Write a short paragraph: name the 3 artists who interested you the most, then describe your idea for the assignment. Take time to brainstorm your idea FULLY!
No way! Am I the first one again? Freaky... I just got chills. Les trois: Kuhn: the photo of the blurry young woman in the white dress showed me that the shape/silhouette of an outfit can be just as important as the details Savage: the photograms of the old gloves/clothes again drew my attention to the form and outline of a garment Zimmerman: I loved Chrysalis: how the garment cocoon followed the woman's shape and then sprang away, how it concealed and revealed at the same time. Project: Originally, I was going to do a paper doll collection, like a modern day version, but that would have meant probably using the computer, and I wanted to get back into the dark room. So now I'm a gonna do a series on the form/shape/silhouette of clothing and its relationship to the form/shape/silhouette of the body. I will probs work in a "studio" so I can control the lighting to help outline the silhouettes. Mayhaps I use the 4x6 negetive camera if it's not too confusing/frustrating to use. Lo non so.
Horvat: I loved the photograph of the people at the races. The colors, the symmetry/uniformity, the lavishness, the contrast, the elegance.... i thought it was really awesome. Disfarmer: I like the idea of just having a backdrop so the people and their clothes really stand out. The people she chose were also really interesting. Lartique: (the picture of the lady with the white dress and hat particularly) Like Horvat, I liked the elegance and the tones. I also liked her body language and her relation with the clothes.
My idea is to do something with my friends wearing old clothes (like their parents clothes from the 80s). I would do it in front of a back drop or blank wall, and not really give them any direction, just tell them to stand there... be themselves, maybe make them almost candid and have someone talking to them or just have them sort of relaxing, not necessarily looking at the camera.
I really liked the whole "clothes without a body" thing so what i wanted to do was kind of focus on how clothes can really have their own personality. So what i want to get a bunch of people and take pictures from their neck to their waist, just seeing their shirt, or maybe just seeing their pants or their shoes. I would probably use a digital camera so i could get it in color. Disfarmer and i dont remember the others photographers name but they had the picture of the person in the white shirt but you could only see the shirt (you couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman).
The 3 artists that interested me the most were: 1.Ritta Pavvalainen because i liked her idea of "filling the cloths with air" rather than people. I thought it gave the cloths more beauty because we could focus on there shape and how the elements change them 2.I also liked Zimmerman because i thought his idea of a the chrysalis and it looked so interesting with the contrast, and how it followed the woman's pregnant figure 3.Third i liked Yoko Ono (im not sure how to spell her name) because i thought the idea of having the audience involved in the art was very cool and i thought the picture was beautiful, how her dress looked torn from the many cuts in it from the audience. Project: so as i brainstormed for the project i came up with the thought of "is it more natural to be wearing cloths or to be naked?" its a tough question because people have a natural instinct to wear cloths. however when we r wearing cloths we r covering our natural bodys. Well anyway i thought this was an interesting idea so i kept thinking about what the "natural outfit" is and decided my project was to make one. Im going to make a long white gown out of thin flowing material, and have my model walk through the woods in it. as she walks the fabric will tear on the trees, and groud, and will pick up dirt,and leaves. Therefor as she walks her cloths will become part of nature and nature will become part of her cloths. I also want to print in fairly high contrast to show how the cloths are seperate for nature, and the same at the same time. So thats it ... sorry its really long!!
Okay, so the three artists who interested me the most were: 1. Diettes- I loved how she made her project so meaningful by actually using items that used to belong to the victims. Also, it was cool how she printed with glass. 2. Sargent- I like the elegance of the bare sholders. 3. Disfarmer- The boy holding onto the father's pants. Project: I'm not really sure about this but I really want to show the history behind each piece of clothing. So, I want to go to a thrift store and purchase some things that look like they have the most history behind them. Probably something that's really stained or maybe if I can find something ripped.
I liked Ritta Pavvalainen-- clothes filled with air, no people. I liked sargent-- "madame x" is one of my favourite paintings, it has an elegence, and the contrast and understated colors. yoko one-- the idea of cutting clothes while still on her body was cool.
project idea: photos of people at their job, but with fairy wings on (i would supply the wings). they will either all be profiles or straight on. or i could do both.
I liked: Ritta Pavvalainen because the way she used air instead of people was really interesting. I think people give a lot of measure to the clothing they wear, but when the people are removed, the clothing has to define itself. Horvat: I liked the contrast between skin colors. I think that adds a lot to clothing. Disfarmer was cool too. I like using backdrops that kind of blend the people into it so all you see is the main subject.
MYY Ideeaaaaa I guess clothing as a way of expression. AKA going around boston or whereever people dress weirdly (harvard sq, near colleges, etc) and taking pictures of weird people. Maybe homelesss too but they might get offended...I dont know it's still a work in progress.
Horvat: the people at the races, where the one woman was infront of the men and they were all lookin with their binoculars at the race, she has this shawl over her face so you can only see her eye.it has this amazing elegance and beauty in the creases of her shall and the contrast between her and the men makes it a stunning photo.
Neshat: the picture of the iranian woman with words on her face and the barrel of a rifle pressed against her nose. this photo is so errie and creepy but it evokes a feeling that i think is very cool.
Horst: the fashion photography, the traditional greek type statue like poses. very senseuos and elegant and beautiful.
my idea is kind of a blend of my three favorite photographers from the slideshow. i loved the elegance and beauty the fashion photographers could make, but i also loved the creepyness of the photos that neshat did. so i decided id play with the idea of how people dress to show you something, how people dress to represent what they want other people to see them as. so i wondered if they are trying to put on a mask to cover up what is really inside of them, the clothing covering their true idenity. so my idea also has a part of identity in it. so i thought it would be cool if instead of people putting on clothes to cover their true identity, my model would wear something that would show his deepest hate and sins, all the bad things he has done that you could not tell just by looking at him. the things that clothes would usually cover up. after some thinking of what is the most sinister thing he could wear i decided it would be a very deep red/ scarlet sheet or blanket that i would rap around him so you can barely see his face. almost like the shawl the woman is wearing in Horvats pictures. then i will have doing everyday stuff like reading the newspaper or brushing his teeeth.this way i can have the elegance of the creases of the womans shawl and i can have him greek statue like poses like Horst's pictures. the contrast though is that the clothing isnt beutiful, it is the opposite and hopefully that will come out cool. im thinking of shooting 2 or 3 rolls of film some color some black and white with a tripod. probably indoors.
