Michelle's Research Blog

     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...