Christianne Harmon weekly Post #6

Richard Avedon was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He was the epitome of the modern photographer – a charming, sophisticated man-about-town and a photographer who was able to cross photographic genres. It did not matter where he was, which format he chose to work with or who his subject was, the image would be an Avedon image. It would have that unmistakeable elegance and confidence that marked him out, not just as a great photographer but as a highly successful commercial photographer, who was able to create instantly iconic and memorable images. 
In 1944, Avedon began his career working as an advertising photographer for a department store, but was quickly endorsed by Alexey Brodovtch, the art director for the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar. In addition to continuing fashion work, by the 1960s Avedon had turned his energies toward making studio portraits of civil rights workers, politicians and cultural dissidents of various stripes in an America fissured by discord and violence. He began to branch out and photographed patients of mental hospital, the Civil RIghts Movement in 1963, protesters of the Vietnam War, and later the fall of the Berlin Wall

Michael Watts Weekly Post #6

Javier Manzano

Javier Manzano is a documentary photographer who visits some of the most conflicted and warn torn places on earth.  He has captured images of the Syrian Civil War, the Mexican Drug Wars and the war in Afghanistan.  He has captured many shocking and awe-inspiring images and has had his work featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and TIME magazine just to name a few.  I think that what Javier does is very important because it offers people a raw uncensored and unbiased look at what is going on in less fortunate parts of the world.  When covering a story, news stations may choose to exclude images that include blood or human suffering but photographers like Javier bring to light what others may choose to ignore. 

  

Catherine Meadows Weekly Post #6

Frank Relle

Frank Relle is a photographer that we have mentioned in class, so I decided to write my blog post about his work. Frank Relle was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. His work can be found in many famous museums such as the Museum of American History, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The pictures that I liked the most of Frank's were in his New Orleans Nightscapes album. I love night photography mainly because I find it impressive when people are able to get such nice looking shots at night. Some of Frank's night shots are made to look so bright that it looks like it could almost be day time. I've also noticed that Frank has a great use of shadows in each of his pictures too. He knows how to use light and shadows to his advantage and it really shows nicely in his photographs. His pictures have a dream like feel to them and some of them even look unreal, like they're a good use of photoshop manipulation. I really enjoyed looking at all of Frank Relle's pictures.

Imani Cannon: Weekly Post #6

Brassai 

The person I decided to do my blog on for the week is Brassai, a Hungarian photographer, born in Transylvania. He was born 1899 and died in 1984. A lot of his artwork consisted of images that were taken at nighttime where they depicted extreme contrasts between light and darkness. Many of his light sources in his nighttime photos came from street lights and electrical light present in homes and buildings. He even used weather elements such as fog to depict different values of light and darkness in his photos. I enjoy typical day scenarios and he seemed to focus on things that we're present everyday life. His pictures aren't as simple as they may appear. He does a great deal of focus on different areas that depict different forms of lighting. You can see the highlights and shadows that the lightness and darkness gives off whiles still maintaining a full composition photo. His use of lighting and how he chooses to set up his tripod and camera are unique and captivating in his photos. 

Brittany Emery - Weekly Post 09/29/2013

John Shaw

 A frequent contributor to such magazines as National Geographic and Nature's Best, John Shaw's landscape and wildlife photography is recognized around the world for its tremendous color and personality. He is clearly dedicated to his work, and is willing to travel around the world for the sake of capturing the perfect picture; to date, he has traveled to Japan, China, Africa, Ireland, Mexico, and Antarctica (to name a few). His pictures display the natural beauty of his chosen location, and he seems to be a master of color relationships and panoramic perspective.

Corey Wynn's Weekly Post 6

Harold Cazneaux

He was an Australian pictorialist photographer; a pioneer whose style had an indelible impact on the development of Australian photographic history. In 1916, he was a founder of the Pictorialist Sydney Camera Circle. As a regular participator in national and international exhibitions, Cazneaux was unfaltering in his desire to contribute to the discussion about the photography of his times. He created some of the most memorable images of the early twentieth century.

Alexis Bernard Weekly Post 5

Carolyn Cole 

This week I have decided to write about Carolyn Cole's powerful photographs. Each of these photos I have chosen to feature all offer a dramatic story to tell. Carolyn was born on April 24, 1961. After graduating from the University of Texas in 1983 with a Bachelors of Arts for studying photojournalism, she then got her Masters degree at Ohio University. She's photographed many modern day crises, including the 1991 crisis in Kosovo and the 2001 crisis in Afghanistan. She currently works as a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times.   

I really love how she is able to capture such harsh compelling conditions and events so beautifully. I'm very interested in traveling and the news so to have her be able to capture these moments is truly awing. I hope you all enjoy her work as much as I do. Please make sure to visit her website http://carolyncoleart.com/      

Olivia Beard Weekly Post #6

 

Joshua Hoffine

 

This week's blog is all about horror the craft of creating a creepy yet, eye catching image. I figured this subject was appropriate since October is so near and also the fact I am going to Howl-O-Scream tonight; so I am in the mood to look into the creepy and scary. This week's blog is dedicated to none other than Joshua Hoffine.