Sandra Eula Lee: I really liked and agreed with her concept of the labels unfortunately becoming more important that the clothing itself. Anne Hollander: Her quote "clothes can suggest, persuade..." got me thinking about what a massive amount of judgment can be made from some clothes. I combine her quote with Lee's concept and came up with mine, which is that clothes can only reveal the true person, if they are picked regardless of labels, or for others’ perception. Its fine to dress however you want as long as it is how you really want to dress. Otherwise, the clothes make you, you don’t make the clothes. Riitta Paivalainen: I got my idea from Riitta’s photos of clothing hung from the trees. I decided I would ask 10 people to give me any item of clothing they think best represents them. I’ll hang them from a tree in the woods, to try and show how out of place the clothes look in a natural setting, apart from the human who feels identified by them. Basically I am trying to show that it’s the person completely who constructs meaning from the clothing, not vice versa.
Gibson, Sherman,and Reishman are 3 artists that I enjoyed. Gibson's photo of a shirt sleeve instead of the person and the shadows made it look really cool. Then Resihman's photo of the bride and the partially unbuttoned shirt and the way it was framed also made it very interesting to look at. But I think the artist that made me come up with my idea would have to be Sherman. He took photos of one person but in 3 different outfits if I'm not mistaken.
my idea! Someone once told me that when a person dresses up, they look completely like a different person. I began to wonder about that, do they? Then I thought some more; different like how? Personality wise or different from how they look? I want to figure that out! Although it might be hard to figure out if their personality changes if they dress up, I want to at least see if they do look different, like turn into a different person, if they dress up. By dress up, I mean dressing up as if they're going to prom or some important dinner. I won't actually tell them what I'm doing, instead I'll just inform them they'll have to "dress up" because of my photo project [they won't question me] and then firstly take pictures of them in normal clothes and then pictures in their "dress up mode". It'll be me interesting...at least to me. How will a girl who always wears converses suddenly look in high heels? Presenation wide, I already have a vague idea of what I want to do and also trying toning...if that's not too complicated.
Artists that I really liked: 1. Disfarmer-- I liked how the clothing the people wore told so much about them and their lives, especially since the pictures were taken in a studio with just a plain backdrop. They seemed very personal and indicative of the peoples personalities. 2. Sherman-- I like how she used different outfits, poses, and settings to create multiple characters for herself 3. Jim Dine--- I like how he created a series of painting/drawings of his bathrobe, making an article of clothing into a self-portrait. My Project: I like the idea of using clothing to create a self-portrait or portrait. One idea that I had was to use a camera with a self timer and take a bajillion pictures of myself, each time in a different outfit, and then present them like a contact sheet. But that would really only be good in color, and I want to work in the dark room. My other idea is to take portraits of people's head a shoulders, and then print those pictures onto some article of clothing of theirs from their childhood using liquid light, so that their clothing literally becomes a portrait of them. I would need to find people willing to sacrifice a piece of clothing of theirs, and it would probably have to be light in color so that the photo will show up clearly. They would also have to be shot with a plain white background so that the faces are clear when they are printed onto the clothing. Plus, I would have to figure out how to use liquid light, which may or may not be possible, but I would really like to try it.
I liked Lee and how she would dress up and become a part of a certain group of people for a bit. I also liked how Caitlin showed how Native Americans changed their dress over time. I also liked Horvat's fashion photography.
For this assignment, I want to take pictures that are like 1940's and 50's high fashion, but have the model wear clothes of this era. I would take the photo's overall composition from the 40's or 50's. My idea is to have this girl walking around the city in these really nice clothes. I would have her kind of keep her pose the same, but change the different city scapes behind her.
1. Lartique ... I loved the contrast and how much white there was between her white hat and dress.
2. Horvat .. I really liked this photo because I loved the contrast between the one woman in the foreground and the men in the background.
3. Horst .. the picture of the woman putting on the girdle was beautifully composed and the lighting illuminated only certain aspects
Project: I am going do a project on traditional vs. modern clothes. I was going to use the pictures I have from Africa of the women in traditional dress and then the little kids in "american" clothing. Then, I was going to take Americans and dress them up in the tribal Masai clothes that I brought back.
artists i drew upon: *bon fils, glacometti, curtis: i am interested by the idea of 'national dress'... that people in different places have their own style. *jerry liebling, avedon, louis nine, gutman: Dressed For Work. People in different occupations have different styles of dress. What makes them dress this way? Convention or practicality? *lartique, sargent, berger- Dress For Success: Does the way we dress change our success?
Idea: ok, so obviously i'm really interested in photographing dancers. i've also always been fascinated by the specific rules of fashion in the dance world. it is really specific, unexpected and beautiful. as students progress, their uniforms/ style of dress change for classes. they attempt to mimic the style of company members. the epitomy of fashionble dress in the dance world is through company members. so, i plan to shoot the progression of style as students become older. i will move through age groups, and will finish the project with shots of company dancers in rehersals. i might incorporate the beauty of costumes as well by sneaking into the costume room or backstage if possible. i think i will use a mixture of digital and black/white film. not sure yet.
Photographers: -Sandra Eula Lee: I really enjoyed this idea of making clothing out of miscilanious things. Each peice was so detailed, and it was very interesting to look at. I especially liked the one made out the bank statement. -Horst: This picture was the one of the early corsette ad with the woment sitting on the bench and some cloth covering her lower back side. You can see the whole back of the women and all the details. I loved this picture because of how the lighting hit her (which showed the details in a good way) -Blackmon: This is the picture of the 2 girls in bras dieing their hair. I don't have much a reason why i liked this so much, i just did. There is no main photographer that inspired my idea. I loved the idea of judging people by appearence (like we did in class). My idea came from a TV show called 10 years younger, where they ask people off the streets to guess the age of the person according to their expression and presentation. I would dress a few people up in different styles. They would stand on a stool or crate (some thing to elevate them) and i would photograph each person/style. I would then ask strangers to judge them based on what they see. (i.e what type of person they are, music taste, personality, social siuation, etc.) On the the bottom of every print i would make a caption combining different things people said about the "model" and their style.
