Irving Penn may be one of the most well-known fashion photographers of all time. His work has been seen worldwide and still graces the walls and pages of museums and books today. He can also be recognized as the twentieth century’s most amazing and influential artist, whose quality of work and unique style will be forever acknowledged. Throughout Penn’s career he photographed everything from food, flowers and still lifes to celebrities, nudes, street life and fashion. Penn declared “that…
believing? The question of whether or not photographers go too far when they “stage” or “manipulate” a photograph’s scene, has been an ongoing issue throughout our history. When this topic became part of the discussion in class, I immediately held the belief that presenting a fake photo was wrong. To me, it seemed very cut and dry; honesty versus dishonesty. After all, it would be against a moral code of ethics for a person to do such a terrible thing. If photographers got credit for manipulated…
VIVIANE SASSEN Viviane Sassen is one of those photographers that seem to use her camera as a toy and the frame and the world is her playground. Her images are colourful and playful and she is never afraid to use odd angles or weird shapes. The people in her images looks like sculptures, and it doesn’t seem to be any objects or materials that can’t be looking amazing in her world and in her pictures. The playfulness reminds you of a photographic version of the great painter Picasso, where the…
arrive to the event. The connection with the cooks and the driver are not critical, although it is established in order to for both parts to be successful. Tom has somewhat a critical connection with the photographer since it is his long time friend that has offered to do the photography. The photographer has an established connection with Torrey to make sure the photos turn out the way Torrey expects them to turn out. I have a somewhat a critical connection with Torrey since she bounces all the…
Photography has been my passion for a few years now, and I love the artistic representation that photography has to offer, including that of self-portraiture. I found the article Reflections on Self-Portraiture in Photography by Ina Loewenberg an interesting read and think the author has valid points throughout. The article states “We understand a portrait in any medium to be an artist’s interpretive rendering of the “subject” while a self-portrait is an artist’s presentation of…
This is the very awesome and delightful paper on Paul Strand. If you are reading this paper and wondering who the heck Paul Strand is, I am about to explain it right now! Paul Strand was a photographer who was around from the late 1800s to the 1970s. Specifically, he was born on…
they said I can't do sports or run the most It was kind of embarrassing because people were teasing me about it but it's okay now. My friend Ashlynn wants to on Broadway and it would be very cool when she does make it. She said I could be her photographer which would be awesome! She's a really good dancer! My cousin Laezlow is getting excited for homecoming because he just started dating my friend Hunter. Laezlow is like a big brother to me. Aiden is ignoring because of his girlfriend we have…
Photography Mythology Discovery Channel airs a television show called MythBusters hosted by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. The team’s job is to entertainingly present, objectively test, and scientifically determine whether or not myths found in popular culture are plausible or impossible. A major portion of their episodes showcase the “bustedness” of a broad range of myths such as affectively utilizing a tooth as an untraceable bullet. Once in a while though, to the delight of the viewer,…
The art of photographs has been progressing through decades. Photographers take pictures of anything that intrigues them, such as taking photos of nature, conflicts, violence, entertainment, or people. “Adding Emotion and Feeling to Photographs” by Peter West Carey introduces how photograph create emotions and how the photographers have to find the mood first before they take the photo. According to “The War Photo No One Would Publish” by Torie Rose DeGhett says, “The image and its anonymous…
perceived them as political and sometimes enjoys the historical scenes. According to Barthes stadium is an education that help him to study the operator and the spectator who perceive it in a reverse direction. The photograph is the intention of the photographer but the spectators experience it in an opposite way. They see the photograph and try to interpret it. “The stadium is a kind of education (knowledge and civility, “politeness”) which allow me to discover the operator, to experience the…