Project #3: Color

 

 

                                                              

       

Assignment #3: Grids

For this assignment I created 5 grids, and this one is my favorite. All of the pictures in this grid were taken on a trip to the Portland Farmers Market, which was a great place to shoot. For me, this grid represents comfort. I think that the lighting in the picture with the van has a very warm feel to it, and everyone loves a good cookie. While those two pictures are very relaxing, I like the contrast with the bright peppers. 

Walker Evans 

This photo is one of my favorites from Walker Evans' work. It flashes back to "old times" where you could get bubble gum for a penny, and fill up gas at 10 cents a gallon. I liked this picture because of the contrast you would see if you compared this post office to one in our modern world. The Coca Cola advertisement also adds a vintage touch to this scene, which to me is the perfect touch. 

My Work

Out of all of the photographs that I captured, this picture is my favorite. The intrigue in this picture for me was the pattern on the top of his head, and the angle of his face. The very top part of his head is the part that is the most in focus, which instantly draws your attention in. The other aspect of this photo that I love is how his head is tilted down, preventing you from seeing his eyes and expression. 

This photo is another one of my favorites because of how the upward slant of the building draws in your attention, reaching up to the sky. On this day, the clouds were particularly beautiful, and I found the pattern of them to be so surreal that I had to capture a picture of it. This photo also has the basic light and dark contrast between the building and the sky, which makes it so beautiful to me.

This photo was interesting to me because of the select part of it that's in focus. Both the background and foreground and blurred, which immediately draws your attention to the center of the photo. My favorite part of this photograph is the texture of the wood, with its various colors, streaks, and holes. I also love the shape and color of the metal numbers and plates, and the contrast that they have with the wood. 

This slideshow presents the album of my latest work, which was on an assignment based off of different framing and photography techniques.

Gustavo Marx

Fashion photography has always stood out to me, with all of the abstract angles and contrasts in color and texture. I found Gustavo Marx, a New York photographer, and I instantly fell in love with his work. His pictures are always experimenting with new angles, and the backgrounds are always different. This picture is one of my favorites out of his work, because it's not your usual fashion photo. Hiding her face with her hair adds a sense of mystery, along with only focusing on the top of her head.

Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Ellen Mark has a talent for telling a story in each of her photographs. I love her style because she captures reality instead of making something up. Many of her pictures have a sort of street style to them, as if she shot them in the moment. One of the more prominent emotions in her work is pain, which I appreciate since not many artists portray it in as realistic scenarios as she does. The girl in this photograph is obviously dealing with a lot, and has a very troubled look on her face. She looks lost in thought, which adds a sense of mystery to the photograph, while at the same time keeping it close to reality since she's living a very realistic scenario.

Brooke Shaden

Brooke Shaden's photography has a sense of fantasy to her work, which is what makes it so interesting to me. While most photographers capture moments that are very realistic, Shaden's work is different because of all of the unrealistic elements she combines in each picture. In this photo, the model's position, attire, and landscape all make the photo surreal, which makes it an interesting, mysterious photograph.

Self Portrait

The first assignment for our class was to take a series of photos from different angles and views. Mystery has always been intriguing to me, which is why this picture stood out to me from all the rest. This picture represents mystery to me because it doesn't show my complete face. I would say that I'm a very straight-forward person, and I don't have a lot of mystery in my life, but that might be part of the reason I like this photo so much. I've always loved my curly hair, and the the way my hair framed my face also made this picture particularly interesting for me.