Disfarmer: I liked the simple style, and how taking away props and settings the people and the clothing could tell the stories.
Yoko Ono: I liked the concept a lot, the audience interaction, and the tearing away at clothes, something that seems almost forbidden sometimes. (Imagine cutting up a piece of your own clothing.)
Paivalainen: There is something intriguing about clothes without bodies, especially when made to look like they have structure and body. It makes me wonder what kind of person would be in the clothing.
project: bodies without faces
looking at photographs of people, our eyes are immediately drawn to faces. we read so much character from faces, mood, background, disposition, and so on. but what do other things in the picture tell us? in particular, what does clothing tell us? in order to examine this, i want to shoot a series of bodies without faces, and faces without bodies. is it easy to match the faces with the bodies? what about the body tells us the face belongs? is it easy to determine age, sex, religion or race? what about grades, interests, professions and moods? do some styles of clothing hide this? do some styles of clothing broadcast this? do the impressions we get from faces agree with the impressions we get from bodies? i want to explore the answers to these questions through photography and discussion stemmed from it. i think i also want to do color, but i am not sure i want digital.
Diette: I was struck by the concept behind Diette's photographs in "Drifting Away" of poeple disappearing in the Coloumbia river. They depicted a lost, wandering and restless feel that really echoed the lives lost.
August Sander: After reading "The Suit and the Photograph" and contemplating his pictures, I am intrigued by his idea of analyzing a person just by how their suit seems to fall over them, as well as the idea of the suit "commanding" respect and power.
Frank: The photograph of the man looking out at his farm--I simply found this piece enjoyable. You saw the man's dedication and hard work just by his stance and gaze.
-- Aside from the those slides that struck me, I want to take my project in a slightly different direction. I want to explore the positive ideas assiciated with uniformity, and wearing a uniform. I want to show how a uniform can bring out a less-material, and beneath-the-sureface look at a person, becuase their clothes aren't what's being judged. I also may explore how a uniform builds unity,and can be connected with a team. Sports teams, or work teams could both possibly be a group that a person identifies with, and a uniform can express that.
In light of August Sander, I'm thinking about having some shots of men in suits (which can act as uniforms in a sense). I'm still deciding on what other uniformed members of society I want to focus on, but they could range anywhere from a firefighter to a baseball player.
Munkacsi: I really loved how he captured the movement of the clothes on that woman running across the beach. I just liked how it looked and everything. Liebling: I also loved this photo. The little boy was so cute since he was obviously dressed way older than he actually was. Quite adorable. Gibson: I love how he focused in on just the shirt the person was wearing and the shadows and everything. It really highlighted the clothing instead of the person wearing them.
As for my project I was thinking of doing something like Gibson and focusing more on the clothes than the people wearing the clothes. Maybe I could get together some of my friends and photograph their unique styles and such. Or maybe I'd go out on the streets and find some unique fashions. I think this project would probably be better in color but I kind of want to get back into the dark room. And yeah my idea needs more work but its kind of all I got right now =p
Lee: I thought it was interesting that she used her style of dress to alter how she was perceived by the world in "the hip hop project" Sherman: I liked the concept of recreating moments from film through poses and outfits Barney: I liked how, because the clothing was uniform, the girls' relationships with one another and their surroundings stood out
i have two totally different ideas for this project. I either want to take pictures of striking fashion in the city, vis a vis the Sartorialist, or I wanted to branch off of Lee's "Hip Hop Project"..can't decide!
Disfarmer: i liked the direct style of all of his photos avedon: found avedon's work to be of the same style as disfarmer work and i like the negative space around the people of his photos Frank: the photo of the the farmer staring at the his field was my favorite photo in the whole slide show. it seemed like the man was looking at something greater then himself it really spoke to me. My project idea is to do photograph people in many different sets of clothing against different backrounds. some of all negative space and some with no negative space.
Photographers: 1.Lachapelle: I've always loved Lachapelles's work, even if it rarely has a direct connection to my own. I rarely use color, but his colors, perspective and ideas are always creative and interesting, with a sort of candyland feel. 2. Parke-Harrison: His photographs and prints are beautiful. I thought the landscapes were well chosen, but his poses made the photographs unique. There was a mix of anonymity (the suits) and a personal nature in the photographs that I also really liked. 3. Fulle: I've also been thinking a lot about photographs that aren't in focus. For my last assignment I shot a few to see how they turned out.I think the result can often been positive, with a more of a painterly feel and focus on color and form,but it must be thought about carefully as to avoid what would have been a good picture now out of focus.
Project: I would like to play with identity, focusing on gender identity. First I will have my models pick clothes they identify with/would wear to school,etc., and take pictures of them in those clothes. Hopefully some of the models with choose some of the same garments and those clothes will show up in my pictures multiple times.Then,I am going to put my "models" in clothes that they are uncomfortable with/don't identify with, paying attention to their body language. I will mount the prints together as a diptyk but not tell people in which photograph the model is wearing which outfit.
1.) Disfarmer - I liked his use of a plain backdrop, allowing the clothing to speak for itself. By looking at th clothing his models wore you were able to tell so much about them.
2.) Yoko Ono - I like the fact that she interacted with her audience. She performed an almost forbidden action (udressing and tearing up cloths) in public.
3.) Lee - the idea of changing your dress, attitude, and style to morph into a different social group intregued me.
I was really interested in what individal items of clothing can say about the wearer. For my project I plan to focus on shoes in particular. I am going to ask maybe three or four friends to pick out a pair of shoes that they think define them. I will then photgraph the shoes by themselves and then I will photograph my friends in the outfit that they feels defines them. For my final project I will show the prints of both the shoes and of the people and show how just by looking at the shoes one will be able to tell the style of the individual - being able to match the shoes with their wearer.
I haven't decided if I will use the personalities and styles of my friends or if I will have them adapt and take on different personnas.
