Which artist interested you the most? Can you use his/her work to inspire your idea for the assignment? Outline briefly your approach for the assignment.
Yeah i was really inspired by one photographer in particular. That photographer would be Winogrand. I have always been in love with street photography, but his work which Mr. Morris has shown on the sideshow has propelled me to take that use it for this project. I want to take photos of individuals in the streets. That is my real passion of photo and that is to capture the raw emotions of others in their natural environment and that is what im planning on doing
I was really inspired by Sterling's close up of the girl's face. I loved the intimacy of the picture and the how the coposition of the picture nicely framed her face. I plan to use this picture as inspiration for the intimacy of my photographs. I was going to take a picture of one person with a background and then another one and then switch the backgrounds so that the person was no longer in their environment.
The artist that interested me the most was Stein who photographed people seperating themselves with their electronic devices. The picture that's in my mind (although I'm not sure if it's Stein since I can't find it in my notes right now) is of two people in the same room but they're each talking on their own cellphone. I want to use this idea of people isolating themselves with electronic devices in the world. I want to create a story of someone who at first was more interactive with people on the streets and took walks and such then the same person will plug in her iPod, talk on their cellphone, or even stay home to watch TV and how this person isn't as interactive anymore.
I really liked the Salgado photograph of the train station. I liked the frenzy and crowds and blur and would use this idea in my project but also add an individual. I think I want to go on a really busy street and take long exposures with one person still but everyone around them blurry and moving fast and stuff.
Mad snaps to Eddy for being numero uno. J'ai deux idees. Unfortunately, I am currently away from my photography notes and cannot find the name of the artist I am inspired by. However! I can describe it. I liked the series of photographs that where all very close up cropped photos of people's faces. I really like the idea of individuals within the society. I would like to create fake ideas with a satirical twist. I would format it like a license, but instead of name, address, height, birth date, etc, I would have little details about the person like "liked yellow dogs when little" "wishes to fly to disneyland next february." This would be a comment on the absurdity of defining the identity of a person by a few facts.
Of course, I realize that this might not work as the school/police might not want me creating fake IDs, even if they are meant to be fake. SO I have created a Plan B. I would photographs different units in society (individual, family, class, etc.) and create a food pyramid... but with people.
The photos that inspired my project were the ones of people in their cars talking on cell phones (I'm not sure about the artists cause I don't have my photo notes with me). I was fascinated by the idea of technology (i pods, cell phones, cars, TV) seperating the individual from society.
For my project I plan to phtograph groups of people/frineds but none of them are talking to each other. They will all be listening to ipods or talking on cell phones or all watching TV together but not talking. I might also include pictures of individuals in cars.
Soo this doesn't really connect to my project but i really like the picture in the slideshow by Brassai. This was the picture of the girl on the street corner in Paris in the 1930's. The girls figure is dark and the street is light. I really liked the lighting in the photo.
My idea for this assignment was to phtotograph the individual that goes unrecognized and not acknowleged in society. To me, this is homeless people. I would take the picture so the homeless person was in focus and everyone walking by was blurred to show how many just pass by without recognizing them.
During the slideshow, Daudson, Sterling and Lyon caught my attention with photographs of teenagers. I hope to explore this modern subculture, and to document today's teengaers. My friend has a great porch overlooking an interesting street in Brighton, and I want to take pictures of people hanging out on the porch on a typical night (hopefully the streetlights will give enough light). I will also incorporate sounds/ take notes on what people are wearing and saying.
The artist that interested me most was Streuli. He took lots of street photography and I just really liked the bright natural lighting of them. I'm really interested in street photography so that just caught my attention. I also really liked the photographer who took street pictures but the lighting in the background was all dark and their faces were bright, I cant remember the artists name but yeah those were pretty cool too.
So anyways, for this project I was thinking of shooting pictures of homeless people who are a very unique individuals in a society that often over looks them. I might also shoot some pictures of the people who do give money, those who stare as they walk by and those who just don't even notice.
Throughout the slideshow I noticed that the chosen artists went in depth on teenagers, children, 20 and some 30 something year-olds, and a few on 40-60 year-olds. There was only one photograph of an elderly person (the yale graduate) whom I find to be some of the most truly interesting of all age groups. They are also people that tend to be grouped together as depressing and boring and often shut off from society because of physical problems.
