Final Project

Artist Statement

     Photography has the ability to capture our past, to transport us into our nostalgia. My collection of images is dedicated to our memories that can be triggered by objects. These are items that once were a part of our daily lives and have been disregarded, usually in a field to rust and decay. Over time they transformed from utilitarian objects to pieces of art. The mineral streaks of rust flowing down the side of a truck where the paint is peeling, can create unique color variations. As these objects sit out in the field they settle into the earth. Grass and trees grow up in and around them, making them part of the earth and part of the scenery. They are transformed into sculptures that change with time. Occasionally, we stop and see them for their original utilitarian use. In that moment we are transported back in time. Our nostalgia with our past makes these items more than just objects; they become sculptures that we are emotionally attached to.

Portraits

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Fixed  1

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Fixed 5

I have always loved old Hollywood photographs of stars, mostly for the dramatic lighting used to make the stars look their best.

40 Remarkable Examples of Macro Photography

Peter Sawyer on Nov 15th 2009
I found this image on this site http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/40-remarkable-examples-of-macro-photography/.
I like macro photography. I find blowing up something that you normally not see so big is interesting and draws you to study the image more.
Here is the information for the site.
macro is close-up photography
You can shot macro with almost any camera – most devices tend to have a pre-set macro mode. You can find this on most cameras by searching for the small flower icon. That said, you may often find that the pre-set macro mode is restricting and will not give you professional looking results. This is often seen as "close up" photography rather than macro, as you are not capturing "true macro".

For the best results, you need a specialist macro lens for your SLR and often a proper lighting kit (macro flashgun) to go with it. Macro lenses are purposely designed for sharp images at a short range. They also do double up for portraits quite well.

For more details about shooting macro photography, these tutorials may be useful:

• Learn about macro photography.
• The difference between macro, micro and close-up photography.
• A guide to lenses, extension tubes and more.

I like when macro images become abstract shapes.

100+ Beautiful Examples of Black and White Photography

Posted in Inspiration, PhotographyDecember 19th, 2009 By Daniel Adams

On this website there is a Stunning collection of Black and White Photography and Pictures taken by various artists. Unfortunately the photographers names are not with each image but the site is worth looking at.

 I like this photo especially in black and white because black and white takes out the distraction of color and causes you to concentrate on the lines in her face.

I like this image in black and white because it is like a abstract pen and ink image.

More interesting images I found online. 

They are enhanced by some interesting techniques.

Infrared photography photography picks up on infrared waves that are outside of the normal visible spectrum.  While far-infrared photography is used to display the heat emanating from objects, near-infrared photography creates haunting photographs with distorted colors. 

Infrared Photography of Naomi Frost

HDR (high dynamic range) imaging. The goal of each is to create a photograph with a greater range of tones than a single-exposure photo.

 HDR Photography of Kevin Crafts

Infrared photography and HDR photography both yield amazing and unique results.  Some photographers are taking it a step further and combining these two methods.

HDR and Infrared Photography of Brokentaco

A Photoshop Image I liked

I found this image online. I don't know who took the photo or who did the photoshop work but I thought it was an interesting idea.

Five Creative Photography Ideas for Family Christmas Cards – Toddlers

Posted on the 25 October 2012 by Meltingmoments

http://life.paperblog.com/five-creative-photography-ideas-for-family-christmas-cards-toddlers-336981/

I found this photo online and thought it was a cute Idea especially with Christmas coming up.

Exquisite Photography By Mikko Lagerstedt

Mikko is a photographer from Finland. I love his interesting use of lighting and how simple his subjects are. 

Super Creative Photos By Flávio Demarchi

http://abduzeedo.com/super-creative-photos-fl%C3%A1vio-demarchi

Flávio Demarchi is a photographer from São Paulo, Brazil who has been working for big clients such as Getty Images, UOL, Super Interessante and other major Brazilian publications.

