expecting them to die, but more because I have always wanted to take pictures of them that embody who they are and the role that they play in my life.
ReplyDeleteFinally finish check out all the artist from the list.
ReplyDeleteJames Willing:
http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/57/work_4405.htm
very pretty abstractive image, it looks like a painting. the multi-color on the black and white leafs looks very dreamy. I wonder how did he do that?
http://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/57/work_4414.htm
A stand alone light house make me think of the lighthouse at downtown Long Beach. Looks like a lovely good picnic location or a nice/calm place to walk around for inspiration.
help remedies: The medicine cabinet photo is kind cool. it's like looking into someone's private space, you can tell a little about the household by checking the cabinet.
Ken OHara: it is very interesting to look at people's face. It is like everyone has something to say from their expression. Like an actor/actress, we are covering up an invisible mask.