Outside Photo Session Top 5
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky is know for his landscape pictures dealing with the epidemic of globalized electronic waste and industrial landscape development. His images feature a mosaic of crushed metals and computer parts along with man made craters the size of a small city.
His images are compelling because they tell their own story. They address the questions we don't bother to ask and much of the time they reveal a situation in the world that otherwise is very much ignored by the western world. To think that because it is somehow cheaper to ship old electronic products to places like China to be recycled is shameful when you see that people are putting their health at risk just to salvage every last bit of our globalized economic waste.
Burtynsky's images are inspiring, they are composed to show the massive scale that these places consume and the contrast between the industrial landscape and the natural landscape he was capturing before.
A river of rust:
An ocean of tires:
His images are compelling because they tell their own story. They address the questions we don't bother to ask and much of the time they reveal a situation in the world that otherwise is very much ignored by the western world. To think that because it is somehow cheaper to ship old electronic products to places like China to be recycled is shameful when you see that people are putting their health at risk just to salvage every last bit of our globalized economic waste.
Burtynsky's images are inspiring, they are composed to show the massive scale that these places consume and the contrast between the industrial landscape and the natural landscape he was capturing before.
A river of rust:
An ocean of tires:
Ed Kashi
I have chosen the artist Ed Kashi. There are certain elements I enjoy about his work. I enjoy his use of black and white photography. I believe it emphasizes the emotional intensity of the more than likely dramatic imagery. The content of his documentary photos are somewhat related and rightfully so. They consist of traumatic war zones and those who have been affected by war directly or dramatic stories of individuals going through some hard times.
I think for some photographers its a hard choice to decide whether its necessary to show reality as it is. For example Ed Kashi has multiple photos containing and clearly showing the death of an individual. Im glad he does this, it makes the photo that much more real. It brings reality into focus. Since we are typically shielded away from things as death we have a much harder time dealing with the concept or even the sight of a dead person. To me, he composes these images in a very good way, showing the reality of the situation being documented.
I think for some photographers its a hard choice to decide whether its necessary to show reality as it is. For example Ed Kashi has multiple photos containing and clearly showing the death of an individual. Im glad he does this, it makes the photo that much more real. It brings reality into focus. Since we are typically shielded away from things as death we have a much harder time dealing with the concept or even the sight of a dead person. To me, he composes these images in a very good way, showing the reality of the situation being documented.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Photo Documentary Proposal - Radio and V/O
Lance McCormick
Photo Documentary Project Proposal
The concept of my proposal will consist of the daily work that a radio voice over engineer performs. It will focus on a specific individual and will document his job activities while informing the viewer of how things work and why they are important to the radio industry. I will also include the significance of radio and the impact it has had on culture worldwide. The documentary will take place at the Clear Channel Radio headquarters within the private studios available to the workers.
(not my photo)
I plan to include audio clips of voice over work and possibly interviews with veterans of the industry working at clear channel radio. The person featured in my presentation will be performing the voice over throughout my project. You will hear his voice as my photo slideshow is being presented, this will give an example of his style of work and possibly voices of other professionals as well.
(not my photos)
Photo Documentary Project Proposal
The concept of my proposal will consist of the daily work that a radio voice over engineer performs. It will focus on a specific individual and will document his job activities while informing the viewer of how things work and why they are important to the radio industry. I will also include the significance of radio and the impact it has had on culture worldwide. The documentary will take place at the Clear Channel Radio headquarters within the private studios available to the workers.
(not my photo)
I plan to include audio clips of voice over work and possibly interviews with veterans of the industry working at clear channel radio. The person featured in my presentation will be performing the voice over throughout my project. You will hear his voice as my photo slideshow is being presented, this will give an example of his style of work and possibly voices of other professionals as well.
(not my photos)
Monday, September 20, 2010
Annie Leibovitz part 2
Annie has had an amazing life. Full of happiness, adventure, and sorrow. She has lost so many close to her and had seen what true horrors in world exist. I found it interesting how so caught up in popular culture she was. It ran her life, actually, it washer life. When she saw what devastation war can do to people she found her self not so interested in the famous culture.
She began to reflect on her own life and longed for the family she remembers growing up with. She decided she wanted to have kids and this was a growing experience for her and it reflected in her photography.
I liked how she said at the end, "this isn't two lives, this is just one." referring to her personal and professional photography life. And that is how it should be I believe.
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