Clarence John Laughlin, “Lost” Chicago Clock, Number One. 1963-02-0, Photoprint, 11″ x 14.” I think the way that the clock was shot is what interests me the most. It makes you want to turn your head in order to orient yourself rather than look at it straight on, it’s almost interactive.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Untitled (“Motion-Sound” Landscape), 1969/1974, Photoprint, 7 x 7 inches. The concept behind this photograph is what interests me. I like how Meatyard captures something that can’t be photographed which is the movement of sound.
Francesca Woodman, House #3, Providence, Rhode Island. 1976, Gelatin silver print, 6 5/16 x 6 7/16 in. The effects that long exposer can give adds to a creepy atmosphere that I find interesting. What interests me is how she made herself disappear into the wall.
Francesca Woodman, Space², Providence, Rhode Island. 1976, Gelatin silver print on paper, 140 × 140 mm. Something that interests me is how movement is captured in this photo. It is also interesting that the person’s identity is obscured.
Harry Callahan, Sunlight on Water, 1943, Vintage gelatin silver print, 8.25 x 11.43 cm. What interests me about this photo is how light is being played with. It is especially interesting that the light is being observed in water which gives an abstract effect.
Harry Callahan, Chicago, 1955, Gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 in. x 11 1/4 in. What interests me about this photo is how it not just a usage of long exposure but also the usage of directing your subject. The two people walking toward each other makes the two subjects lose themselves into each other.
Photobooks
http://selfpublishbehappy.com/2018/04/frozen-by-sarah-michelle-riisager/
Sarah Michelle Riisager, Frozen.
What I like about this photobook is that it takes the title literally in the sense that it is winter and the world outside is frozen but there is also a symbolic meaning that I see. The people that are photographed appear to be frozen similar to the snow outside.
http://selfpublishbehappy.com/2018/04/god-bless-new-season-cafe-by-hollie-smith-in-collaboration-with-leskgraphic-studio/
God Bless New Season Cafe by Hollie Smith in collaboration with LeskGraphic-Studio.
What I like about this photobook is how the pictures don’t come off as directed, the people in the photographs are going about their day and these photos merely capture that. The colors also work well with each other, the pops of color but it also visible that the area is rundown but bustling with activity.
Oluremi C. Onabanjo, In Pictures, a Family’s Odyssey from Poland to South Africa, March 5th 2020.
What interests me about this article is how the author notes that the photo seems boring when someone looks through it; however, when it is put into context, there is a story to be heard. I resonate with this idea that any picture can seem boring but when you care to understand its story, you see more than you did originally.
https://shop.foam.org/en/foam-magazine-56-elsewhere.html
Amal Alhaag et al. Laia Abril et al. Elsewhere The Other Issue, Printed on selected specialized paper, 300x230x23 mm.
What interested me about this magazine was the message the photos and text conveyed. The different ways each photographer showed underrepresented communities and resistance in their own ways.