The artist I was insipred by was Diane Arbus. She depicted outcasts as elites, as theu have survived horrible trauma. I want to depict elderly people in the same way, as remarkable individuals who have been disregarded by society and made strong by numerous obstacles they have to overcome.
i really was intriguied by the photos taken of mentally insane people by cooke,watanabe, and Broomberg and chanarin. but i also love sanders work of 30's germany and that famous photo of the highschool student with the cigarette. i want to combine the work of these photographers for my assignment. i plan to photograph homeless people in different places around boston. i do not want to do what watanabe did and make them seem like a higher more intellect being. i want to capture the emotion in their faces. i would love to put them against a white backround, but that wont be possible, so ill just use the nearest wall. for the society piece i will also take pictures of swarms of buisness people on the streets of boston. i plan to make a double exposure by putting the homeless man in the middle of the crowd.
From the whole slideshow although I liked many of the photographers, I liked what Rogge did with the digital clone. I would take a couple people and photograph them and intead of just cloning them, I would want to add something to the original photography. Like for example maybe I would addan extra finger, but something sort of subtle.
The photo series of the mental asylum patients (I don't have the exact name, but it was like "I see angels every day")-- it was deeply riveting yet delicate at the same time. I also found Rogge's digitally manipulated prints rather fascinating with a clear, in-your-face message. As much as I would like to model my assignment after the mental asylum series, I'll probably go with something along the lines of digital manipulation like Rogge. I'm not completely sure of the details, but I want to focus on the bizarre individual. They'll have odd and almost fantastical body parts that somehow will speak to their beliefs, personalities, etc. These people will look almost like outcasts, anomalies of the human race, but their oddities are what sets them apart and makes them unique.
Some photographers i really liked were Freidlander, Conover, and Dwight. Generally i just really enjoy street photography. I think it is interesting to think that any random person you glance at has a whole individual life that you don't know about. What i'd like to do for this is photograph people on the street. then I want to ask other people, such as my friends, about this persons life. Just by looking at the picture i want to see if they can guess what their job, age, hobbies and etc. are. We can never know what they actually are but opinions can be formed just by looking at them.
I really liked Binh Danh's chlorophyll prints. The were very unique and seemed delicate, the idea of anonymous photographs of people was interesting.
However, I cannot do the same thing he did and I was influenced by other photographers from the side show. I want to take photos of our "consumer society" and exaggerate some things maybe. Some ideas I have is taking a photo of a person passionately eating something, cake possibly as if there is nothing else s/he would rather do, or take a photo of someone surrounded by piles of stuff sitting with a phone and looking at a catalog ( inspired by fight club :P ) I want to show that in this society people define themselves through things rather than personal qualities.
Salgado's photographs of the train station were the ones that inspired me. I really liked the chaotic blur surrounding the crowd and how it reminded me of being in a busy place. For this assignment, I plan on taking pictures of people with varying professions in their work places. I would visit them and photograph them at work to show the relationship between that particular person and their work environment, i.e. that individual in one of their roles of society.
I was really inspired by the photographers who focused on close up portraits of people. I expecially liked Sterling's close up. I think close us provide the most intimacy and really capture the person.
For my assignment I want to do a combination of close ups and groups. In group shots no individual would be the center of attention, then i would also shoot close ups of each individual to show each person's character in a group and then alone.
My idea is to focus the individual-- and the expression "you are what you eat" I'd photograph people I see eating-- my family, people in restaurants, or walking down the street with an apple.
My favorite artist was Hopper. I liked how he captured how people got away from society and were able to find their own little niche and quiet place in the world.
My idea is to go to some remote (ish) places, such as the woods, mountains, etc, and take pictures of them in contemplative poses.
I am not sure who the artist is, but they took the picture of the cowboy in New York. the separation of this cowboy from the rest of the New Yorkers sparked my idea. i liked the picture because it didn't show the whole person, but it was obvious that he didn't belong in this environment, however he was obviously accepted among the people in the city. leaning up against that fire hydrant, smoking that cigarette gave me the feeling of acceptance and change within him, however he was still in his cowboy uniform and had his legs crossed like the cowboy he is at heart.
my idea has to do with the acceptance of people into societies which they may not necessarily belong. the pictures can show acceptance or un-acceptance. i would use people i see on the street, or maybe even have my friends go up to people or clicks that they would not usually belong to, and try and make friends with them. i think that this is a doable idea, and fits to the project.
