Artist research

I have researched several different artists and found out what they might use to create there images and explained my own views on what I think the artist is trying to communicate through there work. Also I have explained what I like about the work produced by the artists I have chosen to look at.

 

 

The Starn Twins

The first artist I looked at was Doug and Mike Starn, better know as The Starn Twins, who were born in 1961 in New Jersey. The reason I chose to look at The Starn Twins was because I like how they project there images onto photographic paper onto the wall and then individually hand process the images. Once the images are done they put the image back together in all the separate squares they had first projected the image onto. I also like how they aren't careful with there images, as they scratch into there images and apply dirt and bleach.

 

Corrine Day

I also looked at Corrine Day who was born in Ickenham in Greater London in 1962. While in Tokyo in 1985 she met Mark Szaszy who had a keen interest in photography, and taught Corrine Day how to use a camera. She then met Phil Bicker in 1989 who introduced her to other stylists, with whom she created some of her images with. Corrine Day was mostly known as a fashion photographer. I chose to look at Corrine Days work because I like the was she sets out her images as I personally think it looks like its showing the movement of the model. Also I like how it shows the many different angles of a person.

 

 

Ansel Adams

Ansal Adams was born in San Francisco, California in 1902. He was an American photographer and environmentalist and mostly took images in black and white of Yosemite National Park and the American West. Producing his first photograph in 1921. To ensure sharpness in his images Adams uses large-format cameras because of the high resolution. I like Ansel Adams photographs because I like how he uses black and white also by using black and white I like the shadows it casts in the landscape. I think that Ansel Adams is trying to communicate the beauty of landscapes also the size and scale of the environment.

 

 

Don McCullin

Don McCullin was born in Finsbury Park, London in 1935 and is a photojournalist, focusing mostly on war photography. He once said "Photography for me is not looking, its feeling. If you cant feel what you're looking at then you're never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures." When I read this quote I found this extremely inspirational. I like the images that Don McCullen takes because I like how they make you feel extremely strong emotions. I think that McCullen is trying to portray strong emotions though his world poverty and war images.

 

Mari Mahr

 

Mari Mahr was born in 1941 in Santiago de Chile. Her first exhibition was in London at the photographers Gallery. She uses layers to create her images, she does this by taking one image that would become the backdrop, she then layers objects over the top of her first image and takes another picture of the two layes wwhich then becomes her final image. I like the images by Mahr because I like how the proportions aren't right. Also I like the process in which she made the images. I personally think that Mahr tries to communicate story's or her own events in life through her images.

 

Hiroshi Sugimoto

 

Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in 1948 in Tokyo, Japan. He focuses his work on the transience of life and the conflict between life and death. "Time Exposed" is an expression of how he has spoken about his work. He uses large format cameras and an extremely long exposure time to create his images. I like how Sugimoto uses long exposure to create his images. I think that Sugimoto is trying to express the presence, absence and stillness of something in his images.

 

Eadweard Muybridge

 

Eadweard Muybridge was born in Kingston upon Thames in 1830. His early work was in motion-picture projection and he then moved on to study motion through photography. He was also the first person to discover that when a horse runs at some point in its movement all four legs are off the ground at the same time in one movement. I like Muybridge's images because I like how he records movement through photography using mostly animals such as horses, birds or cats. He also uses people walking or dancing to see there movements.