Joseph Colon Weekly Post

This is a photographer Jeffrey Wolion photographed people in low income neighborhoods, and wrote their stories about who they are, and what they have been through and writes the stories on the images themselves. I like what we talked about the other day in crit the idea of making an image an object than just an image on a piece of paper. The text on the picture gives the image, and the whole piece a whole different meaning, and feeling when the images are seen.

Kweku Asafu-Adjaye Weekly Post

Part of me has always had a love of capturing nature in the finest ways possible. Whether it be the animals or the trees and flowers, The essence of nature has always wooed me. One such photographer does this very thing for me. This photographer goes by the name of Paul van Schalkwyk.

This artist captures nature in the quality that I hope to do one day by taking sharp, detailed photographs so the viewer can see any and all details on the land or water that he/she is viewing. His choice of color balance is top notch to me.

His work doesn't only consist of landscape photographs. It also consists of some cinematography. Of which are sometimes shown on Animal Planet, National Geographic web, and Discovery Channel But his main feats are in the National Geographic magazine however.

Bradley Manley Weekly Artist Post

Barry Stone

Barry Stone is a remarkable photographer that lives in Austin Texas. These three photos are from his current work known as The Future of Things Past. The photos are a combination between scenery and portrait shots.

Barry is able to capture a beautiful variety of colors. He is able to make the portraits interesting by having the subject turn away from the camera, leaving me to wonder about his subject. The color are absolutely spectacular and pops out right at the viewer. The color also coordinates together with the purples and greens.

The photos are absolutley stunning in all aspects. The composition, color, and lighting work well together in a way i have not seen before. It is also interesting to see the poses of his subject leaving me to wonder whose past is he mentioning.

Meghan Thayer - weekly post 9

Kevin Russ

Kevin Russ is an up and coming professional photographer who primarily uses his iphone. He is called the "iphones Ansel Adams". He primarily photographs the American West. His work depicts portraiture and landscape and uses this very beautiful natural light in his work. 

In Russ' photos, he captures the beauty of the American West. By using the soft natural light he shows how natural and beautiful the american west is and has been for many years. A lot of his work is  comparable to Ansel Adams because of landscape imagery. Most of his portraiture is of the people who inhabit the areas and towns in the area. I love the fact that his photographs are taken on his iphone. I think it gives it such an instant feeling, and really captures the feeling of being spontaneous  and instant. Also, they're absolutely stunning photos for being taken on a cellphone. It really makes me respect the term "Instagram photographers". 

I really enjoy Kevin Russ' work. I respect that his photos are taken on an iphone because I think that gives him a little more skill due to the fact working on a small phone is pretty difficult. I connect with his work because I enjoy landscape photography and that is mainly what I like to shoot. He adds in portraiture which shows his multiple skill. The natural light in his work really makes me attracted to all of his work. 

Bri Picone - Weekly Post 9

Anna Lehmann-Brauns

1)  Anna Lehmann-Brauns is German photographer who photographs settings void of people.  These photos show interiors that she has built and locations that she's discovered.  She has an interesting use of light that gives the images a feeling of being in the past. 

2) In her work, Anna explores the concept of a room as the site of a personal memory.  By not including figures in her work, her photos become a place where time stands still.  Her images evoke a reflection of the past that leaves room for the viewer to form his/her own conclusions about what took place in these locations.

3)  I really enjoy Anna's work.  Her locations feel familiar, yet distant because there are no people in the photos.  Her images read as a memory or of a place that has been forgotten.  When looking at these images, I find myself wondering when were these images taken and what the history of the locations are.  It also makes me wonder what activities took place and who visited/lived in these spaces.  The mystery of the photographs creates many questions, forcing the viewer to respond in his/her own way.

Deborah Schoen - Weekly Post 9

Uta Barth

Uta Barth’s simple photographs follow the traditional rules of composition meanwhile the content of her images are not as simple as they might seem. Barth’s primary focus is on the material complexities of vision and the flawed idea behind expectation. She quotes, “seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees.”

 

Barth asks the viewer to question their desire to fill the void within her images. Her technique is to create an absence that encourages time spent with her photographs. She achieves that by providing monochromatic images that have a foreground or a background but not both. Some of her images are blurred but recognizable to the eye. That is where viewers tend to fill in the information that she is not providing.

 

Barth’s approach to photography is less about aesthetics and more about our intellect as human beings. What I enjoy about Barth’s work is that it brings awareness to my own viewing experience that I can connect with. She is not challenging my intellect but rather asking me to see not just look.

Christina Crespo-Blog 11

Estelle Hanania 

Hanania's pictures depict something odd yet familiar. They are playful and the viewer can almost put themselves in the photo or think of something or sometime that they have experience something similar. Hanania's photos connect with the viewer because the subject is is familiar and the scene is realistic.

These pictures are outdoors and seem to be only using natural light. The shadows in the first and last photo seem to play a big role in composition. The shadow in the middle photo makes the subjects stand out being that the rest of the photo is very light.

I like these pictures because I feel like the subjects make me think of a time or a place that I have seen something like them. I think that it is interesting that the people in the photos are children, It makes me wonder if some of them are just playing around in outfits or if some of them—like the children in the middle—are dressed this way because of their culture.