Dani – Research

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Articles:

https://www.rei.com/blog/news/photography-tips-to-keep-your-creative-juices-flowing

This article inspired my “I love it so much I had to make one myself post.” I think it is amazing how REI photographer Erin Sullivan has found ways to to reenact  “nature” scenes using household items.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/business/media/photographers-coronavirus.html

This New York Times article reveals how photographers have had to adapt with cancelled jobs. It is interesting to read about various photographers entering new realms of art transitioning from shooting for movie posters to shooting the desolate nature of Joshua Tree or from shooting for magazines to traveling to hospitals in Italy to shoot for those magazines.

Photo Books:

https://aperture.org/shop/justine-kurland-girl-pictures

This book beautifully portrays girls as fearless and free, tender and fierce. I resonated with this as it reminded me of small moments at school–laying on the quad with my roommates, swimming at the coastal studies center, running to Hannaford’s for whatever random idea popped into our heads, etc.

https://aperture.org/shop/ethan-james-green-young-new-york

These photos by Ethan James Green drew my attention because his portraits are very simple but extremely intense and give you a sense of closeness with his subjects. This book reminded me of Sally Mann’s photos of her children.

Photographers (post-switching remote)

https://www.instagram.com/erinoutdoors/?igshid=ku3l5xvr2cnr

https://www.instagram.com/martinparrstudio/

https://www.instagram.com/piotr.pietrus/?igshid=2zduihh9er8v

https://www.instagram.com/stephen.shore/?utm_source=ig_embed

https://www.instagram.com/stephen.shore/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/shuwei_liu/?utm_source=ig_embed

Photographers (pre-switching remote)

http://www.toddhido.com/

https://www.sallymann.com/

https://www.westongallery.com/original-works-by/edward-weston

Dan-Recreation

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Dakota (Hair) 2003 

 

For this project I recreated a photo by Ryan McGinley and it ended up being quite involved! We used a friends truck and drove down a road in pennelville around 6:30 to try to capture the light correctly. After working on taking the photo I realized some smaller details like the side braid that is probably tied to keep hair form covering the subjects face and other evidence of its lack of spontaneity. I was also interested in taking some photos that did not recreate the photo but were created by the event of recreating the photo, they are connected by a similar situation but unconstrained by reproduction. I did not spend that much time photographing alternative photographs but it seem fruitful in producing a blend of personal and inspired photography.

Slow Seeing, Outside My Window – Favour Ofuokwu

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These are all photos of the street outside the window of my bedroom all at different times throughout a few days this past week. I live off the main road, so as it gets warmer, it starts getting noisy with motocycles, ambulances, people blasting music out of their cars, and I usually see a little more people moving about. But with it being quarantine, this street has been quieter than usual, and all of the same cars stay in the same place. These photos are really interesting, all images are taken at different points of time, yet the only things that seem to be changing is the light of the sky.

Inspiration- Quarantine Photography

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Articles from Isolation

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/arts/design/instagram-photographers-coronavirus.html

“‘Quarantine content’: snapshots of cramped apartments, pets surprised by their owners’ sudden ubiquity, uncannily deserted street scenes and cautious supermarket shoppers in beekeeping suits.”

This article shows how photographers have remained creativity and inspired even during quarantine. These individuals have created series documenting their time in isolation and focusing on showing the world in different ways even when stuck in the same place which inspires me.

 

https://petapixel.com/2018/09/22/finding-beauty-in-the-mundane-as-a-photographer/

This article is about finding beauty is the mundane, or the seemingly boring. In a time like now, it is extremely important for me to see the things I find boring, plain, and repetitive in my life in a new light. To maintain sanity and happiness I like to continue to manipulate my outlook on things in my life, which I can often express through the lens of a camera.

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2020/04/17/834245538/isolation-diary-photographers-document-their-experience-with-covid-19

This article from npr shows a diary of photos from photographers in isolation, further inspiring me to be appreciative of the things around me and making the most of my situation at this time.

 

 

 

Inspiration

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During this semester I have spent a lot of time looking at two photographers in particular that Christine suggested,  Ryan McGinley and Christian Patterson.

 

The following photos are from Ryan McGinley, the body of his work are of nude young people in dramatic landscapes. He is a bit of a celebrity artist which sometimes seems to make his work ‘poppy’ but he captures expression and moments and dramatic and unexpected ways.

I am drawn to his work by the sense of adventure embodied in the subject ground relationship and the way the photographs portray a sense of movement.

 

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Dakota (Hair) 2003

Jack (Cannes) 2005

Elliot (The Nose) 2013

 

 

I am also interested in Christian Patterson’s work by the way a narrative is tied together by seemingly unrelated objects.

 

According to an article

“The story of the book: Redheaded Peckerwood is a work with a tragic underlying narrative – the story of 19 year old Charles Starkweather and 14 year old Caril Ann Fugate who murdered ten people, including Fugate’s family, during a three day killing spree across Nebraska to the point of their capture in Douglas, Wyoming. The images record places and things central to the story, depict ideas inspired by it, and capture other moments and discoveries along the way.”

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/christian-patterson-redheaded-peckerwood

His work represents a way to tie seemingly unrelated photographs through narrative, in this case the dark and twisted nature of the narrative talks with and changes the meaning of the visual information in the photograph.

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House at Night, 2007

Tree on Fire, 2009

Little Town, 2010

924 Belmont (Barlett) House, 2010

Slow Seeing- My Bedroom Floor

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For this series, I decided to continue to photograph the subtle changes of light and shadow that transform my room throughout the day. I decided to place my camera on my desk and when I noticed a change in lighting or content of a potential photo, I would quickly take a picture. It’s interesting to take pictures of somewhat mundane things such as the carpet in my room yet transform them so they reflect different ideas and feelings in each picture.

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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.

Slow Seeing- Angus

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For this assignment I decided to revisit some photos I have of the river where I’m staying. I used a photo of the river that I took in the morning a couple of days ago and compared it to photos of the river at different times. I first compared it to a photo of the river 2 winters ago, then to a photo taken on the same day but in the evening, and then to a photo taken about 3 weeks ago.

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The Getty Museum and Villa have been an important part of my childhood. My family started to visit both the Museum and Villa almost every year since I was nine. The Getty inspired me to start drawing and painting. The work I chose to replicate included a couple paintings and drawings. I particularly love the portrait of the Postman and it is by one of my favorite artists, Van Gogh. I chose the sculpture to be the last image because it was the most fun to recreate.