Thursday, March 26, 2015

Artist Research Project DUE April 15

You will produce and present a PowerPoint Slide Show about a Professional Photographer of your choice. The project is to be between 10 and 15 slides and include the information below and at least 10 photographs. You can choose from the enclosed list or pick a significant photographer of your choice. Questions to answer when doing photographer research project are below. 

 You will also take a photo in either the style of your photographer or try to recreate one of their photos. You will post this to your blog next to a photo of the photographer you are researching. 
  1. What is the photographer’s real name and year he or she was born? Is he/she still alive?
  2. What is their style of photography (ex: photojournalism, editorial, documentary, advertising, portraits, magazine, sports, war)?
  3. Are there any special photography techniques this photographer uses in his/her work?  (Think about composition, depth of field, history…)
  4. Who does the photographer work for?
  5. What type of cameras and lens does this photographer work with, and why?
  6. What type of lighting does this photographer primarily use and why?
  7. Who are some of your photographer’s early influences?
  8. Are there any interesting stories about this photographer or his/her work?
  9. What do you like (or not like) about their work, and why did you select this photographer?
  10. Is there an educational short video you could show?
A list of photographers (careful when searching photographers, some work has nudes. If you don't want to see that be specific in your searches for example search -professional landscape photographer)

The names With * could have nudes- please choose appropriate photos for your presentation. 

 Christopher boffoli, Slinkachu - mini people photo
Andrew zuckerman- portraits, animals
Robert Mapplethorpe – flowers, portraits, nudes  *
Annie Leibovitz – celebrity portraits    *
Danny Clinch – musicians     *
Edward Weston – black and white nudes,landscapes
Ansel Adams –  black and white landscape
Cindy Sherman – self portraits      *
Diane Arbus –  strange and different portraits     *
David Lachappelle – unique portraits *
Imogen Cunningham – black and white
Eliot Porter – color landscape
Alfred Eisenstadt – candid photojournalism
Linda McCartney – musicians in the 60’s
Herb Ritts – celebrity portraits     *
Henry Cartier- Bresson -candid street, the decisive moment
Andy Warhol – bizarre
Robert Frank -street
Mary Ellen Mark – portraits    *
Eddie Adams – war, photojournalism
Robert Capa – war
Paul Strand – black and white
Lewis Hind – child labor
Duane Michals -fine art
James Nachtwey – war    *
Irving Penn – fashion, still lifes      *
Richard Avedon – portraits
Margaret Bourke White – early photojournalism
Lee Friedlander – black and white candid
Harold Edgerton – motion
Sebastiao  Salgado – photojournalism
Weegee – street photojournalism
Mark Seliger – celebrity portraits     *
Jerry Uelsmann – photo montage     *
Dorothea Lange – documentary
Anne Geddes – children
Kim Anderson – children
Nigel Barker- Fashion
William Wegman – dogs
Man Ray – rayograms, fashion, portraits in the 20
Arnold Newman – environmental portraits     *
Steve McCurry – National Geographic portraits     *
Danny Lyon – street and documentary
Brad Mangin – sports
Neil Leifer – sports
Nick Saglimbeni – LA fashion
ODD/STRANGE/COOL: diane arbus, robert frank,

Sally Mann, mary ellen mark, duane michels, cindy sherman, weegee, garry winogrand, man ray,

danny lyon, david hockney, joel meyerowitz, mike and doug starn, eliot porter(landscape), david levinthal, sandy skoglund,

sophie calle, ralph eugene meatyard, sabastiao salgado, wynn bullock,

philip-lorca dicorcia, gregory crewdson, joel sternfeld,

 uta barth, james casebere, tina barney, john baldessari, jan dibbets, andreas gursky, roni horn, nikki s. lee,

 gordon matta clark,

duane michals, shirin neshat,

thomas struth, , lorna simpson, richard misrach,
rineke dijkstra, thomas demand, ,
tom baril, 
FASHION/CELEBRITY: irving penn, richard avendon, annie leibovitz*, barbara morgan, horst p. horst, steven meisel, herb ritts, louise dahl-wolfe, mario testino,
CLASSIC/MASTERS/HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT:margaret bourke-white, mathew brady, harry callahan, imogen cunningham, walker evans, lewis hine,
andre kertesz, dorothea lange, jacob riis, charles scheeler, edward weston, edward steichen, alfred stieglitz,
paul strand, james van der zee, minor white,
alexander rodchenko, manuel alverez bravo, felice beato, bill brandt, julia margaret cameron, henri cartier bresson, tina modotti, lisette model, leni riefenstahl,
w. eugene smith, werner bischof, robert doisneau,
alfred eisenstaedt, brassai
More : hiroshi sugimoto, jacques-henri lartigue, tokihiro sato, loretta lux, ,ansel adams, Tim Kemple, William Wegman, NAtional geographic photographers work too such as Steve McCurry

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