Sarah Widenhofer - Weekly Post #10

Graham Miller

Graham Miller is an Australian based landscape and portrait photographer. He has been exhibited both nationally and internationally in places including China, Germany and Japan. Miller creates high contrast color photographs using both deep and shallow depth of field. His portraits most often frame the subject(s) from about waist height and up, allowing the viewer to appreciate the body language and facial expressions.

The series that Graham Miller produces have almost a poetic feel, with titles such as "All That is Solid Melts into Air" and "Waiting for a Miracle," Miller makes photographs of people and there surroundings to create ambiguous images that create a sense of truth and mystery.  He is passionate and careful about what he photographs, and he intends for the final pieces to create a sense of emotion for the viewers. His photographs also tell a story of the people in the images.

Kat Hennessy Weekly Post [Week 10]

Ralph Euguene Meatyard

Ralph Euguene Meatyard made silver gelatin prints. He did a series of photographs where he purposefully kept his camera out of focus, then moved on to trying to completely abstract objects, so that only the basic shapes and tones are clear. He also did a series of motion blurred photographs in which the objects are fairly ascertainable, but not with no real clarity.

Meatyard became fascinated with Zen Buddhism. He began to take their principle of objects having other meanings than their physical appearance, and made pictures where the objects in his photographs are unidentifiable. Instead the viewer can now make their own interpretations and create his images into whatever they see. In a strange way, this makes photographs of seemingly random and unrelatable objects feel much more personal. Every person will see something very different based on their own experiences, visions, and subconscious mind.

Paul Ruehrmund Weekly Post

Richard Steinheimer

Richard Steinheimer (1929-2011) has been called the Ansel Adams of the railroad photography world.  He lived in California and had a fondness for the landscape of the American West.  He learned photography as a photojournalist for the U. S. Navy and was a photojournalist and industrial photographer in Silicon Valley.  In 1965 his photos were featured in a solo exhibit in Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Early on Steinheimer used a large format camera and pioneered the use of elaborate lighting for night photos later adopted by O. Winston Link.  When small portable cameras became available he would position himself atop locomotives so that his camera would capture the feeling of motion.  He published a number of popular books on trains including "A Passion for Trains" published in 2004.

Beth Teller Weekly Post

Leo Delafontaine

Leo Delafontaine, is a French born photographer. Delafontaine has completed two degrees, one in photography and the other in French Literature. Delafontaine has, for a number of years, dedicated himself to documentary photography. He has well known works, such as his project called Micronations. However; after looking through his portrait portfolio I chose the above three photographs for my weekly blog. 

I chose the above photographs because it ties back to our project of landscapes and portraits (and also for the fact that they are beautiful). Delafontaine's use of contrast in the first photo makes the man really stand out while still having other elements in the photograph that frame him. The reflection of the woman in the second photograph really drew me into the photo. I love the realness of the last photo. The shot of the man deep in thought is very intriguing to me. 

Brandon Hamlet Weekly Post

Christopher Wool

    Christopher Wool is a photographer who's work focuses on the urban environment. For this collection of pictures he choose to make pictures in New York city. Another choice that he made was to shoot all of these pictures in black and white which really gives these photos a certain urban feel to them. All of these pictures were made to show the viewers the different things you can explore and find in a city.

     Christopher Wool seems to photograph a lot of city landscapes that connect his viewers to the city he is shooting in. His work does an excellent job of showing his audience the things of New York that most don't appreciate. He makes photos that make his viewer appreciate the little things and make pictures like his.

Jada Street Weekly Post

Rhodri Brooks

       Rhodri Brooks is a musician and photographer from Cadriff. The above photos are from a project and an ongoing experiment. His photos explore the performance aspect of portraiture. The above pictures show adults with objects on their heads. This is to represent the transition from childhood freedom to the responsibilities of being an adult. 

     The sitters comfortableness shows in their faces, which, is actually perfect for the theme. It seems as though once these objects were placed on the sitters heads, they snapped back to reality and realized that they are now adults. I like this idea very much. It is an interesting way to show a persons transitions in life. There is thought of color in light in every picture. I enjoy that there is a window, or hints of a window in each picture. It makes me feel like they are so close yet so far away from where they want to be. This isn't like any other pictures I have viewed this semester. No other photographer has dared to place objects on the sitters' heads. This has inspired me to think outside of the box just a little bit more.

Olivia Smith Photo Blog Week 10

Peter Hebeisen 

Peter Hebeisen is a contemporary photographer born in Switzerland but now living in Paris.He is well known for the book he published called "20th Century European Battlefields."  In this book he took many photographs of the battlefields in Europe. While growing up he had a great education and from there he started traveling the world photographing different places. Today he is just an independent artist photographer. 

I really enjoyed browsing through Hebeisen's portfolios. Each image you can tell which series its from, which makes it very interesting. I like that he shoots in series. He also mixes his talent of writing and photographing and published a book, which is unique, because most artist and writers just stick one to median.