Michael Watts weekly post #15

Charles Ebbets 

Charles Ebbets was an american photographer born in Alabama in 1905 and is most well known for is photograph of eleven workers eating lunch atop the construction of Rockefeller Center in New York City.  Before Ebbets achieved success as a photographer he made his trades such as acting, movie making, stunt work, racing, and hunting.  It is thought that leading such a perilous lifestyle helped him to keep the composure needed to capture such flawless images of the workers atop of some of New York's tallest buildings.  I chose to write about Ebbets in this weeks blog post because many of his photos work heavily with scale.  By including the workers in all of his photos of the city, it helps to illustrate the gravity of the position that he was in.  It adds a sense of uneasiness to his images and am interested in exploring that in my final portfolio. 

Corey Wynn's Weekly Post

Senol Zorlu

Senol Zorlu is a Turkish photographer living and working in Germany. In his photographs you’ll see pink lines going through the photographs. This is a way for the photographer to maintain ownership of his work.  He is a photographer and researcher for street children in Heidelberg. He seeks to explore ethnographical photography. A remarkable feature in Zorlu’s work is the way in which he uses natural lighting to give his pictures both a unique, strong character and an incredibly balanced look. The emotions and expressions that he captured allow you to momentarily glimpse a life that seems so far from our own. 

More of Zorlu's work can be viewed here.

 

 

 

Catherine Meadows Weekly Post #15

Chris Hubble

          Chris Hubble began his interest in photography at the age of 10 when his father got him his first polaroid one-step camera.  Ever since then, Chris has been in love with photography.  Chris is a travel photographer.  He has traveled all over the world throughout his life.  He spent 18 years as a photographer in New York but recently moved to New Hampshire.  Chris' photographs are used all over the world for many different companies and organizations.  I love all of Chris' night photographs.  I think he has a good variety of night shots and each of them turned out very nicely.  He finds beautiful landscapes to take his shots and always has a good source of light somewhere in the picture.  I like looking at his work because it inspires me with ideas for my final project that involves night photography and light drawing.

Christianne Harmon weekly post #15

Scott Haynes is a local photographers in Norfolk, Va. I found him because he has a groupon for a photography class. It seems as though his wife Adina is a photographer also but it was unclear based on his blog.

He uses a wide open aperture so that the focus is on the people and the background is blurred. I got these pictures from him & his wife's Facebook page because I was not able to copy the pictures from their website.  They had many more awesome pictures on their website. www.haynephotographers.com

He shoots couples, families, kids, weddings, maternity, school pictures and more. He doesn't do traditional pictures but more edgy & unique.

Olivia Beard Weekly Post #15

John Gossage

This week's blog I decided to look into photography similar to ideas I like to take pictures of. I found out about John Gossage and his book of photography called The Pond. The book first display photographs of landscapes of trees, a pond, and foliage; then it displays how this pond is in a neighborhood/ civilization of some kind. I like this because he captures natures true beauty and things that people probably don't seem to notice or even take the time to look at. With my final project/ portfolio, I aim to do show these commonly unnoticed details in areas on the edge of industry and civilization.

When looking at Gossage's work, though the photographs may be in black and white, I still see a great image with so much to look at and appreciate. In his photographs, Gossage displays some sign of human encounter in the environment. The black and white contrasts help draw one's attention to the whole image and not always just one specific focal point. everything in the image flows with one another. Gossage uses both deep and shallow depths of fields in his images to create some attention to something important, however, his backgrounds are still important to the image and brings the image together. I like his style and the things he pays attention to. I love the idea of seeing something in a different way and being able to understand and look at something that sometimes others don't always notice.  I also love how ironic it can be when you look at a landscape image and probably think it was taken in the middle of the woods, country, etc., when in actuality, it was really taken next to a busy street or industrial plant. 

Alexis Bernard Weekly Blog Post

Kate Matthews 

Kate Matthews was born in New Albany, Indiana on August 13, 1870. Suffering from bad vision and sickness as a child, she was home schooled while her seven siblings went to school. Kate was introduced to photography by her brother in law and soon because very interested in taking photos. With the technological advancements in photography during her years as a photographer, she still chose to use traditional means for taking pictures. Matthews used big bellow-style cameras with glass plate negatives, black hoods, and tripods. She enjoyed the process of taking pictures and working in the darkroom. 

Her attention to detail and light is evident in her photos. With few women interested in photography during her time, she was a trailblazer for many future female photographers and won numerous awards.  Kate's photos were used in numerous magazines and advertisements. She photographed a wide variety of subjects including people, landscapes and buildings. Her work can currently be seen in Museums nationwide.

Alexis Bernard Weekly Blog Post

  

MIQUEL LLONCH

This week I have decided to dedicate my blog post to photographer Miquel Llonch. He was born in Barcelona Spain in 1963. He studied at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia. Llonch began working as a freelance photographer in 1995. With numerous exhibitions and prizes, he has served as inspiration to numerous modern photographers.

I've chosen to feature him as my photographer of the week because I enjoy how he has unusual subjects. Anything from vast cities to the countryside is able to capture his attention. In the pictures above, he presents everyday life from his point of view. His lighting and angles are very interesting to me. Seeing how he is able to capture such magnificent subjects for his projects gives me inspiration as a growing photographer. For more of his work, be sure to visit http://miquelllonch.com/index.html