My favorite artist from the slide show was Diane Arbus. I thought the people she photographed were very interesting and provided the viewer with a sense of the subject's soul. For my project I would like to take pictures of my family, because they are all freaks in their own way. portraits will be black and white, and shot straight on.
Kaylynn Deveney's "The Day to Day Life of Albert Hastings" series was especially interesting to me. The subject, Albert Hastings, was observed performing his day-to-day routines, "Enjoying the Sun," "Preparing a Snack," and "Shopping in Somerfields." The use of gaudy colors, specific tasks, composition, framing, and a quirky subject came together to represent the mundane rituals of an endearing man. These routines make up and, in a way, define the individual.
Another series titled "Murderers, the Chicago Seven" by Avedon also caught my attention. Here, we see that individuals define society. There are portraits of individual murderers rolling up their sleeves to reveal intimidating tattoos. These portraits are juxtaposed against a triptych of seven neatly dressed, seemingless harmless men. Society appears to be placid and ordinary, however we find that the components of society, the individuals, have striking characteristics of their own.
For my assignment, I plan to also focus on the everyday routines that define a man who will eventually go on to be a conforming individual in society. One mundane, ritualistic task is the act of shaving. I plan to observe the subject, a bearded man, shaving from the reflection of the bathroom mirror, cropping his upper face out of the frame of the shot. The series will end in a final shot of the man, neatly shaven and dressed in a business suit. He is now part of a "civilized society."
The photographer that inspired me most was o'hara and his series "one". It was so personal yet incredibly mysterious because it gave you no information about each person. I really like the idea of how all these random individuals are what make up our society as a whole.'
For my project, I want to take close-up pictures of peoples faces or something else that defines them as an individual. Then when i print them, i can write what it is on the paper.
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Yeah i was really inspired by one photographer in particular. That photographer would be Winogrand. I have always been in love with street photography, but his work which Mr. Morris has shown on the sideshow has propelled me to take that use it for this project. I want to take photos of individuals in the streets. That is my real passion of photo and that is to capture the raw emotions of others in their natural environment and that is what im planning on doing
I was really inspired by Sterling's close up of the girl's face. I loved the intimacy of the picture and the how the coposition of the picture nicely framed her face. I plan to use this picture as inspiration for the intimacy of my photographs. I was going to take a picture of one person with a background and then another one and then switch the backgrounds so that the person was no longer in their environment.
The artist that interested me the most was Stein who photographed people seperating themselves with their electronic devices. The picture that's in my mind (although I'm not sure if it's Stein since I can't find it in my notes right now) is of two people in the same room but they're each talking on their own cellphone. I want to use this idea of people isolating themselves with electronic devices in the world. I want to create a story of someone who at first was more interactive with people on the streets and took walks and such then the same person will plug in her iPod, talk on their cellphone, or even stay home to watch TV and how this person isn't as interactive anymore.
I really liked the Salgado photograph of the train station. I liked the frenzy and crowds and blur and would use this idea in my project but also add an individual. I think I want to go on a really busy street and take long exposures with one person still but everyone around them blurry and moving fast and stuff.
Mad snaps to Eddy for being numero uno.
J'ai deux idees.
Unfortunately, I am currently away from my photography notes and cannot find the name of the artist I am inspired by. However! I can describe it. I liked the series of photographs that where all very close up cropped photos of people's faces. I really like the idea of individuals within the society. I would like to create fake ideas with a satirical twist. I would format it like a license, but instead of name, address, height, birth date, etc, I would have little details about the person like "liked yellow dogs when little" "wishes to fly to disneyland next february." This would be a comment on the absurdity of defining the identity of a person by a few facts.
Of course, I realize that this might not work as the school/police might not want me creating fake IDs, even if they are meant to be fake. SO I have created a Plan B. I would photographs different units in society (individual, family, class, etc.) and create a food pyramid... but with people.
