Olivia Smith Weekly Post #6

Larry Clark

Larry Tulsa  was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he named his first portfolio. All of his images in this collection were black and white pieces with a Leica camera. Most of these images were very disturbing and mind blowing. These images reflected on sex, violence, and drug addition. Larry focused mainly on the world around him and captured the events he was dealing with through his lens.

I hope that I can start improving my photography by capturing my surrounds, either if  it is what post people enjoy viewing or even if it is difficult to understand and take in. I like that Larry's images look like he captures his subjects in the moment and it doesn't look staged or anything. I feel like I am actually reliving what he was facing at the time these pictures were being taken.

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Sebastian Salgado

Sebastião Salgado was born on February 8th, 1944 in Aimorés, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has travelled in over 100 countries for his photographic projects. His inspiration for the collection of photographs comes from wanting to preserve the world as it was in the beginning. He has dedicated his life and work, along with his wife in accomplishing this. By traveling to the most remote areas of the world he is able to capture images of civilizations that most people don't believe still exist.The use of black and white to depict such a subject enhances the viewer's experience. I particularly enjoyed seeing the traditional garments and culture norms of societies that I have no association with. I just find them fascinating. 

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Ye Rin Mok

The photographer Ye Rin Mok

The photographs taken are very much about light and color. The portraits created give a sense of someone "lurking" in the distance. They are very loud, yet silent. Saying a lot but a little all at the very same time. This approach creates a mystery in the photos. I also enjoy the composition and that all of the subjects are sitting down.

I chose these pictures because I would like to begin taking portraits. Over the week, I began taking pictures of myself to see how they turned out and kind of get a feel for taking portraits. I constantly see people who I would love to photograph but there is fear inside of me. Looking at these photos encourages me to actual take the leap and make the picture.

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Daniel Forster

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel Forster is primarily a sailboat racing photographer.  He works for Rolex covering their yacht races around the world and has been the official photographer for several America’s cup teams.  He has covered eleven America’s Cups and ten Olympic Games.  His pictures have appeared in every major nautical magazine and have appeared on the cover of Time magazine.

 

He uses Canon equipment, a Canon 5D Mk III and a Canon 6D.  His primary lenses are a Canon 70-200 f2.8L Zoom and a Canon 400mm f/4.  He shoots most of his pictures from a speed boat but also uses a helicopter.  He uses Photo Mechanic, Photoshop and Aperture to edit his photographs.  I love the way Daniel Forster captures the beauty and power of the sea!

 

 

 



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Nobuyoshi Araki
Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese photographer who focuses on figurality, lyricism of life and shifting values in his photos.  His main topics usually focus on sex, death, self/life, and modern scene of tokyo.  The three photos are from his collection entitled Kinbaku which technically mean bondage if translated in English.  

The one thing that I like about these pictures is that the images are raw and the position of the bodies are twisted in a way of shape that you would normally see.  It also draws attention that these women are hanging by ropes and just dangling in midair giving it a mysterious feeling especially within the black and white images, giving it an almost haunting look like in a crime scene.  The one photo with color has a calm color of blue in the background and the skin tone of the women blends in well with it.  

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was most famous for his photography of everyday life in France.  Doisneau captured playful and unsupposing images.  His images don't over throw the viewer but instead draw the viewer in with the playful and modest scope of the images.

Stumbling upon Doisneau found me looking at his images and thinking I want to do this.  I want to capture everyday life of where I live.  The way the images look as if the subjects don't know they are having their picture taken really captures me.  

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Vivian Maier

An american street artist. Never formally educated in the art of photography; Maier studied and practiced her photography skills in her spare time. After Maier's death a storage containing her belongings was auctioned off. The iyems later sold at a thrift store of these items over 100,000 negatives captured on Maier's camera were found. The above images come from Maier's self-portrait collection. 

Maier used various settings around the cities she was in to capture a reflectionof herself   thus inconspicuously placing herself in the image.

This is a unique approach to making self portraiture. This is definitely something I would love to revamp.