Polaroid Transfer

Title: Polaroid Transfer
Artist: Brad Gillette
Medium:
Year: 2006

Process Description – (50-75 words):
Polaroid transfer is a technique, which uses Polaroid film to be able to place an image on textiles, glasses, cups and various other surfaces. The process is done by developing the film for about 15 seconds, after pulling it out from the holder, pulling apart the two sides of the film, and placing the negative side on a surface you want to use. You let it sit for 20minutes with some pressure applied, pour some hot water over it, and the peel away the negative gently.


Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):
I really like the way that the photos turn out because they have a vintage feel to them and the textures pop out a lot more than they would on a regular photo.



Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog):
Almir Hodzic

Gabriel Orozxo

Gabriel Orozco is a Mexican artist who works with both photography and objects to create a sculpture.  He likes to combine both manmade objects with things from nature.  He then frequently photographs his creations as a way of documenting his work.  His work has been shown in museums such as Tate Modern and the Museum of Modern Art.  I like his work because it incorporates more than just photography.  I like that he creates scenes.  

Tracey Boran

Title: Tracey Boran
Artist: Tracey Boran
Medium:
Year: born in1975

Artist's Biography – (50-75 words):
Tracey was born in a small town in New York. She went to the school of visual arts. She started to take pictures of herself and her family and friends. She liked to take pictures of intense feelings. One of her first exhibitions was in 1998. She participated in more than thirty group shows at galleries throughout the world.


Personal Reaction – (50 – 75 words):
I absolutely love her pictures. Her pictures tell a million different stories. I love how daring she is and is willing to take things to the next level. If I could I would want to take more dangerous and risky photos. I believe everyone that is taking photography should go out of their comfort zone and take pictures of something daring!



Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Jillian Goss

Gabriel Orozco

Title: My Hands Are My Heart
Artist: Gabriel Orozco
Year: 1991

Artist's Biography: Gabriel is a Mexican artist who has been named one of the most influential artists of this generation and maybe even the next. He doesn't stick with just one medium of work and that makes his work interesting; videos, drawings, installations, and photography are his main methods. His work and personal style create a rare opportunity for the audience to interact with the artwork!

Personal Reaction: I found a lot of his work to be pretty interesting. A lot of what I saw was photos of his stuff on exhibit. But his photography, which appeared to be on location, also seemed very interesting. He is definitely someone I wouldn't mind doing more research on!

Sam Mandt J

Uta Barth

Title: Field #23 (Part of series: Field and Ground)
Artist: Uta Barth
Medium: Photography
Year: 1998

Artist's Biography – Uta Barth was born in 1958 in Berlin, Germany. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She generally shoots her images out of focus, cropped, and uses negative space as part of her subject. Her photographs create an illusion for the audience in a way that encourages them to develop their own meaning of the subject. Her philosophy is that the lens of the camera should capture the image in the same manner as the lens of your eyes, so her images recreate a image how it would appear in our peripheral field of vision: blurry.



Personal Reaction – Uta experiments with the depth of field, focus, and framing to create original works of art. She uses photography to display the aesthetic principles of her subjects, and does so in a manner that is extremely interesting and creative. I enjoy her work, and I commend her for developing her photographs in a way that may not be comfortable for all audiences, but instead of attempting to please the majority, remaining true to her personal style as an artist.




Name: Kathleen Martini

Student Work from the Color and Design Project

Web Work 5 Artist Videos

Andreas Gursky

Link:

I don't usually like to include videos that are just slide shows with music - but there are a lot of installation images in here, you can get a sense of the scale of Gursky's images. You can boogie down, too.

Edward Burtynsky

This video from TED is terrific. Kind of long. Worth it.






From the Long Now Foundation.


Lewis Baltz






Candida Hofer


In German, but you get to see her at work.




Richard Misrach






Thomas Struth


Thomas Ruff


Hiroshi Sugimoto