The photos that inspired my project were the ones of people in their cars talking on cell phones (I'm not sure about the artists cause I don't have my photo notes with me). I was fascinated by the idea of technology (i pods, cell phones, cars, TV) seperating the individual from society.
For my project I plan to phtograph groups of people/frineds but none of them are talking to each other. They will all be listening to ipods or talking on cell phones or all watching TV together but not talking. I might also include pictures of individuals in cars.
Soo this doesn't really connect to my project but i really like the picture in the slideshow by Brassai. This was the picture of the girl on the street corner in Paris in the 1930's. The girls figure is dark and the street is light. I really liked the lighting in the photo.
My idea for this assignment was to phtotograph the individual that goes unrecognized and not acknowleged in society. To me, this is homeless people. I would take the picture so the homeless person was in focus and everyone walking by was blurred to show how many just pass by without recognizing them.
During the slideshow, Daudson, Sterling and Lyon caught my attention with photographs of teenagers. I hope to explore this modern subculture, and to document today's teengaers. My friend has a great porch overlooking an interesting street in Brighton, and I want to take pictures of people hanging out on the porch on a typical night (hopefully the streetlights will give enough light). I will also incorporate sounds/ take notes on what people are wearing and saying.
The artist that interested me most was Streuli. He took lots of street photography and I just really liked the bright natural lighting of them. I'm really interested in street photography so that just caught my attention. I also really liked the photographer who took street pictures but the lighting in the background was all dark and their faces were bright, I cant remember the artists name but yeah those were pretty cool too.
So anyways, for this project I was thinking of shooting pictures of homeless people who are a very unique individuals in a society that often over looks them. I might also shoot some pictures of the people who do give money, those who stare as they walk by and those who just don't even notice.
Throughout the slideshow I noticed that the chosen artists went in depth on teenagers, children, 20 and some 30 something year-olds, and a few on 40-60 year-olds. There was only one photograph of an elderly person (the yale graduate) whom I find to be some of the most truly interesting of all age groups. They are also people that tend to be grouped together as depressing and boring and often shut off from society because of physical problems.
The artist I was insipred by was Diane Arbus. She depicted outcasts as elites, as theu have survived horrible trauma. I want to depict elderly people in the same way, as remarkable individuals who have been disregarded by society and made strong by numerous obstacles they have to overcome.
i really was intriguied by the photos taken of mentally insane people by cooke,watanabe, and Broomberg and chanarin. but i also love sanders work of 30's germany and that famous photo of the highschool student with the cigarette. i want to combine the work of these photographers for my assignment. i plan to photograph homeless people in different places around boston. i do not want to do what watanabe did and make them seem like a higher more intellect being. i want to capture the emotion in their faces. i would love to put them against a white backround, but that wont be possible, so ill just use the nearest wall. for the society piece i will also take pictures of swarms of buisness people on the streets of boston. i plan to make a double exposure by putting the homeless man in the middle of the crowd.
From the whole slideshow although I liked many of the photographers, I liked what Rogge did with the digital clone. I would take a couple people and photograph them and intead of just cloning them, I would want to add something to the original photography. Like for example maybe I would addan extra finger, but something sort of subtle.
The photo series of the mental asylum patients (I don't have the exact name, but it was like "I see angels every day")-- it was deeply riveting yet delicate at the same time. I also found Rogge's digitally manipulated prints rather fascinating with a clear, in-your-face message.
As much as I would like to model my assignment after the mental asylum series, I'll probably go with something along the lines of digital manipulation like Rogge. I'm not completely sure of the details, but I want to focus on the bizarre individual. They'll have odd and almost fantastical body parts that somehow will speak to their beliefs, personalities, etc. These people will look almost like outcasts, anomalies of the human race, but their oddities are what sets them apart and makes them unique.
Some photographers i really liked were Freidlander, Conover, and Dwight. Generally i just really enjoy street photography. I think it is interesting to think that any random person you glance at has a whole individual life that you don't know about.
What i'd like to do for this is photograph people on the street. then I want to ask other people, such as my friends, about this persons life. Just by looking at the picture i want to see if they can guess what their job, age, hobbies and etc. are. We can never know what they actually are but opinions can be formed just by looking at them.
