Sunday, September 27, 2009

Five Photographers


Meiko Takechi Arquillos is a photographer who enjoys photographing children and pays attention to the smallest detail. 


Oliver Laude; I enjoy the colors and the face on opposition you're forced  to take when looking at his photographs. 



Noah Webb; I like the way he pays attention to the modern details in peoples environments 


Tim Davis is modern because in his series 'The New Antiquity' he focus' on how old land marks and historical items are sheltered or even altered by modern marvels. 


Elena Dorfman touches on some more 'modern' subjects and often becomes part of a world through her photographs. 

Saturday, September 26, 2009

five

Andrew Phelps- Higley

is about the change from a small farm town to the suberbs of the greater Phoenix area in Arizona. i like the simplicity of the photos

Alexis Pike
Claimed landscape
http://www.alexispike.com/claimed_landscape.html#11
this is about people recreating the lost natural landscape

Jessica Todd Harper
Interior Exposure

i like the un-staged quality the photographs have

Candida Hofer Architecture of Absence


i like how she uses the emptiness of the space with the natural light to create an interesting image

and Amy Stein Halloween in Harlem
Amy Stein Photography
Because we just saw domesticated at clam art. I like how she has the contrast of the kid in costumes and the city background.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

five photographs



Alison Brady



Brian Ulrich from series called "Thrift"



Dina Kantor from series "out of context"



Adam Hestor from his series "Travel"



Katie Shapiro from her series "a(part)/together"


All considered contemporary photography because they all still shoot until this day with a certain, specific style and composition that can be related to other photographer's images. They are all clean, simple and straightforward photographs.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Five









johann ryno de wet work is to capture what he feels in a scene. Working in both the darkroom and on the computer.

jonas bendiksen most know for being a magnum photographer. His work called "satellites" was part of a 7 year trip of the Former Soviet Union.

song chao Used to work as a miner before taking up photography. He likes to take images of his peers working.

David Shalliol Very interesting night photography. His Detroit series has some great work in it as well.

Bianca Brunner's Limbo Series rocks, her work can be seen in the book "Re Generation"

Each photographer can be considerd contemporary. All working in the same period of time. Each having a great understanding of the camera.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Fluid



Fantastic Installation work by Claire Morgan.

check it out! Here

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Jill Greenberg's work with crying babies is a huge fav. I personally don't find anything inhumane about them, unlike some commenters about her work. They show pure, raw emotion of what it's like to be alittle kid.









Jan Von Holleben's work from the past 2 years excites me. His photographs are all about kids and their imaginations. He has done multiple bodies of work but the 2 that I just <3<3<3>
"The Pirate Ship" from Journey to Everywhere, 2009
"The Shoe" from Journey to Everywhere, 2009
"The Ghost Busters" from Dreams of Flying, '02-'09

"The Astronauts" from Dreams of Flying, 02'-09'

parry gripp



Ryan Trecartin


"Tommy-chat Just E-mailed Me" . 2006
© Ryan Trecartin


Trecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me) as a "narrative video short that takes place inside and outside of an e-mail." Trecartin's intense visualization of electronic communication is inhabited by a cast of stylized characters: Pam, a Jewish lesbian librarian with a screaming baby in an ultra-modern hotel room; Tammy and Beth, who live in an apartment filled with installation art; and Tommy, who is seen in a secluded lake house in the woods. Pam, Tommy and Tammy are all played by Trecartin, who, wearing his signature make-up, jumps back and forth between male and female roles.

Totally self-absorbed and equipped with vestigial attention spans, the characters are constantly communicating with one another on the phone or online. Their e-mail exchanges and Internet searches are channeled into bright animations that intersect with the "real world" locations. The story moves from person to person like a browser surfing through Web pages. Engrossed in manic electronic interactions, the characters become increasingly isolated and solipsistic.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

inspiration

STANLEY GREENBERG

the sandcastles work is fun too but i like the architecture series the best

Friday, September 18, 2009

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Californiaaaaaa...

These are some Holga images I took while briefly out in California this summer. My trip entailed not only my first time flying, but my furthest trip west of Harrisburg. I know, I'm sheltered. Regardless it was absolutely beautiful and the bluest skies I have ever seen.


-Brush Fire

-Back road

-Reservoir

-Hotel Room

inspirations



Lise Sarfati and her photograph from the series "She" inspires me for my senior thesis.




Erwin Olaf mixes photojournalism with studio photography. This photograph is from his series called "Mature".

crawling up the walls



Muto video by BLU

Port-a-Potty Prank


classic

-aj

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

An Awesome Book




Some children's books rarely seem to loose their appeal to me. If anything, after time, they become more relevant. It's silly and colorful and fantastical, many things I tend to lose sight of.

An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton

"I'm dreaming about everything that no one thought to wonder, dreams so big that they've got dreams and they've got dreams up under!"

Patrick Swayze dies at 57


Patrick Swayze dies at 57
its a sad day
Red Dwan and the outsides are classics

-aj

"Explosure" in your mom's face!


Tierney Gearon's new work is HHAAAwesome!!!
OMG "Explosure" is my fav. right now. ;-)

Inspirations

Here are some photographers I find inspirational for my working senior thesis. 


Dan Winters is a photographer known for mastering the craft of the 4x5. He's also known for capturing wonderful imagery of famous celebrities within minutes of set up. 


Oliver  Sieber is a German photographer capturing the world of cosplayers in a new light featuring them in home environments. 

There are always two people in every picture:  the photographer and the viewer.  ~Ansel Adams
A photograph is memory in the raw.  ~Carrie Latet
    ~Eve




Greatest freak



classic