Kerry Goodman Post #6

Charlotte Cotton

1. Charlotte Cotton is a photography curator. She commissions and assembles abstract works of art into art books. She's more well known for her work "Photography is Magic". It contains over 80 artist's work and how abstract work in photography is changing the art scene. (examples above)

2. Mrs. Cotton's style is to appeal to a wider range of the artistic world. Some people would believe that photography can't be truly abstract due to the real life nature of photography, but Charlotte aims to prove that theory wrong.  The art work she collects tend to revolve around the female form or the natural world but, then warps it with vibrant colors and schemes.

3. I love the artwork Charlotte displays in her publications. Most photographs are only appreciated if it's taken in the natural world at the right moment in time. Charlotte aims to shoot that art in photography can be appreciated even if tampered with. Photography can become another form of abstraction just like painting or sculpting.

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Hanne van der Woude

1. Hanne van der Woude is A Netherlands based photographer and these pictures are taken from her latest project titled "Emmy's World." These pictures have some kind of filter on them makes the subjects blend into the environment. The subjects are framed using the rule of thirds. If the subject is close to the center, there is usually a contrast in the background that makes the subject fade into it.

2. The pictures have this child-like, fantasy feel to it. Even though the subjects are older, the pictures give them this sense of child-like wonder. The pictures were taken of Ben and his wife, Emmy, in their secluded home in the country side of Netherlands. There is theme of going back to the past or connecting with nature. Most of the pictures were taken outside as the subjects look on with this sense of nostalgia in their features.

3. I adore these pictures. They remind of my home and the village I came from back in the Philippines. They give off this sense of nostalgia to the audience, at least for me. I think it is wonderful how van der Woude tries to show her subjects exploring nature and their childhoods as they grow older.

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Ryota Kikuchi

1. Ryota Kikuchi is a photographer who sidelines as freeclimber during the day. The pictures above are from his project titled Born. His pictures are made on portrait format. Kikuchi likes to disobey the rule of thirds and usually photographs his subject, in this case himself, at the center of the frames. Kikuchi likes to play with contrast in the backgrounds. His pictures have this dual type of contrast in color that frames the subject in the center. Most of his pictures, although the subject is on top of architectures and objects, are always taken from the ground with the perspective onlooker in mind as if just casually passing by.

2. For this project,  Kikuchi climbed on top of lamp posts. Most of them are during the day, some were taken during what look like sunset to show off some contrast in color for the background. For most of them, Kikuchi would lay on the top of the lamp post with his limbs hanging in a relaxed position. Some pictures were taken from behind and some in profile shots. All of them show his ability to climb as well as the heights of these posts.

3. Honestly, I can't help but psychoanalyze these pictures when I look at them. The lamp posts look like vaginas with the lights as the ovaries, the bridges as fallopian tubes, and the of course the body as the uterus. Kikuchi is seen trying to climb the vagina looking lamp posts maybe to overcome his masculinity, perhaps.

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Rimone Rosenbauer

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Helen Levitt

1. Helen Levitt did a series of children playing in the streets. All of the photos are in black and white and are taken mid- action of the children playing around in the streets. The photos were taken mid-action so you could see the real fun that the children were having, compared to posed fun when you could tell if the picture were posed and no fun being had.

2. Helen Levitt's approach was to show the livelihood of the children on the streets. The pictures range in the children's activities from hanging out with one or two friends, to playing tag and running on the street sides, to play fighting on mini roof tops. These children are just having innocent fun.

3. How does this make me feel? It makes me feel a bit giddy inside in all honesty, because it makes me wish that I was a child again with almost all of the freedom and nothing to worry about. When you're a child you don't have to worry about the real world and you still have the light in your eyes and a fire in your heart that can't be tamed, but as you get older sometimes that light dims and the fire starts to burn out.

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Rich McCor

Using Instagram as his main platform, Rich McCor primarily uses only square crops for his pictures and takes a good amount of them on his phone. He frames the pictures in just a way to that the landscape turns into something completely different and our definition of depth is changed.

Rich McCor's main themes are using famous monuments throughout the world and incorporating them into his work. His other major theme is including the paper cut outs and using them in just a way that fits each monument individually. For example, the cutout used in photo 3 would not fit with photos 1 or 2. This also goes for the cut outs used in each picture as he creates them knowing what the frame is going to include and which monument, scene, or background will be used. He uses black cut outs to give a silhouette look rather than using outlines, colored cutouts, etc.

I found Rich McCor's idea to use cut outs with major monuments to be a very clever and creative idea. He is clearly making photos not just taking them. I also enjoy the fact that he is truly a digital photographer as Instagram is his platform, however, he still maintains the same theme in all of his photos regardless of where he is traveling in the world. I also enjoy that he travels in different places but still continues to use the black cutouts and also takes into account the best angle to use for each place, cutout, and frame that is being chosen. At first glance, I did not like the fact that his hand was in each photo but now I have come to understand this is on purpose and his intentional decision to include his hand holding the cutouts in most of his photographs. I really enjoyed looking at all of his photographs, especially as they are mainly landscapes but he stays consistent by adding the black cutouts to his photographs.

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Izima Kaoru

   Izima Kaoru has worked as a fashion photographer until 1993 when he was inspired to create a project called "Landscape with a corpse" which spans from the year 1995 - 2008. The theme is basically as stated except for his actors he has used female models. I feel this was a very original and unique idea. The settings for each picture definitely highlight the models especially with the different types of lighting.

   Kaoru uses the models perfect death scenes and creates a magnificent work of art in the process. It makes the viewer view death in a different perspective. It does also give off a beautiful, haunting, creepy kind of vibe. It's one of those things where it's just so creepy you have to keep looking for more.

   Even though it seems strange and horrific, it's pretty interesting how Kaoru sets up the landscape and environment for the models. Even the way the models are placed in the photos are pretty interesting. Its not just a simple ordinary death, it is a tragic mysterious one.