Color - Week 3. Stephen Shore

This was the first photograph of Stephen Shore's that really caught my attention, and I guess that is because this photograph reminds me of my favorite Todd Hido photograph. I instantly fell in love with the muted colors, and how the same brown/earth tone flows throughout the entire image. I also really enjoy how the legs and shoes lead my eyes into the photograph to see the blue on the television screen, and the blue in the jeans. I also really like how you cannot see any information from outside of the window, that there is only light shining through.

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This definitely has to be my second favorite Stephen Shore photograph. The way he can have several colors flow throughout a photograph in a pleasing way is incredible. I absolutely love how the green of the car is seen throughout the image (on the sign, corn, and boxes), and I also really enjoy how the red is seen throughout the photograph as well as the yellow/orange (boxes, building, door, truck, and onions). I think the way he left the doors of the vehicles and the building open adds a lot to the photograph as well, and makes the photograph more interesting. The way the doors are open adds mystery to the image overall.

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This is the image I chose of Stephen Shore's that I didn't find as interesting as the others. This is an average image, sure it's not horrible, but I have seen images like this before, there isn't anything spectacular about it. The atmospheric perspective is nice, but there is nothing that makes me excited about this image.

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Color - Week 2

Joel Sternfeld
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I have seen a lot of his work, but mostly his portraits. I found a book of his in the library containing his landscape work, and I must admit, I like his landscape photography more than his portraits. I love the way the same two colors (brown a green) move throughout the entire photograph. The colors of the house mimics the beauty of the earth because of the colors, which is ironic, because the house is manmade. The house is now abandoned, or looks abandoned, and will now become a part of the earth itself.

Gilbert Terrazas
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This photograph leaves me with the feeling of absence; something being missing, or taken away that used to belong in this place that was photographed. I love how simple the colors our, and how muted. The bright lights from inside of the building that lead onto the ground is absolutely incredible. The simplicity of this image is what makes it so beautiful. 

Anna Gaskell 
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All of her work reminds me of nightmares, dangerous plots being planned, and mischievous activities. This one reminds me of children dragging away Alice to Wonderland, or dragging her away. All of her photographs have this dark and surreal quality to them, and they really are incredible. I found a book of her work in the library as well and I fell in love with it. 

Color - Week 1.

Marcus Claesson
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I have always been a fan of his work, ever since I came across his photo-stream on Flickr. His work reminds me of Michael Kenna's work, mainly because of the weather situations they both use, and the vast space in their photographs, and with the added knowledge for specific detail. This is one of my favorite photographs that Marcus has ever taken. The foreground leads the viewers eyes into the photograph and the center point, which is the light being swallowed by the fog. The photograph doesn't have any saturated colors, and the mood of the image as a whole is definitely a calm one. The photograph also seems very quiet with the fog present.

Nan Goldin
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This photograph instantly caught my eye. I love the way the soft blues and browns flow together nicely with the subject matters skin tone. The murky bath water also adds a nice touch to the photograph. While looking a this photograph it almost makes me feel as if I am intruding on a private and personal thought, especially since the subjects eyes are closed and the camera is from a higher position and angle. The positioning of the hands also give this feeling of a 'private moment', as if the subject is in deep thought or calm and at ease.

Todd Hido
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The flow of this whole photograph is absolutely incredible. The blue that engulfs the majority of this photograph is touched by the light coming from inside of the house, and from the road. The yellow light that glows goes well with the blue from the snow and the sky, and helps the viewers eye to see a certain part of the photograph, which is the light coming from the windows of the house, and this light seems to circle the house because of the lights from the road and the houses in the difference. The composition was well thought out, as well as the exposure.