I really liked Binh Danh's chlorophyll prints. The were very unique and seemed delicate, the idea of anonymous photographs of people was interesting.
However, I cannot do the same thing he did and I was influenced by other photographers from the side show. I want to take photos of our "consumer society" and exaggerate some things maybe.
Some ideas I have is taking a photo of a person passionately eating something, cake possibly as if there is nothing else s/he would rather do, or take a photo of someone surrounded by piles of stuff sitting with a phone and looking at a catalog ( inspired by fight club :P ) I want to show that in this society people define themselves through things rather than personal qualities.
Salgado's photographs of the train station were the ones that inspired me. I really liked the chaotic blur surrounding the crowd and how it reminded me of being in a busy place.
For this assignment, I plan on taking pictures of people with varying professions in their work places. I would visit them and photograph them at work to show the relationship between that particular person and their work environment, i.e. that individual in one of their roles of society.
I was really inspired by the photographers who focused on close up portraits of people. I expecially liked Sterling's close up. I think close us provide the most intimacy and really capture the person.
For my assignment I want to do a combination of close ups and groups. In group shots no individual would be the center of attention, then i would also shoot close ups of each individual to show each person's character in a group and then alone.
My idea is to focus the individual-- and the expression "you are what you eat" I'd photograph people I see eating-- my family, people in restaurants, or walking down the street with an apple.
I was really inspired by the insane people by Cooke-- "I see angels everyday"
My favorite artist was Hopper. I liked how he captured how people got away from society and were able to find their own little niche and quiet place in the world.
My idea is to go to some remote (ish) places, such as the woods, mountains, etc, and take pictures of them in contemplative poses.
I am not sure who the artist is, but they took the picture of the cowboy in New York. the separation of this cowboy from the rest of the New Yorkers sparked my idea. i liked the picture because it didn't show the whole person, but it was obvious that he didn't belong in this environment, however he was obviously accepted among the people in the city. leaning up against that fire hydrant, smoking that cigarette gave me the feeling of acceptance and change within him, however he was still in his cowboy uniform and had his legs crossed like the cowboy he is at heart.
my idea has to do with the acceptance of people into societies which they may not necessarily belong. the pictures can show acceptance or un-acceptance. i would use people i see on the street, or maybe even have my friends go up to people or clicks that they would not usually belong to, and try and make friends with them. i think that this is a doable idea, and fits to the project.
My favorite artist from the slide show was Diane Arbus. I thought the people she photographed were very interesting and provided the viewer with a sense of the subject's soul. For my project I would like to take pictures of my family, because they are all freaks in their own way. portraits will be black and white, and shot straight on.
Kaylynn Deveney's "The Day to Day Life of Albert Hastings" series was especially interesting to me. The subject, Albert Hastings, was observed performing his day-to-day routines, "Enjoying the Sun," "Preparing a Snack," and "Shopping in Somerfields." The use of gaudy colors, specific tasks, composition, framing, and a quirky subject came together to represent the mundane rituals of an endearing man. These routines make up and, in a way, define the individual.
Another series titled "Murderers, the Chicago Seven" by Avedon also caught my attention. Here, we see that individuals define society. There are portraits of individual murderers rolling up their sleeves to reveal intimidating tattoos. These portraits are juxtaposed against a triptych of seven neatly dressed, seemingless harmless men. Society appears to be placid and ordinary, however we find that the components of society, the individuals, have striking characteristics of their own.
For my assignment, I plan to also focus on the everyday routines that define a man who will eventually go on to be a conforming individual in society. One mundane, ritualistic task is the act of shaving. I plan to observe the subject, a bearded man, shaving from the reflection of the bathroom mirror, cropping his upper face out of the frame of the shot. The series will end in a final shot of the man, neatly shaven and dressed in a business suit. He is now part of a "civilized society."
The photographer that inspired me most was o'hara and his series "one". It was so personal yet incredibly mysterious because it gave you no information about each person. I really like the idea of how all these random individuals are what make up our society as a whole.'
For my project, I want to take close-up pictures of peoples faces or something else that defines them as an individual. Then when i print them, i can write what it is on the paper.
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