Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Assignment #1 - 10 photos
5 photos that I like
1.
Brassai, Bal musette, 1932
This photograph's especially interesting, I think, because of the flatness/compression that the mirror gives to it--and also because of the way it plays on the idea of photography itself as a mirror.
2.
Edward Weston, Dunes, Oceano, 1936
3.
Thomas Ruff, Substrat 1I, 2001
3.
Julius Shulman, Case Study House No. 21, 1958
The balance between chilliness and sensuality in this photo is really excellent (if I remember right, the woman is the owner of the house, and the man in the background is the architect). It's hard to imagine it being used in a promotional flyer or something like that.
4.
Candida Höfer, Palacio Nacional de Queluz II, 2006
5.
Weegee, Heatspell, 1938
5 photos that I don't like
1.
Gregory Crewdson, Untitled - Winter, 2004
2.
Ken Rockwell, La Jolla, California, 2001
3. Brian Brewington, Snowy Range Sunrise, 2008
4.
Adel Abdessemed, Anything can happen when an animal is your cameraman, 2008
This guy became a little infamous a few years ago for a video piece that involved six or seven different species of animals killing each other in a pen. His work (both the photographs and the rest) seems to try to play on themes of foreignness and the postcolonial situation, but to me just comes across as shallow and opportunistic.
5.
Unknown, Every journey began in Africa, 2011
1.
Brassai, Bal musette, 1932
This photograph's especially interesting, I think, because of the flatness/compression that the mirror gives to it--and also because of the way it plays on the idea of photography itself as a mirror.
2.
Edward Weston, Dunes, Oceano, 1936
3.
Thomas Ruff, Substrat 1I, 2001
3.
Julius Shulman, Case Study House No. 21, 1958
The balance between chilliness and sensuality in this photo is really excellent (if I remember right, the woman is the owner of the house, and the man in the background is the architect). It's hard to imagine it being used in a promotional flyer or something like that.
4.
Candida Höfer, Palacio Nacional de Queluz II, 2006
5.
5 photos that I don't like
1.
Gregory Crewdson, Untitled - Winter, 2004
2.
4.
This guy became a little infamous a few years ago for a video piece that involved six or seven different species of animals killing each other in a pen. His work (both the photographs and the rest) seems to try to play on themes of foreignness and the postcolonial situation, but to me just comes across as shallow and opportunistic.
5.
Unknown, Every journey began in Africa, 2011
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