Monica Turley - Weekly Post

Ibolya Feher

Ibolya Feher is a British photographer who enjoys photo-projects. For this project, she chose to photograph nuns at one of the most strict convents in the world. These nuns have been vowed to silence (except for prayer time) for years. Feher did a series of their life on the convent, including landscapes, still-life, and portraiture. She wanted to capture the daily life of this un-seen choice.

I just love these pictures because of how they beautifully captured the every-day activities of these nuns. Because they live in silence, it makes me think what they're thoughts are during these chores. What are they debating, wondering about, battling, what is the conversation in their head?

Hailey Porth Weekly Post

Yang Seung Woo

The Following is a project done by Woo after returning to South Korea. His friend who had recently committed suicide was involved with a known crime group there. However his hometown was stricken with crime by these groups. So what he did was when he went back he photographed the lives of his friends who were extremely loyal to these groups and was able to document what there lives looked like.

I tried to figure out more about his style and what he used but his whole website is in Japanese and I cannot read any of it. 

Weekly Post for Sam Moeller

Christopher Philips 

Christopher Philips is an Australian photographer who primarily works in portraiture. He captures a range of different characters and uses both color, and black and white photography. The first photo I selected captured my attention due to the composition and color palette. As I was going through his other pictures I noticed that he is able to select and finely edit, the appropriate color palettes for each one. Even with his black and white photos, I feel as if they may not deliver the same reaction if they were in color. With half of the next assignment subject being portraiture I was definitely inspired by his take on portraits.

He also has a series titled, "Introverted Portraits" that I was particularly drawn to, so take a look under his projects tab if you're interested.

Sarah Widenhofer - Weekly Post #9

Justin James Reed

Justin James Reed is a visual artist based out of Richmond, Virginia.  His photography work and artists books have been exhibited throughout the world.  He has worked under photographers such as Alec Soth. He shoots using a large format camera, and his subject matter is very broad.  Reed creates photos in vibrant color or black and white. He appreciates the fact that photography can create a sense of unworldliness, or mystery, and utilizes this as a tool for the content of his work.

Reed has several series including "In Heaven," "The Real Unknown," "Don't Die," and "New Cities." The last photograph posted above is from "New Cities," which is one of my favorite pieces.  The way he captures the hard, gray geometric lines breaking up the beautiful, colorful, organic scene of nature creates a sense of interruption, but one could almost argue they coexist.  It creates a sense of wonder, whether the artist is trying to say this is ugly or beautiful, bad or good.

Paul Ruehrmund Weekly Post

Gonzalo Gomez Gomara, a.k.a. "Chapi"

Gonzalo Gomez Gomara, a.k.a. "Chapi" is from Santander, Spain.  He is primarily a sailing photographer and travels the world photographing sailing races.  He also does portraits and landscape work as well as Triathlons.  I love his use of color and light and his sense of composition.  His photos give me a sense of exhilaration. I added the last picture because I know that a certain photography professor loves lighthouses and sunsets so much!

Gomara recently published a book, "Santander- Luz del Norte" and is widely published in major sailing publications worldwide.

If you have five minutes you will enjoy this inspirational time lapse video on the coast of the city of Santander, Spain.: The pounding of the sea

Mary Morris' Weekly Post

Daido Moriyama

Daido Moriyama is a Japanese known for his image portraying the breakdown of traditional values in post-war Japan. Moriyama's work is composed of high contrast images in the streets of Japan. His subjects vary greatly between portraits, still-life, and street photography. I like how he has a distinct style of high contrast black and white images, yet he photographs a variety of subjects. 

Moriyama photographs the less recorded areas in Japan. He chooses to take photos of the darker side of urban life, instead of the industrialized parts of Tokyo. Daido's work is mainly black and white and shot with a high ISO. Usually, a high ISO yields a very grainy image. However, the amount of contrast he uses in his photographs takes away from some of the grainyness. I like how he can do something that most photographers try to stay away from and create beautiful photographs.

Weekly Post Missy Griffis

Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt was an American Photographer born on August 31^st 1913. She was most known for her street photographer, however not popularly known. She dropped out of school to work for a local photographer and taught herself photography. During her career she worked with different photographers and film producers collaborating on many different projects and films. However she was very much into the arts and teaching children as well, children were one of her favorites to take pictures of.

Above are pictures from her series “Color” made from 1971- 1981, just three out of a many few that include the children on the streets of new york. My favorite part of these is that they do not look posed. She captured the life of these people fairly well and it makes me wonder more about the sujects themselves, and I also have a love for children as well. The last one is my favorite, I love the interaction between the two and it looks like the kids is tempted to jump down into the mans arms. But I love his smile. I constantly see kids with their parents or kids playing on the playgrounds I drive by and I’m always torn whether I should stop and take pictures, but I still haven’t gotten over that fear of approaching strangers. I hope to one day be able to capture these kind of pictures.