Horst- His pictures of corsets were very appealing to me; the way the body would curve to this inanimate piece of attire. To me, it was like the corset had a special power over the bodies, made them obey its commands.
the artist of "Chrysillis"- i liked the idea of being swarmed by the clothes, and wrapped in the clothes; kind of like a cocoon. the idea of birth being symbolized by the wrapping of clothes was interesting, but the fact that the woman was pregnant gave the pictures a very strong feel.
Carrol- the "Alice in Wonderland" pictures were intriguing to me. The idea of taking an innocent childhood classic, and not only making it real, but also giving a different perspective to it; in this case, making the picture a little more creepy.
As i was re-reading the surveys we did, i started thinking about the Alice in Wonderland pictures that we looked at. I thought the idea of taking a child's past and history and making it into a present real, and giving a different perspective to it, was really cool. as a result I think i have a final decision to take old clothes that we used to wear as children and putting them on our current children, or maybe even adults. i wouldn't just photograph the pictures though, i would give the a different sense of feel. instead of just body shots or portraits, i would use the curves that the artist of Chrysillis used from the pregnant women. the pictures would be obscured and maybe even slightly abstract or surrealistic. this would give the idea of wearing your old baby clothes a new, more beautiful perspective.
Recently, I have been thinking of the idea of everything in a person's life being a self-portrait. Any action they carry out tells about their true self, nothing can be done to avoid it. After this project i have realized that it is the same for clothing. August Sander's photo of men in suits grabbed my attention, however it was only after I read the commentary by John Berger, I discovered the details that gave away the men's status, emotions and personality overall. This reminded me of Sherlock Holmes :P who would come up with conclusions after noticing things that others would not. Liebling and his photograph of the skinny little boy, again it made me think about the 'transformation" of personality - they adorable boy was dressed to appear older, but that only added to his personality, which could only be guessed through the photo, obviously
Riitta Pauvalainen and the idea to take photos of clothes with nature, instead of people filling and surrounding them. Again, if a person defines him/her self through everything, including clothes, how do clothes define themselves on their own?
My idea is to take my mother's clothes that she wore when she was around 17-20 I think, and make one or two models wear them and see what happens, what details can be noticed ( maybe modern accessories altering the clothes) and how the image that I have of my mother wearing that article of clothing many years ago, contrasts (or maybe not) the model in that piece. Then I want to take the same piece of clothing and hang it up, letting wind fill it and then contrast it to the previous .
Cindy Sherman: the photo with her as a young up start worker in the big city was really good. I liked it beacuse of the emotion shown in the face go with the clothes so well. Disfarmer: the photo with the farmer and his son in a office building. It was so good because of the role reversal in that picture you would never think that those two people will ever be there because of their clothes. Lartique: the photo of the women in the white dress. I liked it because her clothes represent something she wants to be young and hip but her face seem to sugest she is hiding her true age with make up and clothes. Project: i want to go out of the box with this and instead of using the cliche saying you are what you wear. I want to show that you wear what you want to be like the three peasants with the suits on, they want to be rich and with the Lartigue picture trying to be younger by dressing younger.
1) Lee: I really liked Lee's hip hop project. The idea of dressing up in another person's identity really interests me. 2) I also really like the photographs of teddy boys because they play into the idea of stereotypes and certain groups wearing certain types of clothing. 3) Zimmerman: I thought the Chrysalis pictures were unique and beautiful. I like the way he connected something that happens naturally in nature to the idea of clothing.
For my project I was interested in the idea of laundry (clothes without bodies). I thought of taking pictures of people doing laundry, of laundry hanging up, or areas where laundry is done (laundry rooms). I also thought about taking before and after pictures of dirty, wrinkled laundry and laundry after it has been cleaned and folded. What I decided to do however, is to photograph clothes in the process of being laundered. To make this more visually interesting I am planning to run a washing machine with a load of laundry all of a certain color. I will then photograph the washing machine from above after the laundry has been done. I would plan on putting the pictures of the different-colored laundry together in a row.
Disfarmer- I really liked the simplicity of his photos. But they were still able to capture alot of emotion. Horst- I loved the photo of the girl's back who was wearing a corset. Lee- I just though the whole switching identitys was a cool idea.
My idea: Clothing has become something completely different than what it was originally meant to be. I could imagine that when it was first used it was just for practical reasons such as warmth. Now it has turned into a way of expressing yourself. There is alot of influence in the media in what one wears. I wanted to use a model and take photos of them covered in leaves as their clothing. Then I will use the same model but have them covered in magazine pictures as their clothing.
Paivalainen: The idea of literally frozen clothes is way cool. Also liked how she decided to give them humanlike positions and stances for personality. Parke-Harrison: I've been a big fan of his photography. However, I think I'm more enthralled by the composition and subject than by his choice of clothing. It IS interesting that he decided to keep his outfit consistent throughout his work though. Zimmerman: Stunningly beautiful! Chrysalis connects humans to nature through clothes; just as there is a developing child in the mother's womb, a developing butterfly resides in the chrysalis. Also liked 'Catharsis' with the exploding dress. (OK I can't seem to find this in my notes anywhere, but I seem to also remember someone playing with clothes and throwing them in random places, like trees. It had an eerie yet hauntingly beautiful feel to it. Am I going crazy?)
For my project I'm trying to avoid humans (too much of that recently in my work) and focus instead on clothes. Haven't decided on an ultimate idea yet, but I wanted to capture clothes as worn by people, paying special attention to lighting, folds, wrinkles, stains, threadbareness. Another idea was to just play with the clothes, positioning them and trying to incorporate them subtly with their surroundings and observing how they interact with their environment.
carucci: i liked her use of single vibrant colors. like the lipstick, and the nailpolish.
neshat : i loved the work, with its creepy vibe, kinda dark and mysterious.
caitlin : different dress for native american over time.
for my idea i want to explore the idea of clothes expressing work and hardship. i would like to take pictures of people before they go to work, then afterwards and how their clothes have changed. my father and uncle own a landscaping company, and when they come home their clothes are dirty. i want to maybe explore how clothes can show a hard days work, and tell a story of what was done earlier
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No way! Am I the first one again? Freaky... I just got chills.
