Thursday, September 2, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
William Eggelston
Title: Tricycle
Artist: William Eggelston
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Artist's Biography – (50-75 words): William Eggleston was born in Memphis, Tennessee, but grew up in Summer, Mississippi. When he was younger he would buy postcards and cut pictures out of magazines. He was interested in playing the piano, drawing, and electronics. He attended Vanderbilt University for a year, Delta State College for a semester, and the University if Mississippi for five years; he never got a degree. He first became interested in photography at the university of Mississippi when his friend gave him a Leica camera. He was influenced by Robert Frank(Swiss photographer) and Henri Cartier-Bresson's (French photographer) book The Decisive Moment. Eggleston taught at Harvard for a year and in the same year discovered dye-transferring printing, usually used for advertisement, and applied it to his own images. His most famous photo is the "Red ceiling" taken in 1973.
Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words): I really like his work. It's very saturated, but it works and really captures my attention. He actually kind of takes pictures the same way I do. I think my favorite pieces by him are; the field of yellow and purple flowers 1978, Tricycle. I really love his Tricycle picture it's just amazing I love the composition and the perspective. The picture actually reminds me a lot of how I take pictures.
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E-6 Processing
Title: E-6
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Artist's Biography – (50-75 words):
E-6 is a processing used for slide film. E-6 replaced E-3 and E-4 processes. Unlike the chemicals used for E-3 and E-4 processing, the chemicals used to process E-6 are environmentally friendly. E-6 can be used for both color and black and white film.
Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):
I'm not impressed with the processing. I wasn't able to find a reason why it is better than any other method. I do like my example picture though
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Artist's Biography – (50-75 words):
E-6 is a processing used for slide film. E-6 replaced E-3 and E-4 processes. Unlike the chemicals used for E-3 and E-4 processing, the chemicals used to process E-6 are environmentally friendly. E-6 can be used for both color and black and white film.
Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):
I'm not impressed with the processing. I wasn't able to find a reason why it is better than any other method. I do like my example picture though
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Alec Soth
Bible Study book (Prophet In the Wilderness), Mississippi, 2002
Dog Days, Bogota
Alec Soth was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is also based. Soth has been featured in many group and solo exhibitions. In 2008 Alec started his own publishing company called Little Brown Mushroom. His work is represented in major public and private collections. Such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
I find Alec’s photography very interesting. I like his style, its different. Some of his images have a slightly creepy vibe, like the photo attached. Overall I find his work very cool, and would suggest checking out his photography.
Cara Mannino
Title:Edie Sedgwick, Ingrid Superstar
Artist: Stephen Shore
Medium: Black and white
Year:1965-1967
Artist’s Biography – (50-75 words):
Stephen Shore was born in New York City in 1947. Starting at the early age of six Shore became interested in photography. He was given a photographic darkroom kit by one of his uncles which allowed Shores to self teach himself. At the age of 10 Shores received a copy of walker Evens’ book “American Photographs”
http://artnews.org/gallery.php?i=91&exi=16089&303_Gallery&Stephen_Shore is a good site to go to for more information on this artist
Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):
My personal reaction is that the man had a lot of good photographs for his style of photography. However his style of photography isn’t too artistic and shows very little emotion. If the emotions are shown portray a cold and bitter heart that the man had. Weather or not this was true or not isn’t for me to say. All that I’m saying is that his pictures speak those words. He gives an aura of a monk in search of something. I respect his view however in that he was true to his style of photography.
Andy Warhol
Title: Marilyn 1967
Artist: Andy Warhol
Medium: Screenprint
Year: 1967
Artist's Biography – Andy (Andrew) Warhol lived from 1928 to 1987. He was the leader of a visual movement during a time known as the counterculture in American history. He worked with a concept known as pop art, which works to isolate the subject from its original context to focus on the subject alone. He repeated the images several times using vivid colors and turned the images into one piece. He became a very successful artist in his time, selling his highest priced painting at $100 million dollars for a painting called, "Eight Elvises" developed in 1963, which only compares to the selling prices of top artists like Jackson Pollock and Pablo Picasso.
Personal Reaction – I enjoy seeing the works of Andy Warhol because he is a large part of American history. His works are extremely popular and creative. His methods and techniques are very original. He is extremely famous for several of his works of art. It amazes me how inventive he was with his mediums and the trend he was able to set based on his works of art.
Kathleen Martini
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