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Abelardo Morell ~Charise J (Digital Photographer 340)

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  Abelardo Morell   ( Photograms — Abelardo Morell ) Abelardo Morell was born in 1948 in Cuba. He traveled to the United States with his parents in 1962. He first went to  Bowdoin College to get his undergrad and then went to t he Yale University School of Art to get his MFA. He later became a professor of photography from 1983 to 2010 at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. As Morell's life went on, he received rewards from different museums in the United States. As I looked at his photography, I noticed that his "Photograms" were my favorite. The way his still life's were done was kind of something that I have done with mine but the only difference was that mine was done with a digital camera and not a film camera. I can also compare that the still life is completely dark while in mine it's the background that is completely dark. I once wanted to do a project on reflections because they looked cool when taken in a photo for memory purposes. The way it lo
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Alec Soth ~Charise J (Digital photography 340)

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  Alec Soth   (  Alec Soth | Sleeping by the Mississippi  ) Alec Soth was born in Minnesota in 1969. He went to Sarah Lawerence College. He started as a painter and moved on to be a photographer. During his photography career, he published 25 books about his work. He likes to take photos to make poetry and not document.  His work is kind of similar to mine because we are both connecting the social life of what someone does to the photography life. This is a form of showing people what others don't see. It is a way of understanding something that the person enjoys. I kind of see a connection with the cover because we both are trying to connect it to the theme of the photos before actually seeing the photos.  I want to take photos of people up close with the things that they like. I believe that it's what makes the person what they are today or what keeps them together. The items that a person keeps dear to them are what makes them who they are. 
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Sandy Skoglund ~ Charise J (Digital Photography 340)

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 Sandy Skoglund   ( ImageList (sandyskoglund.com) ) Sandy Skoglund was born on September 11, 1946 , in Weymouth, Massachusetts . In 1973, she had received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. As the years went on, she later had art exhibitions in Texas, New York, and worldwide . Skoglund won awards as her artwork went on. I find this photo interesting because of the color of the background with the fishes. They are both bright colors, but the fishes stand out more than the background and other objects. I want to aim for something like this when I do my drip drawing on top of the photo. I want it to show why they like the item that they brought. I also choose this because of the difference in the color of the people, fishes, and background. It is something I want to be noticed in my photography when I add art on top of it.
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Crystal Davis ~ Charise J (Digital Photography 340)

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  Crystal Davis  ( Portrait Photographer Crystal Davis: "Constructed Narratives" (artofcreativephotography.com) ) Crystal Davis was born in Texas. She did photography that was made to wear bring awareness to the objects that were in the photo. She wanted to put a deep impact on the audience.  I choose this picture because it was kind of close to what I was aiming for in my project. I wanted to include something different in the art that was drawn instead of actually adding a photo of what I wanted to draw. I couldn't really find anyone who does the type of constructed image like I like to do. There weren't artists who put multiple photos together with a drawing on top. Since there aren't many artists that draw on top of their photography, it has given me the chance to feel like I was one of the first to do this kind of art.  ~Charise J 
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Jan Groover ~Charise J (Digital Photography 340)

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 Jan Groover (Untiltled, 1987) Jan Groover was born in 1943 in New Jersey. She had won two awards when she was living. She did still-life to show formal composition. Jan wanted use to see if we see imagination or real life. The lighting, scale, and composition of the photos are what she looks for in her photos before she clarifies that it is the best one.  This photo was chosen because I wanted to make something that involves reflection since it is a still-life-themed photo. This makes it seem like anything could be a still-life but you have to turn it into a new thing. Reflection-themed photography is something that I love to look at. What is being shown in the reflection could make it mean something else. The original meaning of the art could change because of the new thing being shown. 
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Peter Yang ~Charise J (Digital Photography 340)

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 Peter Yang Peter Yang is a photographer that lives in Los Angles, California. He takes photos of people from around the world. Peter Yang has contributed to Rolling Stones, New York Times, Comedy Central, etc.  This photo was chosen because I am aiming for a photo that looks natural for a portrait. I want the person to feel like they are relaxed and ready to take the photo. The photo that looks off guard would look like a perfect photo that could go viral. A natural background that isn't in the studio would be a perfect type of natural photo because you don't have to worry about light issues if it is bright outside. I have learned that there could be issues with outdoors lighting because the sun would disappear and mess up the ISO/Aperture. Using the flash could help at times, plus photoshop.  ~Charise J
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Dina Litovsky ~Charise J (240 ART)

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( https://dinalitovsky.com/Editorial/LINDSEY-VONN/1 ) Dina Litovsky   Dina Litovsky was born in Ukrainian in 1979. She is currently living in New York City. She went to college to get her bachelors degree in psychology and later moved on to get her MFA degree for photography. She likes to take photographs that expresses subcultures and social gathering.  This photo was chosen because I wanted to aim for her movement-type of photos that involved her capture them in the moment. It wouldn't be helpful to me if it was just photos of her pausing to get the moment because my process was trying to get my person through out the process to capture what she does. the difference that I have compared to her is that I did close-ups and my person in color because this was the series of Lindsey Vonn that Litovsky did that I connected with.  ~Charise J  
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