Les trois:
Kuhn: the photo of the blurry young woman in the white dress showed me that the shape/silhouette of an outfit can be just as important as the details
Savage: the photograms of the old gloves/clothes again drew my attention to the form and outline of a garment
Zimmerman: I loved Chrysalis: how the garment cocoon followed the woman's shape and then sprang away, how it concealed and revealed at the same time.
Project: Originally, I was going to do a paper doll collection, like a modern day version, but that would have meant probably using the computer, and I wanted to get back into the dark room. So now I'm a gonna do a series on the form/shape/silhouette of clothing and its relationship to the form/shape/silhouette of the body. I will probs work in a "studio" so I can control the lighting to help outline the silhouettes. Mayhaps I use the 4x6 negetive camera if it's not too confusing/frustrating to use. Lo non so.
Horvat: I loved the photograph of the people at the races. The colors, the symmetry/uniformity, the lavishness, the contrast, the elegance.... i thought it was really awesome.
Disfarmer: I like the idea of just having a backdrop so the people and their clothes really stand out. The people she chose were also really interesting.
Lartique: (the picture of the lady with the white dress and hat particularly) Like Horvat, I liked the elegance and the tones. I also liked her body language and her relation with the clothes.
My idea is to do something with my friends wearing old clothes (like their parents clothes from the 80s). I would do it in front of a back drop or blank wall, and not really give them any direction, just tell them to stand there... be themselves, maybe make them almost candid and have someone talking to them or just have them sort of relaxing, not necessarily looking at the camera.
I really liked the whole "clothes without a body" thing so what i wanted to do was kind of focus on how clothes can really have their own personality. So what i want to get a bunch of people and take pictures from their neck to their waist, just seeing their shirt, or maybe just seeing their pants or their shoes. I would probably use a digital camera so i could get it in color.
Disfarmer and i dont remember the others photographers name but they had the picture of the person in the white shirt but you could only see the shirt (you couldn't even tell if it was a man or a woman).
The 3 artists that interested me the most were:
1.Ritta Pavvalainen because i liked her idea of "filling the cloths with air" rather than people. I thought it gave the cloths more beauty because we could focus on there shape and how the elements change them
2.I also liked Zimmerman because i thought his idea of a the chrysalis and it looked so interesting with the contrast, and how it followed the woman's pregnant figure
3.Third i liked Yoko Ono (im not sure how to spell her name) because i thought the idea of having the audience involved in the art was very cool and i thought the picture was beautiful, how her dress looked torn from the many cuts in it from the audience.
Project: so as i brainstormed for the project i came up with the thought of "is it more natural to be wearing cloths or to be naked?" its a tough question because people have a natural instinct to wear cloths. however when we r wearing cloths we r covering our natural bodys. Well anyway i thought this was an interesting idea so i kept thinking about what the "natural outfit" is and decided my project was to make one. Im going to make a long white gown out of thin flowing material, and have my model walk through the woods in it. as she walks the fabric will tear on the trees, and groud, and will pick up dirt,and leaves. Therefor as she walks her cloths will become part of nature and nature will become part of her cloths. I also want to print in fairly high contrast to show how the cloths are seperate for nature, and the same at the same time. So thats it ... sorry its really long!!
Okay, so the three artists who interested me the most were:
1. Diettes- I loved how she made her project so meaningful by actually using items that used to belong to the victims. Also, it was cool how she printed with glass.
2. Sargent- I like the elegance of the bare sholders.
3. Disfarmer- The boy holding onto the father's pants.
Project: I'm not really sure about this but I really want to show the history behind each piece of clothing. So, I want to go to a thrift store and purchase some things that look like they have the most history behind them. Probably something that's really stained or maybe if I can find something ripped.
I liked Ritta Pavvalainen-- clothes filled with air, no people.
I liked sargent-- "madame x" is one of my favourite paintings, it has an elegence, and the contrast and understated colors.
yoko one-- the idea of cutting clothes while still on her body was cool.
project idea:
photos of people at their job, but with fairy wings on (i would supply the wings). they will either all be profiles or straight on. or i could do both.
I liked:
Ritta Pavvalainen because the way she used air instead of people was really interesting. I think people give a lot of measure to the clothing they wear, but when the people are removed, the clothing has to define itself.
Horvat: I liked the contrast between skin colors. I think that adds a lot to clothing.
Disfarmer was cool too. I like using backdrops that kind of blend the people into it so all you see is the main subject.
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I guess clothing as a way of expression. AKA going around boston or whereever people dress weirdly (harvard sq, near colleges, etc) and taking pictures of weird people. Maybe homelesss too but they might get offended...I dont know it's still a work in progress.
Horvat: the people at the races, where the one woman was infront of the men and they were all lookin with their binoculars at the race, she has this shawl over her face so you can only see her eye.it has this amazing elegance and beauty in the creases of her shall and the contrast between her and the men makes it a stunning photo.
Neshat: the picture of the iranian woman with words on her face and the barrel of a rifle pressed against her nose. this photo is so errie and creepy but it evokes a feeling that i think is very cool.
Horst: the fashion photography, the traditional greek type statue like poses. very senseuos and elegant and beautiful.
my idea is kind of a blend of my three favorite photographers from the slideshow. i loved the elegance and beauty the fashion photographers could make, but i also loved the creepyness of the photos that neshat did. so i decided id play with the idea of how people dress to show you something, how people dress to represent what they want other people to see them as. so i wondered if they are trying to put on a mask to cover up what is really inside of them, the clothing covering their true idenity. so my idea also has a part of identity in it. so i thought it would be cool if instead of people putting on clothes to cover their true identity, my model would wear something that would show his deepest hate and sins, all the bad things he has done that you could not tell just by looking at him. the things that clothes would usually cover up. after some thinking of what is the most sinister thing he could wear i decided it would be a very deep red/ scarlet sheet or blanket that i would rap around him so you can barely see his face. almost like the shawl the woman is wearing in Horvats pictures. then i will have doing everyday stuff like reading the newspaper or brushing his teeeth.this way i can have the elegance of the creases of the womans shawl and i can have him greek statue like poses like Horst's pictures. the contrast though is that the clothing isnt beutiful, it is the opposite and hopefully that will come out cool. im thinking of shooting 2 or 3 rolls of film some color some black and white with a tripod. probably indoors.
