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.

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.

Turning in work

Don't forget...

20 Famous Photographers summaries, one-page statement on your photographer, and film shot and ready to be processed for Saturday. (You will turn in a total of 100 negatives, which is roughly 3 rolls).

Re-read the assignment sheet for details, and post any comments you have.

See you soon - after a very long time...

disappointed

I really regret the fact that I had to miss class on the critique on the burning and spotting. I didn't get the opportunity to spend as much time on this subject like I would have and I believe that I would have learned additional information.

PHOTO 2: Revisiting Your Proposal

PHOTO 2: Revisiting Your Proposal

Look over your initial proposal, and consider how the imagery you have collected thus far this semester supports or rejects your initial goals. What might you do at this point to push your work, on a visual as well as a conceptual level? Read and rewrite your proposal with these ideas in mind.

Consider the technical folder as separate, unless the results you have found support or have altered this proposal.

Dodging and Burning

I am really liking this. I have not had time to look up my Artist work to see how I can emulate her. But this week I should have more time.