Photographers on Photography: Part 4
Last section on Henry Carrol for now, I have to say I rather like his real and straightforward approach to the industry. Onto the last section!
Photographers on Photography: How the Masters See, Think, and Shoot: Part 4
Roni Horn: He enjoys the subject of Nature in many different art forms for what nature represents.
Ron Jude: Metaphor is something that can flirt dangerously close to cliché.
Vik Muniz: He believes that photographs are interesting because they have too many stories to tell.
Penelope Umbrico: Photography is a way of claiming ownership of what we are seeing for her.
Ryuji Miyamoto: As soon as one takes a photograph the moment captured slips from present to past.
Bill Henson: He feels a sense of loss for the intangible world of silent stillness that exists within his photographs.
Alvin Langdon Coburn: He was fascinated by mysticism and the occult, and created alarming photographs as if he were a magician.
Ishiuchi Miyako: Photography is a way for her to reconcile her feelings for her hometown which she fled after western influence had overpowered a traditional town.
Lieko Shiga: As a photographer, she believes that violence inflicted by the photo itself extends to the taker of the photo.
Broomberg and Chanarin: There is a trust between photographer and subject that they will use the subject's image for good.
Eddie Adams: He happened to take a powerful photograph of an execution just as it was happening, and this photo was essential to rallying support for the end of the Vietnam war.
Joan Fontcuberta: Don't put too much faith in photographs, especially in the day of half told truths in online identities.
Charles Sheeler: Just because technology improves, does not mean the photograph itself improves.
Brandon Lattu: His work is about Photography, and he enjoys mixing mediums to give photography a new life.
Nobuyoshi Araki: Stillness and Silence and a trace of what once was - are inherent traits of photography portrayed in his work.
William Henry Fox Talbot: One of the key inventors of photography, his is the earliest surviving negative. Light to create, capture, and when old enough light can destroy the negative now.
Examples:
Roni Horn: Group I from Some Thames
Ron Jude: House at Sunset
Vik Muniz: Couple Central Park Zoo, After Garry Winograd
Penelope Umbrico: Detail from 541, 795 Suns
Ryuji Miyamoto: Kobe Ekimae Building, Chuo-Ku
Bill Henson: Untitled #20
Alvin Langdon Coburn: Marius de Zayas
Ishiuchi Miyako: #73 from Yokosuka Story
Lieko Shiga: Mothers Gentle Hands
Broomberg and Chanarin: Mr Mkhize
Eddi Adams: Saigon Execution
Joan Fontcuberta: Constellations
Charles Sheeler: Criss Crossed Conveyors
Brandon Lattu: Selected Compostion 5
Nobuyoshi Araki: Untittled from Chiro Love Death
William Henry Fox Talbot: Lattice Window at Lacock Abbey
Let me know your thoughts on this book and this author!
Photographers on Photography: How the Masters See, Think, and Shoot: Part 4
Roni Horn: He enjoys the subject of Nature in many different art forms for what nature represents.
Ron Jude: Metaphor is something that can flirt dangerously close to cliché.
Vik Muniz: He believes that photographs are interesting because they have too many stories to tell.
Penelope Umbrico: Photography is a way of claiming ownership of what we are seeing for her.
Ryuji Miyamoto: As soon as one takes a photograph the moment captured slips from present to past.
Bill Henson: He feels a sense of loss for the intangible world of silent stillness that exists within his photographs.
Alvin Langdon Coburn: He was fascinated by mysticism and the occult, and created alarming photographs as if he were a magician.
Ishiuchi Miyako: Photography is a way for her to reconcile her feelings for her hometown which she fled after western influence had overpowered a traditional town.
Lieko Shiga: As a photographer, she believes that violence inflicted by the photo itself extends to the taker of the photo.
Broomberg and Chanarin: There is a trust between photographer and subject that they will use the subject's image for good.
Eddie Adams: He happened to take a powerful photograph of an execution just as it was happening, and this photo was essential to rallying support for the end of the Vietnam war.
Joan Fontcuberta: Don't put too much faith in photographs, especially in the day of half told truths in online identities.
Charles Sheeler: Just because technology improves, does not mean the photograph itself improves.
Brandon Lattu: His work is about Photography, and he enjoys mixing mediums to give photography a new life.
Nobuyoshi Araki: Stillness and Silence and a trace of what once was - are inherent traits of photography portrayed in his work.
William Henry Fox Talbot: One of the key inventors of photography, his is the earliest surviving negative. Light to create, capture, and when old enough light can destroy the negative now.
Examples:
Roni Horn: Group I from Some Thames
Ron Jude: House at Sunset
Vik Muniz: Couple Central Park Zoo, After Garry Winograd
Penelope Umbrico: Detail from 541, 795 Suns
Ryuji Miyamoto: Kobe Ekimae Building, Chuo-Ku
Bill Henson: Untitled #20
Alvin Langdon Coburn: Marius de Zayas
Ishiuchi Miyako: #73 from Yokosuka Story
Lieko Shiga: Mothers Gentle Hands
Broomberg and Chanarin: Mr Mkhize
Eddi Adams: Saigon Execution
Joan Fontcuberta: Constellations
Charles Sheeler: Criss Crossed Conveyors
Brandon Lattu: Selected Compostion 5
Nobuyoshi Araki: Untittled from Chiro Love Death
William Henry Fox Talbot: Lattice Window at Lacock Abbey
Let me know your thoughts on this book and this author!
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