Sandra Eula Lee: I really liked and agreed with her concept of the labels unfortunately becoming more important that the clothing itself.
Anne Hollander: Her quote "clothes can suggest, persuade..." got me thinking about what a massive amount of judgment can be made from some clothes. I combine her quote with Lee's concept and came up with mine, which is that clothes can only reveal the true person, if they are picked regardless of labels, or for others’ perception. Its fine to dress however you want as long as it is how you really want to dress. Otherwise, the clothes make you, you don’t make the clothes.
Riitta Paivalainen: I got my idea from Riitta’s photos of clothing hung from the trees. I decided I would ask 10 people to give me any item of clothing they think best represents them. I’ll hang them from a tree in the woods, to try and show how out of place the clothes look in a natural setting, apart from the human who feels identified by them. Basically I am trying to show that it’s the person completely who constructs meaning from the clothing, not vice versa.
Gibson, Sherman,and Reishman are 3 artists that I enjoyed. Gibson's photo of a shirt sleeve instead of the person and the shadows made it look really cool. Then Resihman's photo of the bride and the partially unbuttoned shirt and the way it was framed also made it very interesting to look at. But I think the artist that made me come up with my idea would have to be Sherman. He took photos of one person but in 3 different outfits if I'm not mistaken.
my idea! Someone once told me that when a person dresses up, they look completely like a different person. I began to wonder about that, do they? Then I thought some more; different like how? Personality wise or different from how they look? I want to figure that out! Although it might be hard to figure out if their personality changes if they dress up, I want to at least see if they do look different, like turn into a different person, if they dress up. By dress up, I mean dressing up as if they're going to prom or some important dinner. I won't actually tell them what I'm doing, instead I'll just inform them they'll have to "dress up" because of my photo project [they won't question me] and then firstly take pictures of them in normal clothes and then pictures in their "dress up mode". It'll be me interesting...at least to me. How will a girl who always wears converses suddenly look in high heels? Presenation wide, I already have a vague idea of what I want to do and also trying toning...if that's not too complicated.
Artists that I really liked:
1. Disfarmer-- I liked how the clothing the people wore told so much about them and their lives, especially since the pictures were taken in a studio with just a plain backdrop. They seemed very personal and indicative of the peoples personalities.
2. Sherman-- I like how she used different outfits, poses, and settings to create multiple characters for herself
3. Jim Dine--- I like how he created a series of painting/drawings of his bathrobe, making an article of clothing into a self-portrait.
My Project: I like the idea of using clothing to create a self-portrait or portrait. One idea that I had was to use a camera with a self timer and take a bajillion pictures of myself, each time in a different outfit, and then present them like a contact sheet. But that would really only be good in color, and I want to work in the dark room. My other idea is to take portraits of people's head a shoulders, and then print those pictures onto some article of clothing of theirs from their childhood using liquid light, so that their clothing literally becomes a portrait of them. I would need to find people willing to sacrifice a piece of clothing of theirs, and it would probably have to be light in color so that the photo will show up clearly. They would also have to be shot with a plain white background so that the faces are clear when they are printed onto the clothing. Plus, I would have to figure out how to use liquid light, which may or may not be possible, but I would really like to try it.
I liked Lee and how she would dress up and become a part of a certain group of people for a bit. I also liked how Caitlin showed how Native Americans changed their dress over time. I also liked Horvat's fashion photography.
For this assignment, I want to take pictures that are like 1940's and 50's high fashion, but have the model wear clothes of this era. I would take the photo's overall composition from the 40's or 50's. My idea is to have this girl walking around the city in these really nice clothes. I would have her kind of keep her pose the same, but change the different city scapes behind her.
1. Lartique ... I loved the contrast and how much white there was between her white hat and dress.
2. Horvat .. I really liked this photo because I loved the contrast between the one woman in the foreground and the men in the background.
3. Horst .. the picture of the woman putting on the girdle was beautifully composed and the lighting illuminated only certain aspects
Project: I am going do a project on traditional vs. modern clothes. I was going to use the pictures I have from Africa of the women in traditional dress and then the little kids in "american" clothing. Then, I was going to take Americans and dress them up in the tribal Masai clothes that I brought back.
artists i drew upon:
*bon fils, glacometti, curtis: i am interested by the idea of 'national dress'... that people in different places have their own style.
*jerry liebling, avedon, louis nine, gutman: Dressed For Work. People in different occupations have different styles of dress. What makes them dress this way? Convention or practicality?
*lartique, sargent, berger- Dress For Success: Does the way we dress change our success?
Idea: ok, so obviously i'm really interested in photographing dancers. i've also always been fascinated by the specific rules of fashion in the dance world. it is really specific, unexpected and beautiful. as students progress, their uniforms/ style of dress change for classes. they attempt to mimic the style of company members. the epitomy of fashionble dress in the dance world is through company members.
so, i plan to shoot the progression of style as students become older. i will move through age groups, and will finish the project with shots of company dancers in rehersals.
i might incorporate the beauty of costumes as well by sneaking into the costume room or backstage if possible.
i think i will use a mixture of digital and black/white film. not sure yet.
Photographers:
-Sandra Eula Lee: I really enjoyed this idea of making clothing out of miscilanious things. Each peice was so detailed, and it was very interesting to look at. I especially liked the one made out the bank statement.
-Horst: This picture was the one of the early corsette ad with the woment sitting on the bench and some cloth covering her lower back side. You can see the whole back of the women and all the details. I loved this picture because of how the lighting hit her (which showed the details in a good way)
-Blackmon: This is the picture of the 2 girls in bras dieing their hair. I don't have much a reason why i liked this so much, i just did.
There is no main photographer that inspired my idea. I loved the idea of judging people by appearence (like we did in class). My idea came from a TV show called 10 years younger, where they ask people off the streets to guess the age of the person according to their expression and presentation.
