Saturday, May 3, 2008
Final Proposal
In my shots I want to portray myself through abstract and ambiguous photographs. The point I want to get across is that of my personality. Parts of my persona, which not a lot of people know about. I find it easier to express my self through words. But with this assignment, I will try to translate my words into photos. Though this assignment might be the hardest of all the others, I fairly confident I will do well. I never considered myself a very “artsy” person, I am just a really hard worker and this assignment it is no different. There is something intriguing in this assignment hat I find because all others required a specific content and this one requires me to use all my creativity as well as all the work I have done. I will do my best to portray myself through my own artistic craft through the avenue of photography. I will do my best to apply all my learned skills and produce the best photos I can.
Monday, April 28, 2008
class saturday
Don't forget to bring your matting and mounting supplies to class (board and mounting papers - both available at TX Art). We will spend the first half of class matting and mounting our final project - and the second half doing our final critique and assigned clean-up for the semester. See you guys Saturday!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
MFAH VISIT
I really enjoyed viewing the different type of prespective in regard to the artisits that we saw that the museum. I gained a great deal of knowledge from viewing some of the portraits on display.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
listings of famous photographers
11. HILL & ADAMSON, a Scottish painter Hill, David Octavius an arts activist collaborated with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photographer in Scotland. The two photographed local and Fife lanscapes and urban scences, including images of the Scott Monument. They also photographed ordinary working folk, particularly the fishermen of New Haven.
12. Lewis Hine, an American photographer. FOr Hine, the camera was both a research tool and an instrument of social reform. Hine photographed life in the steel-making districts and people of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the early 1920s and early 1930s, Hines made a series of "work portrait," which emphasized the human contribution to modern industry.
13. Yousuf Karsh, a Canadiam photographer of ethnic American birth. Karsh was a master in the use of studio lights. He photographed many of the great and celebrated personalities of his generation.
14. Helen Levitt is an American documentary photographer. Lewitt became intrigued with the transitory chalk drawing that were part of the New York children's dtreet culture of the time.
15. Robert Mapplethorpe was a controversial American portrait and art photographer. His carrer entailed widely exhibited photos ranging from sexually explicitly to sublimely beatiful. His photos were elegantly composed, sometimes shocking nude males.
16. Arnold Newman considered a master of portraiture, Newman has produced indelible images of people from all walks of life. He is best known for his portraits of celebrites, particularly artists, whom he depicts in the contexts of their profession, identifying the sitter with his or her accomplishments.
17.Poul Outerbridge an American photographer noted for early use and experiment in color photography. Outerbridge was a fashion and commercial photographer, an early pioneer and teacher of color photography, and an artist, who created erotic nudes photographs that could not be exhibited in his lifetime.
18. Gordon Parks a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. For 20 years, Parks produced photos on subjects including fashion, sports, Broadway, poverty, racial segregation, and portraits of Malcolm X.
19. Carleton Watkins a noted 19th century Californian. Watkins became interested in landscape photography and soon started making photographs of California mining scenes and Yosemite Valley. He became famous for his series of photographs and historic stereoviews of Yosemite Valley in the 1860s, and also created a variety images of California and Oregon in the 1870s and later.
12. Lewis Hine, an American photographer. FOr Hine, the camera was both a research tool and an instrument of social reform. Hine photographed life in the steel-making districts and people of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the early 1920s and early 1930s, Hines made a series of "work portrait," which emphasized the human contribution to modern industry.
13. Yousuf Karsh, a Canadiam photographer of ethnic American birth. Karsh was a master in the use of studio lights. He photographed many of the great and celebrated personalities of his generation.
14. Helen Levitt is an American documentary photographer. Lewitt became intrigued with the transitory chalk drawing that were part of the New York children's dtreet culture of the time.
15. Robert Mapplethorpe was a controversial American portrait and art photographer. His carrer entailed widely exhibited photos ranging from sexually explicitly to sublimely beatiful. His photos were elegantly composed, sometimes shocking nude males.
16. Arnold Newman considered a master of portraiture, Newman has produced indelible images of people from all walks of life. He is best known for his portraits of celebrites, particularly artists, whom he depicts in the contexts of their profession, identifying the sitter with his or her accomplishments.
17.Poul Outerbridge an American photographer noted for early use and experiment in color photography. Outerbridge was a fashion and commercial photographer, an early pioneer and teacher of color photography, and an artist, who created erotic nudes photographs that could not be exhibited in his lifetime.
18. Gordon Parks a groundbreaking African-American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. For 20 years, Parks produced photos on subjects including fashion, sports, Broadway, poverty, racial segregation, and portraits of Malcolm X.
19. Carleton Watkins a noted 19th century Californian. Watkins became interested in landscape photography and soon started making photographs of California mining scenes and Yosemite Valley. He became famous for his series of photographs and historic stereoviews of Yosemite Valley in the 1860s, and also created a variety images of California and Oregon in the 1870s and later.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Proposal Revision
When I wrote my proposal earlier this semester, I chose to work on isolation and obscurity, but directed it in three areas: isolation of communities, urban renewal and portraiture. Now that we are a little more than halfway through the semester, I feel that I was a bit too ambitious in that proposal and would like to narrow my focus a bit.
My overall body of work this semester supports the "isolation of communities" and "urban renewal" parts of my proposal. However, I have not pursued portraiture so far this semester and feel that making a concerted effort to do so outside of the context of urban renewal and community isolation would dilute the overall message I am trying to convey.
I would like to continue to focus on the mechanisms which isolate and break down a sense of community and how "urban renewal" speeds up that process. The images will consist largely of urban landscapes, though the occasional picture of a human being in that urban environment may also appear. I feel I can increase the power of my message by presenting my work as multiple sets of two related images.
My overall body of work this semester supports the "isolation of communities" and "urban renewal" parts of my proposal. However, I have not pursued portraiture so far this semester and feel that making a concerted effort to do so outside of the context of urban renewal and community isolation would dilute the overall message I am trying to convey.
I would like to continue to focus on the mechanisms which isolate and break down a sense of community and how "urban renewal" speeds up that process. The images will consist largely of urban landscapes, though the occasional picture of a human being in that urban environment may also appear. I feel I can increase the power of my message by presenting my work as multiple sets of two related images.
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