Photos:

Izima Kaoru

http://www.vonlintel.com/Izima-Kaoru.html

I love that I can look at Kaoru’s photograph for a long time and each time I look at it I find a new detail that I missed before. His photograph forces the audience to look around the entire image. It is very unique and I think I want to experiment with editing.

Melanie Willhide 

http://www.vonlintel.com/Melanie-Willhide.html

http://www.vonlintel.com/Melanie-Willhide.html

I love Willhide’s pigment work. The two images that interested me the most were the ones in the water. I am interested in playing with different bright colors.

http://stephendaitergallery.com/artists/sabine-weiss/

Sabine Weiss 

Pont Mirabeau, Paris 1953 Gelatin silver photograph

I am also drawn to taking candid photos. Sabine Weiss photos are all in the spur of the moment, capturing the time and place without the subject knowing. I think that I also want to document this weird time.

My photo

I love this photo. I am interested in taking photos of my family in the moment. I think this photo really captures that.

Photo Books:

Dawoud Bey on Photographing People and Communities 

https://aperture.org/shop/dawoud-bey-workshop-series

I do like how this photo book is in black and white, but I think I will use color. I like how Bey captures wonderful portraits that “speak to something more universal”. If I decide to create a photo book, I will definitely add the back story to each photo. I might journal afterI take the photo. 

John Chiara: California 

 https://aperture.org/shop/john-chiara-california-3687

I have always found beauty in California and it is my home. I like how Chiara captures “thrilling landscape and architectural images”. I might include some landscape, sunset images, or even things that remind me of home. 

Articles:

“Why We Do It: Photographers and Photo Editors on the Passion That Drives Their Work”

Olivier Laurent

https://time.com/4839246/photographers-passion/

I really enjoyed this article because it includes direct quotes from photographers describing why they do photography. I think one of my favorites that I read was by Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography for the New York Times said that photographers “are the witnesses and artists who can distill mayhem and beauty that surrounds us”. I found their inspiration and reasons so captivating. 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/23/world/coronavirus-great-empty.html

“The Great Empty” 

Michael Kimmelman

March 23, 2020

I was in shock not only reading this article, but looking at all of the images. The photographers captured the emptiness of different countries. I found the beauty of the emptiness in each place interesting.