Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Blog Prompt 25
Grace Oh - I chose Grace because of her compositions that she created with lights through a prism which i thought was very interesting and unique way to portray these otherwise simple compositions.
Keith Lewis - I really enjoyed Keith's work because he portrays the beauty of the human female figure in a fashionable and acceptable way.
Chris Frazer Smith - Smith like Lewis portrays the beauty of the human figure, but displays groups of human figures doing everyday activities in the nude, which I found to be quite interesting.
Francesca Catastini - Created some very odd and interesting compositions using masks and awkward situations which makes the viewer think about what exactly is going on. This is was one of my two favorites.
Ray Lego - Ray throws together four separate Polaroids to create his compositions. I'm not exactly sure how they fit together, but it makes you wonder.
Michael Maher - I tried to select different genres of photography, and what really caught my eye about his photography is the movement that is created through his imagery.
Kathy Shapiro - A very interesting color composition is created through the use of minimal colors and once again leaves the interpretation up to the viewers.
Keith Lewis - I really enjoyed Keith's work because he portrays the beauty of the human female figure in a fashionable and acceptable way.
Chris Frazer Smith - Smith like Lewis portrays the beauty of the human figure, but displays groups of human figures doing everyday activities in the nude, which I found to be quite interesting.
Francesca Catastini - Created some very odd and interesting compositions using masks and awkward situations which makes the viewer think about what exactly is going on. This is was one of my two favorites.
Ray Lego - Ray throws together four separate Polaroids to create his compositions. I'm not exactly sure how they fit together, but it makes you wonder.
Michael Maher - I tried to select different genres of photography, and what really caught my eye about his photography is the movement that is created through his imagery.
Kathy Shapiro - A very interesting color composition is created through the use of minimal colors and once again leaves the interpretation up to the viewers.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Recreation 05
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| Jan Kriwol |
Here I wanted to create a feeling like something was coming out the photograph through a piece of torn paper. The paper with a whole in it symbolizes the limits and constraints that people may put on photography. I believe there are no limits to what people can portray through photography and encourage people to keep trying new things.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Constructed Reality Semi-Contemporary Photographer Presentation: Thomas Demand
Thomas Demand
Born 1964 in Munich, Germany.
Thomas Demand is a German sculptor and photographer. He commutes back and forth from Berlin and Los Angeles. He is most known for making photographs of 3D models that appear to be real images of rooms and other various spaces. He studied sculpture, and began photography to record his elaborate life-sized paper and cardboard constructions of different environments. He would not display his actual models, but only the images of his creations. He works a lot with pre-existing press images and or culture and political relevance to society. He did not only do photography and sculpture, but also his work consisted of films, working with architects on projects, and comprehensive exhibitions.
Born 1964 in Munich, Germany.
Thomas Demand is a German sculptor and photographer. He commutes back and forth from Berlin and Los Angeles. He is most known for making photographs of 3D models that appear to be real images of rooms and other various spaces. He studied sculpture, and began photography to record his elaborate life-sized paper and cardboard constructions of different environments. He would not display his actual models, but only the images of his creations. He works a lot with pre-existing press images and or culture and political relevance to society. He did not only do photography and sculpture, but also his work consisted of films, working with architects on projects, and comprehensive exhibitions.
Constructed Reality Historical Photographer Presentation: Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden
Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden
Born: September 16th, 1856.
He was a German photographer that worked mostly in Italy. He was most known for his pastoral nude works and studies of the Sicilian boys. He work is said to be commendable because of his controlled use of lighting and the elegant poses of his subjects. He also used special body makeup on his subjects to hide blemishes to try for a perfection in his works. Also Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden used an innovative technique of photographic filters to also help disguise the skin along with the body makeup. After his death his work soon disappeared, but recently has come back up and revived as the most important gay visual artists of the pre-World War I era to some. Most of his images were made before World War I.
Born: September 16th, 1856.
He was a German photographer that worked mostly in Italy. He was most known for his pastoral nude works and studies of the Sicilian boys. He work is said to be commendable because of his controlled use of lighting and the elegant poses of his subjects. He also used special body makeup on his subjects to hide blemishes to try for a perfection in his works. Also Baron Wilhelm Von Gloeden used an innovative technique of photographic filters to also help disguise the skin along with the body makeup. After his death his work soon disappeared, but recently has come back up and revived as the most important gay visual artists of the pre-World War I era to some. Most of his images were made before World War I.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Blog Prompt 24
A. Pick two images from any of the “constructed reality” photographers presented in class or linked on the assignment sheet. Describe how you could recreate these two images on a “smaller scale”.
James Casebere and Cindy Sherman. I would create both of this images together on a smaller scale by creating a image of constructed person who resembles a piece of architecture with the ghost like emotion that one is given by viewing that of Casebere's work.
B. Describe your plans for your self-proposed final project (if the plan is the same as before, paste it here again and give a bit more detail). During the final critique for Assignment #5, you will discuss/present these ideas to the class.
Think I would like to do a series on architecture, structures and natural architecture over the coarse of the day to play with different lighting. Otherwise, I would like to create a systematic catalog of stock images that people could actually use some day.
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