Irving Pen, On Assignment
Pen shot photographs for Vogue magazine. Most of his photographs were moving images and early group or single potraits in black and white. His photographs aquire a clear stillness and good use of light. He clearly used a high contrast of light and dark to reflect the faces of the peopple in the shot. The use of high contrast of light an dark helps the photograph have an emphasize in the persons’ face, making their face expresion stand out more.
Nick Brandt, Across the Ravaged Land
Brandts’ shot photographs of wild animals and nature in general. His photographs were taken from up close giving them a shadow and object focus. Most of his photographs were in black and white which made them more realistic. His photos gave a sense of loneliness and depression, because it shows how wild animals might be going through in their habitat. How ever it also gave a sense of power the animals have over their kingdom. some of his photographs were shot in eye level and they clearly showed the different texture.
Robert Polidori, Versailles
Polidoris’ shots were mainly focus in texture and patterns. His photographs had different colors and texture which made the image more realistic. The photographs were less compress, some with frames within frames. This gave a sense of power like a kingdom or palace. His photographs used mostly depht of field to emphasize the texture and colors of the rooms and walls . They were mainly taken in eye level.
Susan Derges, New Work
Derges created her photos instead of taking them with her camera. This was one of my favorites because she was able to work with shadow and depth of field, making me wonder more about what the photo was showing. She was sble to create texture and colors giving it a more unrealistic kind of view. The way she creates the different landscapes from a high eye level makes me see it as if I was actually in that place. So far one of my favorites.
Olivo Barbieri, Alps-Geographies and People
Barbieri shot photographs from high eye level of snowy mountains. Some of the photographs include people climbing the mountains. He uses most of the space within the photogaph and combines it with flat unrealistic colors such as the blue of the sky and some of the white snow. on of the images that caught my atention was the one with mergin colors of orange and yellow together. the photograph included two mountains in the middle which had a high contrast with the background colors.
Philip Lorca DiCorsia, Hustlers
DiCorsia shot photographs of male prostitutes giving them a great focus. He uses extreme usage of light and dark focusing more on the person in the photograph. His shots were mainly taken in rooms or outside in the streets. Because he always focused in the object his images gave a sense of loneliness and them been traped in their own world, something like just by looking at the photographs you can tell what was really going on. His photographs mainly used eye level and focus on the object.