 

Hoffine calls himself a Horror Photographer and is interested in the psychology of fear. Much of his work explore the fears of mostly children, but also influences adult fears as well.I love how talented Joshua is and the children as well. The children look actually and truly terrified. I love how his images appear lifelike, but also look as of a fairy tail and/or dream; well actually, a nightmare. His horrifying thyme is very much so an art. the use of colors are done well as well. its the pop of color that catches the eye, but also is somewhat a symbol; like the balloons being held by a clown, or the colors on painted toy blocks, which represent childhood.

 

 

Joshua's work is definitely worth looking at if you're into the terrifying and creepy. His goal is to show people what they don't want to see, which ends up making people want to look more, especially into details portrayed in his work. This was quite a fun photographer to look into and definitely increased my excitement for October, and Halloween to get here!  

 

 



Aimee Bruce weekly post 6#

Sze Tsung Leong

Malasaña, Madrid, 2009

    Sze Tsung Leong is a British American photographer. He was born in Mexico city in 1970. The three photographs shown on this post is from his series "Cities". When looking at this photo above, one can clearly see that this image has a profound depth of field. In order to achieve this, Leong must have closed his aperture to about F32-F64. This would then mean that his shutter speed was drastically increased to 1/4-1/2 of a second (if not longer). It is also apparent that this photographer used a tripod because the image doesn't display any kind of camera shake. 

Nagasaki I, 2008

When one observes the many images that make up the Cities series, they might feel a sense of wonderment. When preparing this series, Leong wanted to capture the many similar and different cities that reside all over the globe. The purpose of this was to show the aspect of us all living in diverse regions on one planet in a certain time frame. These cities, of course, ranged anywhere from bustling, geometrically zoned urban cities to quietly spaced towns. 

Linkeroever, Antwerpen, 2009

Christianne Harmon weekly post #5

Nikon D3x, Nikkor 14-24/2.8 -- 90 images @ 30 seconds, Big moon, near full. One or two frames before full dark.

Nikon D3x - Nikkor 14-24/F2.8 - This shot is based on 2 images blended manually about an hour after sunset.

Nikon D3x 14-24/2.8 37 x 3 minute exposures, plus 2 images after sunset and before darkness. Minimal light painting. 5 hours in the cave. nearly full moon.

Nikon D3x Nikkor 14-24/ F2.8 @ 60 minutes - Single exposure

Alister Benn is one of the founders of Whytake. He is a Scottish Landscape photographer living in the SW Chinese Province of Yunnan.

Alister's main interests are in night photography and contemporary landscape photography techniques. He blends images with several different software programs; Photoshop is one of his recommendations.

Alister said, "To me, it is all about creating meaningful, expressive, communicative images - to do that requires me to step beyond the basic functionality of my camera."
“I don’t have a one-click 5 minute fix. This year I forced myself to slow down and start to really look at my images in a more critical and analytical way. Treating them as individuals, rather than being on an assembly line”.

Cyrus Entezam - Weekly Post #5

Bahman Jalali

As an Iranian Photographer Bahman Jalali taught his skills to many pupils in Iran for most of his life. He is known for his documentary photos from the late 70's during the Iranian Revolution. Bahman is also the curator for Iran's first photography museum. His latest project uses calligraphy, flowers and old photos which is titled "images of imaginations."Bahman died at the age of 65 in 2010 due to Pancreatic cancer, he leaves his museum, his photos and his pupils behind to carry on with his wonderful work.

Magan Shepard Weekly Post

 

SALLY MANN

 

With the new project and the lecture we had in class I have become more aware of light. The pictures I chose don't incorporate color but they have a great balance of light and dark. Sally Mann has amazing compositions also. The pictures I chose are from a collection titled Family Pictures in the Selected Works section on her website connected through the link above.

The photo in the middle is my favorite from the collection. I have no idea how she got this effect on the background. It almost looks like a drawing instead of a photograph. It catches your eye and draws you into her subject. She gave me some inspiration for the project

Aimee Bruce weekly post 5#

Fesson Ludovic

          Fesson Ludovic is a french sculpture/photographer. Each of his works are symmetrical sculptures. Fesson captures these precise images seen on camera for the viewer. At first site of the image seen above, its obvious to say that it has a profound depth of field. This means that Fesson is most likely closing his aperture to bring everything to focus. Keeping that in mind, his shutter speed would need to be extremely slow (2s-1/8s) with a tripod. 

                 Fesson creates scupltures out of nature and found materials. Through these images, he seeks to explore the reflective property of water. In order for his works to be wonderfully symmetrical, each sculpture depends greatly on its location and placement. One would suggest his concept is the uniformity and balance of nature and the elements used to create such sculptures. Other's might say that Fesson's overall theme is giving insight to nature's simplistically complex landscape.