Artist Report Assignment Week 1

Media Arts II Artist Report

1. Sebastião Salgado
What type of photography is it?
Salgado began his photography career in the early 1970s. A well respected Brazilian economist he often traveled to Africa for business. Soon thereafter he quit his job and traveled back to Africa to visually document the famine in Africa. His photography work began primarily as news assignment but he eventually moved into a social documentary style. His pieces evoke strong reactions and emotions. His photography could be categorized as News ,Documentary as well as Art.
What is the intent of the photograph?
The intent of the photography is to bring attention to less fortunate members of the world. Salgado documents famine and nearly inhospitable situations. It evokes sorrow, despair and shock. His motive isn’t to evoke pity but to inspire awareness.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Photographic techniques are used to emphasize the harshness of the subject matter. Black and white seem to reflect the barren modesty of the content. The dark folds of the deep shadows contrast sharply to the slivers of light. The textures, rough skin or the sweaty, strained muscles of miners, are emphasized as if to indicate the reality to the viewer.
Selective depth of field
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
Tone is heavily emphasized in the photos. The content is full of sorrow and harshness. The perspective is also important. He takes photos from the ground level with the face of an elderly man, with young boys standing above out of focus, as well as photos of the entirety of a mine as well as up close to the legs of the workers.
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
In general his photos center around a heavy, blunt focus. However as the viewers’ eyes adjust to the image details frame the main subject draw the eye through the entirety of the photo.
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Salgado is praised as being one of the few photojournalists, to document poverty in under developed countries without evoking pity. He maintains the dignity of his subjects. Shedding light on the poor quality of life without dehumanizing them. His photos evoke sorrow, intrigue and empathy.
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
He is known to have used/use: Leica M and R, Pentax 645, Mamiya, Kodak Tri-X (200-800asa) and TMZ 3200, 90mm lenses with a Medium format. His most noatable technique is that he shoots incessantly. he was photographing oil workers in Kuwait he is said to have used 40 rolls of film per day.
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Bibliography
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/salgado/salgado_articles1.html
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/legends10/
http://photo.net/leica-rangefinders-forum/00Ilur

2. Jim Brandenburg
What type of photography is it?
Nature photogragher, news paper photo journalist, enviornmatalist filmmaker.
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
Originally used up to 300 rolls of film, with only a few being used. SO he challenged himself to take only one picture per day during the fall and winter in 1994.
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed
Infrared

3. Walker Evans

http://geraldlcampbell.typepad.com/impact/images/2008/02/22/walker_evans_2.jpg
What type of photography is it?
Photojournalism
What is the intent of the photograph?
To convey the somberness of the great depression and high light the struggle of rural families.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Texture , Light ,Shadow
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow, Empathy
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
Large Format 8x10 camera
What kind of film is used?
Black and white

4. Annie Leibovitz
What type of photography is it?
Portrait photographer
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed
Infrared

5. Dorothea Lange, An America n Exodus

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/Print/document/exodus/exodus.html
What type of photography is it?
News, Documentary, Landscape , photojournalist
What is the intent of the photograph?
The intent of this series of photos in to share the hardships about displacement and economic distress in the rural US during the 1930s.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Texture Light Shadow Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
My eyes are of course drawn to the form of the man, his dark bulky shape taking up the center of the photo. However, my eyes do move down the fold of his satchel as well as across the horizon of plants.
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Curiosity, empathy.
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
Graflex
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Bibliography
http://www.myhero.com/go/hero.asp?hero=d_lange
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/Print/document/exodus/exodus.html


6. Edward Curtis

http://international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/displayPhoto.pl?path=/award/iencurt/ct01&topImages=ct01042r.jpg&topLinks=ct01042v.jpg&m856s=$fct01042&displayProfile=1
What type of photo graphy is it?
Photojournalism, art
What is the intent of the photograph?
To document the unique cultures of Native tribes across the US. However, many of these cultures were romanticized for the sake of appearance.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Shadow, Light, Texture
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
My eye is drawn to the figure of the girl and then down into the water that holds her reflection.
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Peacefulness
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed
Infrared
Bibliography
http://international.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html

7. Gordon Parks

(This photo of a beggar women was shoot while he was on assignment to photograph monarchs in Portugal.)
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/mainframeset.shtml
What type of photography is it?
Photojounalism, news, documentation, landscapes, fashion, portraits, abstract
What is the intent of the photograph?
To illstrate the stikingness of this beggar woman.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Light, Shadow, Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
My eye first is drawn to the brightness curving along her cheek bone and the head of her child and travels down her arm.
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Empathy
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white, Color
Biography
http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/parks/intro_set.shtml

