Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Ken Wyner Journal

 


Ken Wyner got his first camera at the age of 12 (Zeis Icon 35 mm), it was a gift from his father. He started selling his black and white photos on the streets of Georgetown (Washington D.C.) when he was 17. He had his first one man gallery show at the Icon museum in Washington D.C. in 1970. After spending 18 months on atrip going from England to Afghanastan he began shooting for samll fashion boutiques and restaurants. He opened the Light Box Gallery & Studio. He makes FineArt for commercial use.


I like this picture because of the reflections and the way the bridge looks like its growing out of eachother. Its cool and trippy.
 
 
I like the sleekness of this picture and how you can tell what the location is but it still has the cool kalidescope effect. It is nice lighting and visually appealing place.
 
 
 
 
I like this picture because it doesnt even look like a picture. It looks like a painting. Its very complex and its hard to believe that this was taken with a camera and then edited, which is why I like it.

Monday, February 3, 2014

David Hockney Journal

1) Who is David Hockney?
  • David Hockney was born on July 9th 1937 and is from Bradford, England. Along with being a photographer he is a painter, draughtsman, printmaker, amd stage designer. He studied at the  Royal College of Art in London.
  • Hockneys are is very bright and colorful, he mostly does portraits, while his photgraphy, which he calls "joiners", are several pictures put together to make a collage of a bigger picture. His paintings have expressionist elements.
  • Fun Facts: David Hockney is openly gay and he was born with synesthesia (he sees synesthetic colours in response to musical stimuli)
Hockneys Photomontages:


 
 
 
 
2)
By: Alex Santoso
 
 
 
By:  Hannah Hohenstein-Flack
 
 
Hockney inspired front on portrait with profile portraits facing in or out - image inspiration: Sonalika Jain 'Joiner"
By: Anne Larkin
 
 
3) Ideas for my shoot:
Furniture
Rooms
TV Screen
Face (Portraits) (Surreal?)
Park
Woods (Nature)
Food