Color - Week 6.

Jay Sauceda
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I came across this photographer in one of my many photography magazines that I receive in the mail, and I don't usually like portraits, but I found it really interesting how he photographs people in their natural environment in a really commercial looking way. He mainly shoots around his home in Austin Texas, and it is definitely great to see how many different people are living in one single area. In this photograph I love the lighting that he has used to light the figure and to correspond with the background. I enjoy the composition quite a lot and how the blue from the sky and plane are seen in his jacket.

Ken Kochey
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I have seen a bit of his work prior to this diptych, but I honestly think this is one of his greatest photographs. I have always enjoyed diptychs, and of course, when two images go together beautifully, it is incredible to see the impact two images can make standing side by side. The two images go together quite amazingly, especially with the way the blue from the sky in the left picture is matched wonderfully with the blue in the womans wardrobe on the right; it can really make quite a statement.

Brooke Shaden
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I don't usually tend to like photo manipulated work, but when I saw this image I instantly fell in love with it. Of course, that may have to do with the square format and how beautifully it works with the image and the composition, but I honestly believe this is an incredible piece. The image is edited so nicely you can't tell if it has actually been manipulated. The scene of this image is so surreal, but it is captured and editing in such a beautiful way you almost forget that it isn't real. I love the way the water drops are only seen forming around the figures feet and not in the rest of the water even though her head is covered with an umbrella, it definitely causes me to ask a lot of questions, but I honestly get the feeling and sense that this girl is cursed.

Color - Week 5 - Take 2

 Catharine Maloney
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Her work is incredibly fascinating. I have seen photographs like this taken before, but not in this specific way. I love how dark the first two images are, and how you can't tell what exactly the bodies (figures) are submerged in, because it looks like they are simply floating in a black mass. This of course causes me to ask myself a lot of questions as to what the photographs are actually supposed to represent, and if the formations of the figures symbolize anything deeper. The third image caught my eye right away, just because it was different than the first two, and it is not in square format. I like the difference between the last image and the first two, and how you can see the figures and what they are submerged in, rather than them simply being in black space, and you can definitely tell that they are in a pool. The second image reminds me of The Beatles and their later music. Overall, the series is amazing and very different from anything I have ever seen.

Color - Week 5

Patrick (No last name given)
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He is one of my favorite photographers that I follow on Flickr, if not my absolute favorite. His work reminds me of Stephen Shores, and it is absolutely incredible. I love the way he turns landscapes that are during this time period, into looking like landscapes from the 70s, or even earlier. He uses cars and buildings in a great way to make his photographs seem as if they are from a different decade. The composition of this photograph is very strong, and wouldn't work as well if it wasn't in a square format. I love the way the blue from the car is mimicked in the sky, and how the green from the roof flows together with the blue quite nicely.

Larry Sultan
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I haven't seen much of Larry Sultan's work until I was viewing it after I read that Todd Hido did an exhibit with him before, and once I saw this photograph I instantly fell in love with Sultan's work. I love the composition in this photograph, and the light from inside of the house, and the positioning of the dog in front of the light reminds me a lot of Crewdson, in a very good way of course, and draws me into the photograph even more. I love the way the side of the house looks purple because of the time of day and how that color goes incredibly with the green on the concrete from the lights inside of the house. This photograph looks like a movie still, and makes me ask a lot of questions. I love the mystery to this as well.

Alec Soth
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He has been one of my favorite photographers for a while now, and I absolutely love his photographs of simple objects in a landscape setting. The colors in this flow together incredibly, and I am taken away by the composition and overall beauty of this photograph. I am in love with the fact that the red, white, and blue, of the flag is mimicked in the colors in the furniture. I think it is incredible that Alec Soth can turn something so simple into something completely magical and wonderful.

Color - Week 4.

Len Jenshel
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Ever since we looked at Jenshel's work in class I have really fallen in love with it. I came across this picture and was instantly drawn to it. The way that the background fades from sight because of the fog is absolutely beautiful, and how the brown from the land morphs into blue as you look to the sky. The composition of this piece is very good as well, with the man standing in the front with the billboard. Overall this is a fantastic photograph.

Catherine Opie
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Catherine Opie has always been one of my favorite photographers, especially her images of the ice houses and the images of the surfers; and this happens to be an image from her series of surfers. Surfers always tend to be photographed in a particular way, and she captured them in a way I have never seen them captured before, and it is quite beautiful. I love the way the sky meets the ocean, and how it looks like there is no difference between the two.

Natalie Kucken
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I have known of Natalie's work for a short time now, but her photographs are absolutely incredible. All of her photography is very surreal, and reminds me of dreams, especially the photographs she takes of the children. There is always a mystery to them that captivates me. The colors in this photograph flow together nicely, and the light in the foreground makes me ask a lot of questions.