Thursday, May 31, 2018
Friday, May 4, 2018
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Sakura (Two+ diptychs, & Five+ separate images)
-Develop/process in some way
-"SELECTIVE COLOR" to enhance the pink
-post to blog, & drop to Google Team Drive
-"SELECTIVE COLOR" to enhance the pink
-post to blog, & drop to Google Team Drive
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Monday, March 12, 2018
Friday, March 2, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Friday, February 16, 2018
FRIDAY, DAY OF THE FRI
“The best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do.”
— Andy Warhol
Monday, February 12, 2018
Thursday, February 8, 2018
PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTEXT & HISTORY (ongoing)
EUGÈNE ATGET
1857-1927
French
Known for his photographs of Paris streets, architecture and the occasional person.
Long exposure times create a dreamlike sense of light in his images.
Most of his work was only published after his death.
BOKEH
Japanese word for senility or dizziness and by extension, haze or blur.
Background blur w/ shallow plane focus wide aperture
The shape of bOKEh is dtermined by the shape of aperture blades
Aperture
True: The larger the aperture, the more out of focus the background will be.
Edward Steichen
Life: 1879-1973
Nationality: American
Quote: “A photograph is worth a thousand words, provided it is accompanied by only ten words.” – Edward Steichen
1. At the age of 68 Steichen was named director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
2. At his 90th birthday celebration, he said, "When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese.
3. His family settled in Hancock, Michigan, in 1881, where the father worked in a copper mine.
4. He served as a judge of submissions for U.S. Camera Annual in 1943. He is responsible for the publication of Ansel Adams' famous image titled ‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’.
1857-1927
French
Known for his photographs of Paris streets, architecture and the occasional person.
Long exposure times create a dreamlike sense of light in his images.
Most of his work was only published after his death.
BOKEH
Japanese word for senility or dizziness and by extension, haze or blur.
Background blur w/ shallow plane focus wide aperture
The shape of bOKEh is dtermined by the shape of aperture blades
Alfred Stieglitz
1864-1946
US
Important figure in promoting photography as a viable art form.
Was a publisher, patron, collector, gallery owner, promoter of all kinds of art,
Married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
1864-1946
US
Important figure in promoting photography as a viable art form.
Was a publisher, patron, collector, gallery owner, promoter of all kinds of art,
Married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
Aperture
True: The larger the aperture, the more out of focus the background will be.
Edward Steichen
Life: 1879-1973
Nationality: American
Quote: “A photograph is worth a thousand words, provided it is accompanied by only ten words.” – Edward Steichen
1. At the age of 68 Steichen was named director of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
2. At his 90th birthday celebration, he said, "When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese.
3. His family settled in Hancock, Michigan, in 1881, where the father worked in a copper mine.
4. He served as a judge of submissions for U.S. Camera Annual in 1943. He is responsible for the publication of Ansel Adams' famous image titled ‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’.
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