When looking at photographs size is something that is usually taken for granted. Most of the time there are buildings or landmarks that can give us a sense of scale or a sense of place within a photograph. The end goal of this piece is to take that landmark away and leave the viewer with …
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Final Project Test Shots
Artist Statement This is an experiential project in which you are to be immersed within the photographs surrounding you. Surrounding you on three sides are large 44in prints of a diorama, shot as though they were life size. The goal of this piece is to make the viewer feel as though they are standing inside …
Fact and Fiction
For this project I gravitated towards the weird and slightly disturbing. When creating these photographs I wanted to create something that was slightly off putting when looked at closely. Things that didn’t quite line up. So to accomplish this I switched parts of my face with other photographs of myself to create a look that …
Weekly Photo Blog – Joshua Smith
Smith’s work is very close to what I want to do with my final project. He creates miniatures and photographs them in such a way that they are believable as large, or in this case average size, items or scenes. It’s a blend of very careful miniature building as well as very meticulous photography. He …
Assignment #7 Appropriation
For this assignment I thought very hard about how I wanted to present the idea of appropriation. Originally I was going to use Google Earth to “take pictures” of places I couldn’t get to within the time limit but that idea left a lot to be desired. Instead I turned my attention back to the …
Final Project Proposal
For my final project I would like to create a series of shots that deal with perspective and scale. Using a macro lens and the studio lighting I would like to create shots that lose their sense of scale allowing very small objects to instead appear very large. I am going to create the entire …
Photographer Blog – David Hockney
Hockney’s work is the most dynamic that I’ve looked at so far. He uses many images at different points of view to show almost a 3 dimensional rendering of whatever his camera happens to be pointing at. These are what Hockney refers to as “Joiner” photographs. The joiner photographs give a strange perspective that is …
Collage Assignment
For this collage assignment I really wanted to work in Legos. Legos were a huge part of my childhood that defined the part of me that has been interested in art since a young age. When figuring out how to combine myself with Legos I decided to create a hand, the tool we use to …
Photographer Blog – Herbert List
List’s photographs focus greatly on light and how shadows effect an image, especially in black and white composition. A photograph such as his photo of a statue within Athens which involves harsh shadows and hard lines in both the stone and the cloth covering the horse and man. Or his photo (shown below) of the …
Photographer Blog – Bert Stern
I had never heard the name Bert Stern but I have seen his photographs, specifically his shot of Louis Armstrong. He is shooting in such a beautiful and entrancing way that I almost forget I’m looking at studio shots for advertising or fashion. The lighting on the subjects is almost perfect in its composition, drawing …
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