Monday, March 30, 2015

Project 9 : Prework

Photo By: Rolland Andras Flinta
Lipstick - By: Marc Lagrange, a fine art photographer

I like this image a lot. The fact that the photographer made his model appear like she was coming through paper but then blend in where her neck is. The shadow also gave a strong effect within the photograph. 
Photograph By: Aleah Michele

Aleah Michele is a young fine arts portrait & conceptual photographer based in Tonawanda, New York. Although in landscape form, I particularly like this photograph because although it appears to be dull her models where posed in a highly effective way. I love the use of the mans hands within this image and she looks quite peaceful.

Magazine Cover - Suitcase Magazine: Spring 2014 issue #6 - Photographer Unknown

Personally, when I think of spring, I think of pastels. The editor of this cover gave it a granulated texture without distorting the image. I think the photograph catches the eye of the consumer especially with hair color, setting, clothing choice, and the color of clothing. Simple yet effective!
Magazine Cover - Betty Magazine Summer - Photographer Unknown

The background in this image is really plain, the photographer most likely chose to do this because they want all of the focus on the model. The lighting in this image is really soft. The colors are complimentary, yellow and blue.
The difference between commercial portraits and fine art portraits: Photography that is commissioned or assigned at a certain value or service fee is defined as commercial photography. The sole purpose of commercial photography is to sell a product or the magazine itself. Fine art photography, on the other hand, is an artist(s) vision, done for his or her own soul and artistic intent. It is purely meant to please the artist his/herself or an artistically inclined audience. Personally I think the value of a fine art photograph should appreciate in value overtime like a fine art painting. Fine art photography is no less than fine art painting.

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Project 8 - Prework

What's surrealism?

Surrealism is an artistic concept that expresses an artists dreams and or visions that are conscious rational control. After learning new techniques through this project I find I am quite interested in the surrealist form of digital photography. Below are some surrealist artists old and new that have inspired me.

Francesco Sambo - French Photographer
Rene Magritte - Surrealist Painter
Salvador Dali - Surrealist Painter

Project 8

Surrealism image - The Discovery of Keku

Title: Keku

I chose to call this image Keku beacuase: In greek mythology  Keku is the deification of the primordial concept of darkness in ancient Egyptian Religion. In the Ogdoad cosmogony, his name meant darknessLike all four dualistic concepts in the Ogdoad, Keku's male form was depicted as a frog, or as a frog-headed man. As a symbol of darkness, Keku also represented obscurity and the unknown, and thus chaos. Also, Keku was seen as that which occurred before light, thus was known as the bringer-in of light. 
I decided to create a more modern version of Keku. 


https://envisioningtheamericandream.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/history-front-row-seat.jpg - is where I got the vintage image of the little boy watching TV

Monday, March 9, 2015