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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Moon Games
http://www.pixheaven.net/galerie_us.php?id=22
Moon Games is a lovely set of photographs by Laurent Lavender. The idea is a simple one, the photographer plays with the figure and the moon, much the photographs tourists take of themselves tipping over or holding up the leaning tower.
Each set of photographs tell a tale. A man plants the moon, or children at play pass the moon much like a volley ball to each other. In many of the photos the figure is a silhouette (and if you were in my body shots group you’d know that I’m a sucker for silhoettes). I feel that the set titled Moon Games (where the figure is cutting the moon with scissors or catching it with a net) worked the best out of the series as the dark contrast of the figure and ground against the blue sky and moon was the most visually striking.
response to Reframing Photography pages49-105
Hmm I don’t know really what to respond to this portion of reading except that it helped me understand viewfinders shutter speeds and focal planes a little more. It was nice to have F-stops and apertures and their relationship to depth of field further explained as well. the comparisons of DSLR’s and “point and shoots was laid out and easy to understand. i also appreciated the quick overview scanners printers and Photoshop controls. basically this portion of reading explained the basic of image making in its various forms to me.
Marcus J. Ranum
I mentioned Marcus Ranum in one of my previous posts and decided to elaborate on the artist.
Marcus J. Ranum is a computer and network security researcher credited with innovations in firewalls and intrusion detection systems. He has a large stock photography account on DeviantART that he keeps as a hobby. Basically his gallery is full of the body shot project, his subjects ranging from classical nude photography much like what you would see in a figure drawing class, motion studies, to just about any prop that you can think of.
He makes his work extremely accessible to artists to use in photo manipulations and are great as reference photos for artists learning anatomy.
http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/
Ranum sets his entire gallery as mature in protest to DeviantART’s censorship, stating that “a regime of self censorship is a greater attack on artistic creativity than totalitarian control would be; it forces the artist to victimize themself.”
If anyone is interested in going back into the light room and doing more body shots, I highly suggest that they take a look at Ranum’s tutorials. He also has a lighting guide for photographers seeking to create their own light room on a budget and shows that low budget lights can still create beautiful photos.
Steve Mcurry
For the last post, I wanted to know more about the other photos of the guy who took the very famous picture of the Afghan girl in the front of national geographic. I have always liked that picture, and probably most people did too. So here is website, http://stevemccurry.com/ . 
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3-D Sculptural Photographs
“The Polish photographers Szymon Roginski and Kasia Korzeniecka worked together to create these images for the “O Mia O” Spring Summer 2009 collection of Ania Kuczynska. First they photographed the collection which they then cut up and transformed into 3d objects. The result was photographed again and used for the “O Mia O” collection.” (source)
With my admiration for modular origami, I thought this series was really awesome. It adds a whole new level of “depth” to the scene. Reminded me of Hockney as well.
Rodney Graham
Tree Portraits by Rodney Graham
Ansen Seale
These are really awesome “slit-scan” photos by Ansen Seale (click for more from the series “Temporal Forms”). The shots are made in camera and even the wikipedia article makes it sounds really complex. Maybe something to try in the future when I have plenty of time on my hands. Anyway, this technique eerily distorts the image:
Yoshio Watanabe
In my Japanese Art history class we talked about one the most influential photographers in Japan. Yoshio Watanabe was one of the most well known photographers in Japan after World war 2 because he went and took pictures of Ise shrine. Ise shrine is a sacred shrine that no one can go inside and they only let Watanabe inside as a guest. He was only allowed to go the half way point and not allowed to go into the inner circle of the shrine. Many did not appreciate his work because he took many photos that were very abstract and they thought that he did not truly capture the essence of Ise shrine. However as time rolled by, many realize the beauty in his work. 
Hedi Slimane
I thought these editorials by Hedi Slimane, a French photographer and designer, had a really intriguing environment. They’re also in B&W and seem like they could serve as inspiration for future Body Shot projects. Interesting menswear fashion photography.
http://www.hedislimane.com/fashiondiary/index.php?id=7 for more from this set and Hedi’s photo “Diary”
