Michelle's Research Blog

          Anthony Giocolea is a Cuban American artist his artworks are depicted as wanting to give different personalities when an individual is in a group versus when they're alone. His artworks describe how personalities are influenced by their surroundings (Anthony Goicolea). Goicela's perspective on his photos is intriguing and distinctive from other photos using a similar concept. His interpretation of his photos makes his own personality stand out and gives a story. Goicolea's audience is given a story that can either be related to or be given more awareness of their own or others' actions.                The way to describe Giocleas work is its like a mirror of himself. The different types of facial                  expressions and actions that he puts an each individual image gives a sort of identification of his               pers...

      Ernst Haas was an Austrian photographer who was one of the 20th century's influential photographers. Haas was commonly known for being one of the few pioneers in color photography. Haas started off as an independent photographer until 1949 when he joined Magnum. Haas decided to experiment with Kodachrome color film and it caused him to be officially established as a color photographer. Haas's photos were shown in the LIFE magazine and it was one of the biggest exhibits in New York.     The exhibit showed 24 page colored images of New York City and it was such a big event since it was the first time LIFE magazine released images in color. Haas started to do more traveling and photographing while working for LIFE, Vogue, and Look. Proceeded with making four books that show images in color during his travels. Then Haas won a Hasselblad award in 1986 but it was around the year of his death. Haas's legacy is continued as more of his work is shown around the wor...

     When first seeing the photographer Carrie Mae Weems I was interested in the picture of why and what made her come up with the idea of the kitchen series and her other works. It introduces a new idea of something as in our daily lives becomes something so artistic. With the Kitchen Series, we're are able to see a new perspective and story in one place. Her other works all show a story when looking at the pictures it keeps the people interested when viewing the picture. Carrie Mae Weems is a person who gives stories and significance in her pictures.  Carrie Mae Weems is an American photographer who didn't start photography until she got her first camera in her 20s.  Weems started with environmental portraits and wanted to study more of photography. Creating famous series and a new concept for photography is what Weems contributed to photography. Weems created audio and text with an image.  Weems images speaks so many psychological concepts with a daily a...

 Theres many photographers in the world the most appealing would be environmental portrait photographers. With seeing a. environmental portrait there seems to be a story behind each person that is shown. Mary Ellen Mark is one of the many photographers that focus on environmental portrait photography.  Obviously there is other types of photography projects that she has done besides the environmental photography but what she is well known for is her environmental portraits. Mary Ellen Park most well known project would be the images in a documentary that was based on 1960's counterculture.  The images the Mark took gave a different story with each photo she taken it was like each story was shown in each photo. There was something about Marks photography that stands out, it's as if you saw peoples different struggle or personality when viewing the picture. Mark wanted to take photos of those who might be forgotten or unknown and give them a voice. Which she did end up doing...

    Edward Weston's pictures can be described as a "second glance". You'd have to look at one of Weston's pictures carefully to understand what you're seeing. Westons photography in Still Life at least can be confusing but interesting to look at. Other styles of his photography are also interesting pictures to look at for a few minutes and try to decipher what the photos could be signifying. Monochrome photography is usually what Weston would use when taking his photos. From other points of view, on Weston's work, he was able to capture the true nature of his subjects. Giving a new perspective with his photos he could introduce a new modern type of photography.      Weston was a big influence in the modern era it took Weston like other famous photographers a while to figure out what he wanted to do with his pictures and what he wanted to achieve. There are many instances where Weston had faced challenges when he tried to find inspiration. Later on, he was ...

          Lee Friedlander is an American photographer who at first glance was a photographer who seems to pay attention to his surroundings and make a simple view into something unique. Within his photos he uses framing and reflections and the way he captures those elements in his photos is intriguing and draws you into wanting to go to the exact place. Frielander is commonly known for his street in his photos in where he takes streets from cities or windows from stores and makes reflections of himself or others. One of the quotes that represents Freidlander type of photography is when he says "You go out and the pictures are staring at you"(Artnet.com). With hearing this quote it gives people an idea on how all Friedlander photos are produced.        Friedlander passion for photography started the early age of fourteen, and he decided to pursue  photography in college. A few awards the Friedlander has won is Guggenheim Fellowships,...