I would dress a few people up in different styles. They would stand on a stool or crate (some thing to elevate them) and i would photograph each person/style. I would then ask strangers to judge them based on what they see. (i.e what type of person they are, music taste, personality, social siuation, etc.) On the the bottom of every print i would make a caption combining different things people said about the "model" and their style.
(sorry for how long this is.)
Disfarmer: I liked the simple style, and how taking away props and settings the people and the clothing could tell the stories.
Yoko Ono: I liked the concept a lot, the audience interaction, and the tearing away at clothes, something that seems almost forbidden sometimes. (Imagine cutting up a piece of your own clothing.)
Paivalainen: There is something intriguing about clothes without bodies, especially when made to look like they have structure and body. It makes me wonder what kind of person would be in the clothing.
project: bodies without faces
looking at photographs of people, our eyes are immediately drawn to faces. we read so much character from faces, mood, background, disposition, and so on. but what do other things in the picture tell us? in particular, what does clothing tell us? in order to examine this, i want to shoot a series of bodies without faces, and faces without bodies. is it easy to match the faces with the bodies? what about the body tells us the face belongs? is it easy to determine age, sex, religion or race? what about grades, interests, professions and moods? do some styles of clothing hide this? do some styles of clothing broadcast this? do the impressions we get from faces agree with the impressions we get from bodies? i want to explore the answers to these questions through photography and discussion stemmed from it. i think i also want to do color, but i am not sure i want digital.
Diette: I was struck by the concept behind Diette's photographs in "Drifting Away" of poeple disappearing in the Coloumbia river. They depicted a lost, wandering and restless feel that really echoed the lives lost.
August Sander: After reading "The Suit and the Photograph" and contemplating his pictures, I am intrigued by his idea of analyzing a person just by how their suit seems to fall over them, as well as the idea of the suit "commanding" respect and power.
Frank: The photograph of the man looking out at his farm--I simply found this piece enjoyable. You saw the man's dedication and hard work just by his stance and gaze.
-- Aside from the those slides that struck me, I want to take my project in a slightly different direction. I want to explore the positive ideas assiciated with uniformity, and wearing a uniform. I want to show how a uniform can bring out a less-material, and beneath-the-sureface look at a person, becuase their clothes aren't what's being judged. I also may explore how a uniform builds unity,and can be connected with a team. Sports teams, or work teams could both possibly be a group that a person identifies with, and a uniform can express that.
In light of August Sander, I'm thinking about having some shots of men in suits (which can act as uniforms in a sense). I'm still deciding on what other uniformed members of society I want to focus on, but they could range anywhere from a firefighter to a baseball player.
Munkacsi: I really loved how he captured the movement of the clothes on that woman running across the beach. I just liked how it looked and everything.
Liebling: I also loved this photo. The little boy was so cute since he was obviously dressed way older than he actually was. Quite adorable.
Gibson: I love how he focused in on just the shirt the person was wearing and the shadows and everything. It really highlighted the clothing instead of the person wearing them.
As for my project I was thinking of doing something like Gibson and focusing more on the clothes than the people wearing the clothes. Maybe I could get together some of my friends and photograph their unique styles and such. Or maybe I'd go out on the streets and find some unique fashions. I think this project would probably be better in color but I kind of want to get back into the dark room. And yeah my idea needs more work but its kind of all I got right now =p
Lee: I thought it was interesting that she used her style of dress to alter how she was perceived by the world in "the hip hop project"
Sherman: I liked the concept of recreating moments from film through poses and outfits
Barney: I liked how, because the clothing was uniform, the girls' relationships with one another and their surroundings stood out
i have two totally different ideas for this project. I either want to take pictures of striking fashion in the city, vis a vis the Sartorialist, or I wanted to branch off of Lee's "Hip Hop Project"..can't decide!
Disfarmer: i liked the direct style of all of his photos
avedon: found avedon's work to be of the same style as disfarmer work and i like the negative space around the people of his photos
Frank: the photo of the the farmer staring at the his field was my favorite photo in the whole slide show. it seemed like the man was looking at something greater then himself it really spoke to me.
My project idea is to do photograph people in many different sets of clothing against different backrounds. some of all negative space and some with no negative space.
Photographers:
1.Lachapelle: I've always loved Lachapelles's work, even if it rarely has a direct connection to my own. I rarely use color, but his colors, perspective and ideas are always creative and interesting, with a sort of candyland feel.
2. Parke-Harrison: His photographs and prints are beautiful. I thought the landscapes were well chosen, but his poses made the photographs unique. There was a mix of anonymity (the suits) and a personal nature in the photographs that I also really liked.
3. Fulle: I've also been thinking a lot about photographs that aren't in focus. For my last assignment I shot a few to see how they turned out.I think the result can often been positive, with a more of a painterly feel and focus on color and form,but it must be thought about carefully as to avoid what would have been a good picture now out of focus.
Project: I would like to play with identity, focusing on gender identity. First I will have my models pick clothes they identify with/would wear to school,etc., and take pictures of them in those clothes. Hopefully some of the models with choose some of the same garments and those clothes will show up in my pictures multiple times.Then,I am going to put my "models" in clothes that they are uncomfortable with/don't identify with, paying attention to their body language. I will mount the prints together as a diptyk but not tell people in which photograph the model is wearing which outfit.
1.) Disfarmer - I liked his use of a plain backdrop, allowing the clothing to speak for itself. By looking at th clothing his models wore you were able to tell so much about them.
2.) Yoko Ono - I like the fact that she interacted with her audience. She performed an almost forbidden action (udressing and tearing up cloths) in public.
3.) Lee - the idea of changing your dress, attitude, and style to morph into a different social group intregued me.
I was really interested in what individal items of clothing can say about the wearer. For my project I plan to focus on shoes in particular. I am going to ask maybe three or four friends to pick out a pair of shoes that they think define them. I will then photgraph the shoes by themselves and then I will photograph my friends in the outfit that they feels defines them. For my final project I will show the prints of both the shoes and of the people and show how just by looking at the shoes one will be able to tell the style of the individual - being able to match the shoes with their wearer.
I haven't decided if I will use the personalities and styles of my friends or if I will have them adapt and take on different personnas.
