Answer the following questions about the photographer's work:
What is the photographer's name and into
what category of photography does their work fall?
What choices does the photographer make about color, composition, and quality of light in order to create a sense of place in his or her work?
What mood or feelings are evoked by their work and how do you think they are able to create that mood?
Some suggested photographers below from each category:
Travel/Editorial
Sam
Abell
David
Alan Harvey
William
Albert Allard
Joel
Sartore
Ditte
Isager
Melissa
Farlow
Steve
McCurry
Bob
Krist
Anna
Williams
Erin
Kunkel
Commercial/Architectural
Brendan
Austin
Todd Eberle
Todd Eberle
Lincoln
Barbour
Jeff Amram
Julius Shulman
Hedrich Blessing Photographers (studio of 5)
Barbara Karant
Henrik Kam
Fine Art, Conceptual Landscape Photographers:
Robert Adams
Stephen Shore
Lewis Balt
Frank Gohlke
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Edward Burtynsky
Joel Sternfeld
Sally Mann
Justine Kurland
Classic Landscape Photographers:
Ansel Adams
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Art Wolfe
Roger A. Caras
Ricardo Carrasco
Norman Chaffer
Imogen Cunningham
Moose Peterson
John Pezzenti
Oliver G Pike
Eliot Porter
George Shiras III
Hannu Siitonen
David Allen Harvey – Editorial
ReplyDeleteAfter visiting David’s website I was left searching for more. His piece that really drew me in was his photos of Norfolk, VA. In his work on the slums of Norfolk he used natural lighting, high-speed black and white film, and produced high contrast photos. I love the use of grainy film to gives you that dirty poverty feel. The use of natural light indoors looses a lot of detail allowing for the high contrast photos. The overall feeling I get from this series is, “what a shitty place to be.” I believe that was his goal and it worked extremely well. After looking up Norfolk I found out that they did eventually “revamp” that area. For other examples of his amazing work check out “Living Proof.”
Ditte Isager- editorial
ReplyDeleteMs. Isager creates a very interesting sense of place. her photos are dark and simple, and kind of make me wonder why she is photographing the way she does. her doll collection in particular was very interesting simply because its not so "norm", which i like to relate to very well.
Edward Burtynsky- Fine Art, Conceptual Landscape
ReplyDeleteThe choices that Burtynsky makes in terms of color, composition and light are that he chooses to shoot in organic, landscape settings while using inorganic subjects in huge, organized patterns perhaps to create an overwhelming mood. I noticed that he tends to 'dull down' the earth tones and brighten the inorganic subjects, sometimes making them almost a neon color. Doing this exposes a very unnatural, inorganic subject in a natural environment, creating a feeling that the land has been taken over, or swamped by invasive objects.