Photography and Digital Art

( https://www.avedonfoundation.org/the-work ) Richard Avedon   Richard Avedon was born in 1923 and died in 2004. He started photography when he was around twelve with the YMCA camera club. By the age of twenty-two, he became a freelance photographer. He was a portrait photographer who wanted to evoke the life of his subject and their personality. He continued his photography work with companies (brands and magazines).      Avedon was chosen because he captures people in their element. As in, he likes to take photos of people with or in something that they like. Avedon wanted to be a photographer that works on taking photos of people not being seen as a celebrity.   He also was about taking risks, as in challenging his work and the person who wants their ph oto taken.  Not many people would consider taking a risk with photos because  something could go  wrong,  or the photo won’t come out good. People like me do find that a bad ...

Fred Ritchin   "The digital photographer - and all who come after her - potentially plays a postmodern visual disc jokey." (Page 18) Photography could be seen over and over again like how a DJ player's cd booth spins without stopping. As in, people could see the the photo that the photographer took when they keep trying to prove the same point with a different photo or from a different angle of the photo. "Once the image begin to replace the world, photography loses much of its reason for being." (Page 23) Photography was meant to be show people things and not replace what it was photographed for. An image is suppose to let people know that what was taken exist. Images may have a meaning, but it doesn't mean it is replacing anything from it. "Its role becomes that of a less proximate signifier like words, paintings, or drawings, but with the background duality of its surviving role as direct trace. " (Page 31) Photography is starting to lose its me...

( https://www.holdenluntz.com/artists/john-dugdale/ ) John Dugdale   John Dugdale was born in 1960 in Connecticut, USA. He worked on still-life and portraits. He wanted to create memories with his photography. Dugdale work consist using cyanotype, which is using sunlight or UV light to process a photo. While he was doing this, he was losing his eye-sight around the age of 30 something.  This photo was chosen because this inspires me to try to make a cyanotype like this. The image of him holding his head is something that I want to aim for. This may be hard with the material that I contain now. The photo speaks to me also because it let me know that when ever you are feeling alone, there is always someone there. Dugdale point of view from this photo might be that, it was his way of telling us that he won't be able to see no more and he will need someone to be there for him.  ~Charise J

 

(  Paloma Picasso, Paris by Annie Leibovitz on artnet  ) Annie Leibovitz Annie Leibovitz was born in 1949. She first started to paint when she was in college but after a family trip, she was intrigued with photography. She started to work for Rolling Stone in the 1970s, while still in college. She worked with celebrities and wanted them to take photos to express their personalities in any kind of way. After awhile of doing photography, her work was in a museum in Washington, D.C  which resulted to her being the first female soloist to be putting their work in the museum.  This photo was chosen because the topic of this week is "Color & Light" in my class. This was the only interesting photo that I could find that had a color or light pop out to me. The color red is what stands out the most in this photo and others could say that red is a color that could stand out in any photo. Since Paloma Picasso is in the center with a bright red dress, she becomes the focal p...

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(  Wolfgang Tillmans | Artnet  ) Wolfgang Tillmans   Wolfgang Tillmans studied in England at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design. He studied for 2 years in the early 1990s. He was a gay pride photographer and became the coeditor of Spex Magazine. Tillmans had later won the Turner Prize which resulted to him being the first and non-American photographer to earn one.  This photo was chosen because of the color of the reflection. The reflection is much brighter than the actual flower and this makes me want to try to get a photo like this. The flower is seen as a short one in the vase but the reflection is different. The reflection shows that it looks like an actual rose but in yellow. Because of the material of the gold flower, the reflection shows more lines. This makes the rose on the wall look like it is outside in a spring or summer area with the sun shinning brightly. This photo also gives out good vibes because of the color and style that the reflectio...

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(  Dali | Philippe Halsman  ) Philippe Halsman   Philippe Halsman was born on May 6, 1902 in Northern Europe. He started to take photos at the age of fifteen when he found the camera in the attic. Since he was young and just learning, his sister became his participant. Halsman started to believe that taking photos of people's faces was a way to another human being in the photo according to the face.  This photo was chosen because of the unique style that Halsman decided to use. Usually, no one would take photos like this. But, he had took it above the other photographers. I find that very interesting. With this type of style in this photo, it is all about timing to get it right. It is clear that he didn't do this by himself. So, he wanted him and his partners to calculate the right moment to toss everything at the same time with the main focus still being seen. This is like how Richard Avedon take risks because it is all about the time and some may come out good whil...