Sundown

Attack on Bread

FOR PONY!!!

Water

Inverse

10/28/13

Artist Presentation Publications, articles, etc.

Biography
http://timwalkerphotography.com/biography.php- slide 3

NEW YORK TIMES 2012
Letters From The Editors by Cathy Horyn
http://timwalkerphotography.com/articles.php?article_ID=13- slide 7- quote (membrane or reality)

TEDDY JAMIESON 2012
The Wonderful World Of Tim Walker by Teddy Jamieson
http://timwalkerphotography.com/articles.php?article_ID=9- slide 7 - Reference to the article in turn where Tim relates his photography to the mind set of a child.

Metal Vines

Metal Flower

10/25/13

Chapter 7

Chapter focuses on photos that embody a more philosophical mindset or require some critical thinking in terms of how the image is knit into our day to day society. These kinds of photos are related to family photos, stills from films, or fine art photographs. Cindy Sherman is highlighted within the chapter in relation to her cinema-esk "untitled film stills. We looked at this artist in class earlier during the semester. She expresses this idea that female femininity is constructed rather then inherent. (Can this relate to how women are viewed in advertising?)  Nikki S. Lee calls her work projects and that each one requires research and observation. Isn't this one of the base ideas of photography? Should you really not make an image a project?

For Pony!!

No Smoking

Empire

Red

Purple

Project 4 Brainkrieg

Orange

Elephant

The Sword in the Stone

River Styx

Red Dawn

Freedom

Lady of the Lake

You Want This

Chapter 3 Summary

"More photography has been created for gallery walls in the last decade than in any other period in the mediums history." I apply this quote because though it is most likely true I find it kind of redundant. Mostly because in terms of how long this technology has been around/and or developing it would make sense that their hasn't been a serious jump in photography in more modern times. More people have access to camera's  now then 30 years ago. Sorry this was just a small rant and this will not count for my five to six sentence response on the chapter. (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

On pages 86 and 87 their are two photos. on 87 I'm referring to the one titled Oil Fields. These photos really remind me of a model train set or something. The landscape that surrounds them. Especially Oil Fields. The photo looks too clean and sharp in some portions to actually be a landscape. Okay so I'm still a little lost after this reading in determining what a Dead pan photographer is. I see a lot of landscapes and alteration of the colors within the landscape but the reading isn't sticking. Like I read it and then a couple seconds later I lose it. Can we touch base on this in class?

Chapter 2 Summary

Chapter 2 begins with discussion on how a scene within a photo can be staged to tell a narrative. Kind of what I did with project 3, I staged scenes to express a narrative. Combining natural light with artificial light at particular times of the day can give greater strength to the general rhythm or tone of the photo. The use of youthful actors within a fairy tail narrative give an innocent interpretation of the photo as well as grasp the youthful energy given off by the actor. This energy can add to a photo and help express the narrative. In one such way within the reading using the youthful presence of the female actors legs, Deborah Messa-Pelly kind of blurs the the essence of innocence with a "phallic tail" expressed to be a lions curling around the legs. This, though staged, impression implies intimacy between the characters framed within the photo. It is interesting to see but kind of disturbing when you think of the context.

The World of Theater

Cinema

Cowboys

Project Four

For project four I'm going to continue with my theme of capturing sci-fi or mythical scenarios where it takes the monotony or serious views of daily activities out of life. I think the best phrase to describe the photo's I want to take would be "the world is so much more interesting in my head". What I want to do is put multiple characters usually masked and have them interact with me in some way. But not in some sci-fi background. I would rather take them out of the environment and stick them in some plain everyday kind of background. They aren't doing anything spectacular but rather an everyday or social activity. The idea is to express how I do things everyday but from an outside point of view it looks like I may be oblivious or just going through the ropes but while I'm doing something "normal" my mind is thinking about anything but what I'm really doing. Like active daydreaming. It takes the board-am out of daily tasks or it can be my coping mechanism. I will be making a composite photo using somewhere between 2-4 different interpretations of myself interacting in some way.

Chaney Cowboys

Chaney

Chaney High School

Frost Lavender

Burning Wood

Yellow Bricks

The Door

yay

Hogwarts

Pastel