Diane Arbus

Sally Mann and Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park by Diane Arbus. These two photographs are very well known all around the world, they have characteristics that make them stand out, have a certain way they were taken and they make a statement to society. First of Candy Cigarettes by Sally Mann was made in 1989 and is located in the Museum of Contemporary Photography. Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park by Diane Arbus was made in 1962 and is located in The Metropolitan Museum of…

This all can be related to movies, books, pictures and everyday life. I think that Diane Arbus used her creativity to capture photographs of people throughout New York city, and if she never did then people today wouldn’t be able to see what unique things happened many years ago. I also think that the movie North by Northwest requires you…

presenting an exhibition “Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play”, the exhibition includes about 70 works in collection from 19th and 20th shots. Photography by modern documentation which includes William Klein and Larry Clark, walker Evans, Diane Arbus, and others. In the small Gilman Gallery works are displayed with no order from Gardner’s “Execution of the Conspirators” (1865), the exhibitions is the highlights after the assassination of President Lincoln. The display of selection of…

What is photography? Photography is a passion. It is the art of processing photos. Some might say oh, it's when you get a camera and press a button. Well ,you are correct,but there is so much more to it. You are capturing the moment forever. When you’re older you'll probably want to glimpse back at your past. You won't remember everything from a trip or your childhood but having taken photos you'll remember a ton more. It will capture the moments from rainy days to birthdays. If you ask Edward…

Barbara Kruger is a brilliant American Visual Artist, who sends messages through her work about the state of the country and the state of the world. She tries to tackle issues about gender, power, identity and the glass ceiling. Her style is quite distinctive as she uses found photography, which has been altered to have extreme black and white contrast and is overlayed with red and white text. Barbara Kruger became recognized as an artist in the late 60’s when feminism was reviled by the masses…

The Phrase “Teach your children” can be interpreted in various ways. It can be between a child and parent, instructor or student or even any child you might come across. When children encounter adults, adults are reflections to them bouncing off thoughts and ideas. Constantly trying to figure out whats good or bad right or wrong usually through what adults do or say or there approval towards them. When I was growing up I remember my Dad would always say “ Don't do what I do, do what I say”. I…

Lisette Model is a key figure in the history of photography, both for her unique style and her work as a teacher. Lisette Model was a modernist photographer and is widely known for her portraiture style photography of people on the street. Model saw her camera as a way to detect and expose the reality of her subjects. She would carefully frame and crop her photos, but never retouched them. We now live in a world of Photoshop where you can manipulate images. As for Model, she captured the world…

Introduction Portraiture redefined art due to creation and enhancement of artistic value within the photography sphere. Artists such as Dorothea Lange, Roy DeCarava and Diane Arbus utilized portraiture to capture raw emotions and personalities of their subjects through use of different approaches of portraiture. The work of these artists inscribed new meaning to photography while at the same time challenging established ideas of photography by infusing new styles of photo portraiture. This…

Abelardo used his photography to express his hardships and feelings of isolation as a foreigner in the United States. He also fancied the topic of Surrealism in Photography because it suited his feelings of being a stranger in a new country. Abelardo Morell is a renowned Cuban-born photographer in the field of Contemporary photography, known for his invention working methods, including the use of a Camera Obscura that represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York City. He took the Camera…

The man and the band that no knows anything about. If they do know something they are never quite sure if it’s true. Nick Blinko is a British outsider artist, schizophrenic, and lead singer and guitar player in the experimental Anarcho-Punk band Rudimentary Peni. Yes that’s “Peni” as in “Penis” Little is known about Rudimentary Peni and even less is known about Blinko. What there is to know is shrouded in mystery and all seems to come from a very small pool of original sources. Pooled here is…