Week 8.

Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Untitled
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I have always been inspired by Meatyard's work, but after viewing his work in person when our school went on the trip to New York City, his work inspired me even more. His tonal range is absolutely fantastic, and his use of contrast is incredible. The print quality is also spectacular, and I love the use of blur and motion in several of his photographs. Each one of his photos holds a surrealistic aspect to them. This photograph in particular really grabbed my attention. I love the use of motion to distort the image, but how you can still make out specific objects, like the small child amongst the trees.

Steve McCurry
China
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I have a friend who is absolutely in love with Steve McCurry's work, so I decided to look more into what he does, and his work is incredible. This photograph was one of the first ones that I saw that really pulled me in. I love how one person is to the side of the photograph out of focus, which leads your eye into the photograph to find the man running on the building. The colors add to the photograph as well, especially since the earth, and the buildings around them only have muted colors, but the outfits they are wearing are very saturated and bright. The composition of this photograph is amazing as well, and like I mentioned before, the fact that the one man to the side of the photo is completely out of focus, adds a lot to the picture itself.

William Eggleston
Atlanta
1980's
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The first thing that really grabbed my attention in the photograph was the colors. All of the colors are very dull, and the majority are simply earth tones, but the way they all work together, helps the photograph greatly. The horizontal lines that are made by the wires mimic the lines from the windows on the buildings and creates a frame within the photograph. The car leads your eye into the picture, and the pole in the foreground that is out of focus adds a lot and leads your eye in as well.

Week 7.

Siebe Warmoeskerken
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I follow this Siebe on Flickr, and his landscape photography is spectacular. I have become really fascinated with photographs of great distance and space involving landscape, and I find this to be really beautiful. The space between the sky and the mountains in the distance and then  ground is incredible. I love the atmospheric prospective in this photograph, and how the landscape almost looks like a painting. The composition is incredible as well, and how the colors fit together perfectly. 

Brassai
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The main thing that really pulls me into this photograph is the fog and how the lights look underneath of it. I also love how you can see the reflection of the lights on the road because it may have rained before this was taken, and that definitely adds a lot to this photograph. I also love the fact that the lines on the road help the audience know where the picture was taken, or relatively close to the area/country where this photograph was taken. The lighting is incredible in this photo, and how the streetlights lead your eye farther into the picture as they disappear into the scene. This photograph is beautiful and gives off a very quiet feel, but also lonely. 

Alexander Rodchenko
Balconies
1925
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The geometrical shapes of this photograph is what first attracted me it as a whole. I love way the lines of the building lead you up to the sky, and the tone of this photograph and contrast is perfect. The darks aren't too dark, and the lights aren't too light, especially since you can tell that this photograph was taken on a cloudy day. I think that since this photograph was taken on a cloudy day, it adds more emotion and feeling to the photograph itself. 

Week 6.

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Andre Kertesz
Distortion - 1933
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I have always been fascinated with how images can be distorted or altered using simple objects such as mirrors. I was initially attracted to this photograph because the woman in this photograph is being distorted in the mirror to add a different feel to the photograph altogether. The composition of this picture is amazing, and the in way in which the camera is placed makes the woman's reflection look not human, even in the least bit.

W. Eugene Smith
"Country Doctor" Series, 1948
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When I saw this photograph, and the series title, I immediately made the connection and felt that the title of the series added a lot of depth to this photograph. The composition is spectacular, and the range of tone is incredible. I also really like the fact that the "doctor" is in mid-step, and in a somewhat awkward position. The fact that it looks like it's going to storm by the way the clouds look in the background adds a lot of questions to where this picture was actually taken, what time of year, and what exactly was going on with this weather pattern.

Garry Winogrand
Utah, 1964
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I was instantly drawn to this photograph because of the final project I did for Photo 1. The fact that he took the photograph inside of the car which I have done many times before made me much more intrigued to look deeper into this picture. The use of decisive moment is incredible. The fact that he caught an animal running across the road in this picture is amazing, and adds a lot more to this photograph as a whole. I also really enjoy the fact that the windshield is a bit dirty to add texture.

Week 5.

Albert Watson
Car Park, Gold Coast, Las Vegas, 2001
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I have seen Albert Watson's work prior to doing this blog assignment, but I haven't seen his landscape work. I absolutely love his landscape photography and how he makes a photograph taken in the past 10 years or so, look like it was taken decades ago. His tonal range in this photograph is absolutely incredible, and the contrast is very effective as well. The fact that he added a vintage vehicle into this picture adds to the illusion. With his color photography, the color range is fantastic to give you a sense that the photograph was taken decades before it actually was.

Jacob Riis
Blind Beggar
c. 1890
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I read into Jacob Riis and what influenced his work. After reading about his influence and why he took photographs I was really intrigued by his work. Riis was influenced by the poverty that surrounded the world, mainly where he was living at the time. Riis even discussed the seriousness of poverty and how it should be solved. I think that the way Riis touched such a serious matter through his art is absolutely incredible. The title of this adds to the depth of the picture. The fact that the man is blind adds a lot of emotion to this photograph, and I believe it's very powerful.

Loretta Lux
The Wanderer
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I have never seen Loretta Lux's work before looking up her photographs for this blog assignment. I love the surrealism she applies to portraits. The photographs look like paintings mixed with cut outs from newspapers and magazines. The way the photographs she makes and manipulates turn into something entirely different and begin to look like a separate medium is remarkable.