Negative Space

Title: Cup or Faces Paradox
Artist: It has been duplicated many times so I am not sure
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Movement/Vocabulary Description – (50-75 words): Figure/Ground Relationship is defined as "a property of perception in which there is a tendency to see parts of a visual field as solid, well-defined objects standing out against a less distinct background."-Dictionary.com! One of the typical uses for it is to help artists to create a 2D composition or an optical illusion! An optical illusion is an image that can appear differently to the brain depending on if the black color is in the figure or ground!


Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words): I really enjoy looking at the relationship between figure and ground, even images as simple as just black and white or ones that are more complex. Optical illusions are also very interesting to me and I have even made some before in an art class I took!




Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Sam Mandt J

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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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Alec Soth

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.