Research

Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore is an American photographer who was born in New York in 1947. He is a self taught photographer who is known for his images of banal everyday American Life. Many of his more famous photographs depict typical 1970's American from his many road trips across the Untied States. He is known for his use of color and being one of the first photographers to bring color into fine art photographs. He published the books The Nature of Photographs: A primer and Uncommon Places. He currently works in the photography department at Bard College.


 http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/shore/shore_articles.html
http://www.vice.com/read/stephen-shore-943-v16n7
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5409
http://www.303gallery.com/artists/stephen_shore/index.php?exhid=3&p=images

Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 1975

U.S. 97, South of Klamath Falls, Oregon 7/21/1973

Wolf Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10/28/1975

David Hilliard
David Hilliard was born in 1964 in Massachusetts. His photographs are large, multi-panel photographs, often changing perspectives on the same scene in the different panels. His photographs depict daily life, the people and the places surrounding him. They show people and their relationships, childhood, adolescence, family, adulthood and sexuality. As well as being a photographer he is a professor at Yale University.

http://chantalstone.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/meet-david-hilliard/
http://www.markmooregallery.com/artists/david-hilliard/
http://www.davidhilliard.com

The Favorite 2006

Boys Tethered 2008

The Lucky Coin 1995

Widow 2005

Assessment of Project 2 

I learned a lot more about depth of field and playing with focus. I worked at learning how to shoot more indoors and the challenges that come with that.  In that I did a lot with this project in figuring out how to shoot without a tripod and trial and error with using different things as a stand in for a tripod. I also worked on taking less photos that were at eye level and more that provided a viewpoint that is often seen.

With regards to myself as a photographer I learned that once I really get into a project I have a lot of ideas and like to try them all out and see which ones work and which ones don’t. I learned I tend to start with a small, this could be interesting and then really get into something and find an aspect that really interests me and then I come up with a lot of options and take a lot of photos.

 

Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Both of my photographs are by unknown artists. They are also both gelatin silver prints. They are also both displayed in gallery 850, which is a little alcove in the hallway.

The first photograph has been titled [Dismantled Wood Panelling Photographed in a Courtyard with Photographer Reflected in Mirror Above Mantelpiece] and the photographer is French. While the unknown date of exposure is unknown it is given a range of 1900-1910’s.  It is 8.4 x 53.5 cm.

The second photograph is given the title [Painter Working Outdoors]. It is assumed to be made in around 1900.  The image is 22.9 x 16.8 cm

 

 

The first photograph was not necessarily intended to be of people, while the second definitely is. The first photo is indoor architectural details while the second is outdoors and a painter working. 

The first photograph is of wood paneling on a wall, with a small fireplace and grand mirror in the middle. In the mirror is the reflection of photographer. I like so many things about this photo. I love the symmetry of the wall, meeting in the middle with the mirror. I find the reflection fascinating and thing it is an interesting way to see what is not necessarily mean to be seen, what isn’t supposed to be there. I think this idea of something that isn’t supposed to be there relates well to the other photograph. When the painting is displayed you won’t see the subjects. Yet the photograph has the uniqueness of capturing both the image the artist is painting as well as the actual subjects. I think it is really interesting to see what they look like versus how they are painted. The young girl has a slight smile, yet the painting has none. There are little details about the face that are smoothed out and perfected in the older girl, yet it is so clearly them. I also think it is cool that the photograph has one perspective of the girls yet the painting shows the perspective and angle that the artist is seeing. 

Assessment of Project 3

I learned about playing with angles and perspective to make an interesting photo. Technically I tried a little with photoshop and learned more about everything it can do.

I learned I can start with an idea and once I take some shots get creative and move things around to really make it my own. I learned I start from one angle and viewpoint but when I have the option, such as a still life like this project was, than it is interesting to move around physically and try knew things to get a really cool and interesting photograph.

 Kate Hooper Project 4 Inspiration

Kate Hooper is a London Street Photographer. She became interested in photography in her 20's and was inspired by street photographers Gary Winogrand and Joel Meyerowitz. She has an MA in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication. Kate Hooper has self published to books of photography entitled In the Mix and West End.  She has had work included in the book Community: The Elephant and Castle edited by Patrick Sutherland. She has also had work exhibited at The Photographers' Gallery, Printspace, the Cuming Museum, and Format Photography Festival 2011. Her photography consists of crowed streets in London. People seems to often notice, and stare right at her camera. 

  
 Assessment of Project 4

Technically I worked on learning how to shoot and walk and be discreet while taking photos. I worked on trying to frame and take interesting photos when the camera wasn’t necessarily at my eye so I couldn’t be sure at what I was getting. I am working on taking photos while just going through the streets that aren’t blurry, but that is something I really need to try more, because it was not my strong suit and there were some amazing photographs that just were not focused and that really disappointed me.

When dealing with myself as a photographer I am working on overcoming being shy when taking photos in public because I don’t like the attention that comes with having a big camera. I learned that I tend to take a ridiculous amount of photos of the same thing to get one that is perfect, which you just can’t do with street photography and I think it is something that would be good for me to keep working on because it is different than what I normally do and would help push my boundaries and expand my comfort zone.