Horst- His pictures of corsets were very appealing to me; the way the body would curve to this inanimate piece of attire. To me, it was like the corset had a special power over the bodies, made them obey its commands.
the artist of "Chrysillis"- i liked the idea of being swarmed by the clothes, and wrapped in the clothes; kind of like a cocoon. the idea of birth being symbolized by the wrapping of clothes was interesting, but the fact that the woman was pregnant gave the pictures a very strong feel.
Carrol- the "Alice in Wonderland" pictures were intriguing to me. The idea of taking an innocent childhood classic, and not only making it real, but also giving a different perspective to it; in this case, making the picture a little more creepy.
As i was re-reading the surveys we did, i started thinking about the Alice in Wonderland pictures that we looked at. I thought the idea of taking a child's past and history and making it into a present real, and giving a different perspective to it, was really cool. as a result I think i have a final decision to take old clothes that we used to wear as children and putting them on our current children, or maybe even adults. i wouldn't just photograph the pictures though, i would give the a different sense of feel. instead of just body shots or portraits, i would use the curves that the artist of Chrysillis used from the pregnant women. the pictures would be obscured and maybe even slightly abstract or surrealistic. this would give the idea of wearing your old baby clothes a new, more beautiful perspective.
Recently, I have been thinking of the idea of everything in a person's life being a self-portrait. Any action they carry out tells about their true self, nothing can be done to avoid it. After this project i have realized that it is the same for clothing.
August Sander's photo of men in suits grabbed my attention, however it was only after I read the commentary by John Berger, I discovered the details that gave away the men's status, emotions and personality overall. This reminded me of Sherlock Holmes :P who would come up with conclusions after noticing things that others would not.
Liebling and his photograph of the skinny little boy, again it made me think about the 'transformation" of personality - they adorable boy was dressed to appear older, but that only added to his personality, which could only be guessed through the photo, obviously
Riitta Pauvalainen and the idea to take photos of clothes with nature, instead of people filling and surrounding them. Again, if a person defines him/her self through everything, including clothes, how do clothes define themselves on their own?
My idea is to take my mother's clothes that she wore when she was around 17-20 I think, and make one or two models wear them and see what happens, what details can be noticed ( maybe modern accessories altering the clothes) and how the image that I have of my mother wearing that article of clothing many years ago, contrasts (or maybe not) the model in that piece. Then I want to take the same piece of clothing and hang it up, letting wind fill it and then contrast it to the previous .
Cindy Sherman: the photo with her as a young up start worker in the big city was really good. I liked it beacuse of the emotion shown in the face go with the clothes so well.
Disfarmer: the photo with the farmer and his son in a office building. It was so good because of the role reversal in that picture you would never think that those two people will ever be there because of their clothes.
Lartique: the photo of the women in the white dress. I liked it because her clothes represent something she wants to be young and hip but her face seem to sugest she is hiding her true age with make up and clothes.
Project: i want to go out of the box with this and instead of using the cliche saying you are what you wear. I want to show that you wear what you want to be like the three peasants with the suits on, they want to be rich and with the Lartigue picture trying to be younger by dressing younger.
1) Lee: I really liked Lee's hip hop project. The idea of dressing up in another person's identity really interests me.
2) I also really like the photographs of teddy boys because they play into the idea of stereotypes and certain groups wearing certain types of clothing.
3) Zimmerman: I thought the Chrysalis pictures were unique and beautiful. I like the way he connected something that happens naturally in nature to the idea of clothing.
For my project I was interested in the idea of laundry (clothes without bodies). I thought of taking pictures of people doing laundry, of laundry hanging up, or areas where laundry is done (laundry rooms). I also thought about taking before and after pictures of dirty, wrinkled laundry and laundry after it has been cleaned and folded. What I decided to do however, is to photograph clothes in the process of being laundered. To make this more visually interesting I am planning to run a washing machine with a load of laundry all of a certain color. I will then photograph the washing machine from above after the laundry has been done. I would plan on putting the pictures of the different-colored laundry together in a row.
Disfarmer- I really liked the simplicity of his photos. But they were still able to capture alot of emotion.
Horst- I loved the photo of the girl's back who was wearing a corset.
Lee- I just though the whole switching identitys was a cool idea.
My idea: Clothing has become something completely different than what it was originally meant to be. I could imagine that when it was first used it was just for practical reasons such as warmth. Now it has turned into a way of expressing yourself. There is alot of influence in the media in what one wears. I wanted to use a model and take photos of them covered in leaves as their clothing. Then I will use the same model but have them covered in magazine pictures as their clothing.
Paivalainen: The idea of literally frozen clothes is way cool. Also liked how she decided to give them humanlike positions and stances for personality.
Parke-Harrison: I've been a big fan of his photography. However, I think I'm more enthralled by the composition and subject than by his choice of clothing. It IS interesting that he decided to keep his outfit consistent throughout his work though.
Zimmerman: Stunningly beautiful! Chrysalis connects humans to nature through clothes; just as there is a developing child in the mother's womb, a developing butterfly resides in the chrysalis. Also liked 'Catharsis' with the exploding dress.
(OK I can't seem to find this in my notes anywhere, but I seem to also remember someone playing with clothes and throwing them in random places, like trees. It had an eerie yet hauntingly beautiful feel to it. Am I going crazy?)
For my project I'm trying to avoid humans (too much of that recently in my work) and focus instead on clothes. Haven't decided on an ultimate idea yet, but I wanted to capture clothes as worn by people, paying special attention to lighting, folds, wrinkles, stains, threadbareness. Another idea was to just play with the clothes, positioning them and trying to incorporate them subtly with their surroundings and observing how they interact with their environment.
carucci: i liked her use of single vibrant colors. like the lipstick, and the nailpolish.
neshat : i loved the work, with its creepy vibe, kinda dark and mysterious.
caitlin : different dress for native american over time.
for my idea i want to explore the idea of clothes expressing work and hardship. i would like to take pictures of people before they go to work, then afterwards and how their clothes have changed. my father and uncle own a landscaping company, and when they come home their clothes are dirty. i want to maybe explore how clothes can show a hard days work, and tell a story of what was done earlier
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