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.
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