8. Lee Friedlander, Self Portrait

http://thinkinpictures.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/lee_friedlander_at_work_a_1000.jpg
What type of photography is it?
Portraits, art
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Intrigue, Empathy
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands out.
Leica 35mm
What kind of film is used?
Black and white

9. Man Ray
What type of photography is it?
Art
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed

10. Ansel Adams
Rose and Driftwood http://anaayana.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/rose_and_driftwood.jpg
What type of photography is it?
Landscape, Environmentalist, commercial photography
What is the intent of the photograph?
To capture the beauty of nature and share it.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Texture, Light, Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
Perspective is very important in this photo because not often does one look so closely as to see the soft etchings within the petals of a rose.
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
My eyes are drawn to the brightest points of the petals, which itself makes me travel the expanse of the rose. Then my eyes move outwards, to the shock of contrast in the texture of the wood.
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Peacefulness, serenity
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
Kodak No. 1 Box Brownie
In the 1920’s used a pictorial style, but under the influence of Paul Strand began using a straight photography style, which is when the clarity of the lens is emphasized and the image has no appearance of manipulation. Adams did manipulate the images however using burning, dodging as well as the Zone System (a system Adams himself created, allowed manipulation of the tonality and made photographers able to create instead of just record).
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Biography
http://www.anseladams.com/content/ansel_info/anseladams_biography2.html

11. Lois Greenfield


What type of photography is it?
Art, commercial, famous for shooting still photos of dancers in motion
What is the intent of the photograph?
Greenfield’s intent is to evoke an awe about the human form and capabilities.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Shape, line
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
Yes particularly line and perspective
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
Her arched leg lead me to her arch torso and into their arms, then down to the perfect pointe of her straight leg. Which leads me to his firmly bent legs into the curve of his abdomen ad his arc of his arm.
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Awe
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35 mm, she directs the dancer’s movements and expressions
What kind of film is used?
Began with black & white or color film, but moved on to digital
Bibliography
http://www.doubleexposure.com/CoverStoryLG.shtml
http://www.digitaloutput.net/content/contentct.asp?p=309

12. Anne Geddes

What type of photography is it?
Art
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Texture, Light, Shadow, Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Color
Film speed

13. Edward Weston, Photos of the Pepper

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/W/weston/weston_pepper_number30_full.html
What type of photography is it?
Art, Landscape, Nature
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
8 x 10” view camera
from pictorialism to straight photography.
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed

14. Minor White
What type of photography is it?
Art
What is the intent of the photograph?
To show beauty in the mundane.
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
He took pictures of mundane everyday things and then
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed


15. Richard Avedon

What type of photography is it?
Portraits, Advertising
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Texture, Shadow, Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
Minimalistic approach to portaraits, well lit, in front of white backdrops, the images regularly contain the dark outline of the film in which the image was framed. Movement of his subjects is used, also the photos often containing only a portion of the person being photographed, the images seem intimate in their imperfection
Rolleiflex
Large format 8 x 10
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Bibliography
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/richard-avedon/about-the-photographer/467/

16. Diane Arbus

What type of photography is it?
Documentary
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
Photographed subjects who lived outside of societal norms or photographed ‘normal’ people in a way to show that they were abnormal, she documented transvestites, twins, midgets, people on the streets and in their homes, and asylum inmates. She had them look directly at the camera and used flash of front lighting to have a powerful impact.
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Bibliography
http://diane-arbus-photography.com/
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/A/arbus/arbus.html
17. Robert Nettarp
https://www.lifelounge.com/Robert-Nettarp.aspx
What type of photography is it?
Advertising, Fashion
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Texture, Color
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
Takes pictures of beautiful people but with an element of ugliness. His philosophy is that beauty is on the edge.
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed

18. Mattias Klum
http://www.art.com/products/p14423547-sa-i3024128/mattias-klum-protective-adult-meekrat-hovers-over-a-meerkat-pup.htm?sorig=cat&sorigid=0&dimvals=5021644&ui=97666c61d32941439d81e164a6e7e85e
What type of photography is it?
Landscape, Nature
What is the intent of the photograph?
Does it convey a message about advertising, a product, an emotion…
What emphasis is the photograph?
Selective depth of field
Texture
Light
Shadow
Color
Black and white
Are graphic elements such as tone line and perspective important?
What part of the photo do you look at first? Does your eye move around the photo?
What emotional impact does the photo invoke?
Sorrow
Peacefulness
Intrigue
Love
Empathy
Other
Try to find out what kind of camera each artist and give a little information about any technique that stands
out.
35mm
Medium format
Large format
Range finder
Macro lens
What kind of film is used?
Black and white
Digital
Color
Film speed
Bibliography
http://www.klum.se/main/main.aspx