I found this image to be an interesting idea. I love the colors and that depth of field that the truly clear image of the city is in the globe upside down.

Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange (May 26, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). Lange's photographs humanized the consequences of the Great Depression and influenced the development of documentary photography.

Lange's 1936, Migrant Mother, Florence Owens Thompson

I have always loved this picture by Lange. I feel it is another one of those iconic images that moved and educated people at a time when it was important to do so. The FSA has tons of images by the photographers they sent out during the Depression that we have never seen. Now that collection of images are documentation of certain period of history that needs to be remember. Like the Holocaust the amount of people who lived during these period of history are becoming less and less. After the live individual accounts, the images are the next best way to remind people of this history to keep us from having to endure such hardships again.  

Edward Sheriff Curtis 

Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 16, 1868 – October 19, 1952) was a photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples.

There are two reasons I love Edward Sheriff Curtis's Photos first for the way he used lighting. He began working in photography while photography was still in it's infancy and he helped develop the dramatic lighting used in portrait images. I also love that he document the American Indians before their way of life was changed forever.

Self-portrait circa 1889

White Man Runs Him, c.1908.Crow scout serving with George Armstrong Custer’s 1876 expeditions against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne that culminated in the Battle of the Little Bighorn.

A smoky day at the Sugar Bowl--Hupa, c. 1923. Hupa man with spear, standing on rock midstream, in background, fog partially obscures trees on mountainsides.

Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.

As an artist I love Alfred Stieglitz images. They remind me of a Romantic landscape painting and his portraits brought life to the person in a time when portrait images where very cold and stiff. He truly made art from the photographic image.

"Spring Showers, The Coach" (1902) 

"Venetian Canal" (1894)

Georgia O'Keeffe.

15 Famous Photos in History Colorized

ttp://twistedsifter.com/2012/01/famous-photos-in-history-colorized/

Dorothy Counts – Colorized by Sanna Dullaway

Her site: http://imgur.com/a/wapUe

As I was looking for images to place on my blog I found this website where Sanna Dullaway took old photos and colorized them and it is amazing. The most amazing thing is how it takes the person or event from and event from history and makes you feel it is an image or event from now days.

Photographer: Kevin Carter

Source: Wikipedia.org

The photo is the “Pulitzer Prize” winning photo taken in 1994 during the Sudan Famine.
The picture depicts stricken child crawling towards an United Nations food camp, located a kilometer away.

The vulture is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat him. This picture shocked the whole world. No one knows what happened to the child, including the photographer Kevin Carter who
left the place as soon as the photograph was taken.

Three months later he committed suicide due to depression.

This is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen. It stirs so many emotions that you can't even begin to describe what your feeling, from the anger and deep sadness to the inspirations to get up and help. In one image Kevin Carter moved the world to take notice of horrible event that could have gone un-notice without this image. People debate wether it is moral to take a photo and of such a terrible image of human suffering, people think how could the photographer take the time to take the photo instead of helping the child. In the end this image can help the child and some many others that it has to be done. I believe that photo-journalist witness so many horrible things, it can eat away at them , along with the moral decisions of whould and shouldn't take a photo of. Photojournalist should be honored more for what they do, it is a very difficult job and in the end by Kevin Carter taking the time to take this photo he helped more than just one child.

Photographer: Steve McCurry

Source: nationalgeographic.com

This picture was shot by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry. Sharbat Gula was one of the students in an informal school within the refugee camp; McCurry, rarely given the opportunity to photograph Afghan women, seized the opportunity and captured her image. She was approximately 12 years old at the time. She made it on the cover of National Geographic next year, and her identity was discovered in 1992.

I remember the first saw this image I was amazed by how her eyes pull you in. When you hear the story that she was in a refugee camp and that this image wouldn't normally be allowed because she is a Afghan woman, the image captivates you even more. 

Here she later when her identity was discovered.

Retro Images

Original Image

Image after changes

Suco Cover Image