Love the contrasting between the dark lace and the brilliance of the white in the young woman's face. i think the framing of the photogrpah is very well done.the centred face with the eye's that draw you in, confront you the moment you take just a glimps of it. he subject herself is wonderfully beautiful, howver hiden behind the lace, perhaps in an attempt to hide her self or her insecurities.
Robert Adams
I fell this photograph captures the escense of a canival through the contrasting black and white- the brilliance of the rides lights. I love the way Adam's has framed all the rides with in the storm cloud, leaving just a bit of clear sky poking through. I think it great how Adam's has captures such a fast paced environment into a simple image, encapsulating everythinga canival is, bright lights. but with such a fast shutter, spped, Adams has cancelled out any motion blur. Creating this beatuiful, still moment in time, of such a hectic environment.
Jeff Wall
I really like the way Wall has used the setting it's self to frame up the man and his living space. he wall filled with plates and cans, up across the ceiling to wherethe light globs finish and down to the sheets hangingup on the right. with that frame, is a world of it's own, a man living a simple exsistance underneith the pwoer of technology. the prodominant use of natural tones help to emphasize the brilliance of each on light bulb.
Gregory Crewdson
I love the colour in this photograph, the vibrance and the sharpness of it and he strong use of pastel tones, comparred to the strong vibrant red petals. The frame of the woman on the right, surround by the petals is a wonderful way, which i really like,to draw the eye in and then lead you off into the lounge room, simple by following the trail of petals. It's a very creative way of forcing the viewer to take in every apsect of the photograph. i really like the way crewdson has only lit up key elements of the photo that he wishes to be the centre of attention i.e the woman, the bathroom and the lounge room. he has used the light to help tell the story and bring out the ares's i which, uptill this moment captured in time, all the action took place.
Martin Parr
i really like the way Parr has positioned the subject directly in the centre of the frame, the entire focus is on her with no negaitve space. The way the sequins and the camera flash contrast against the stark black background, really making the figure stand off the page. I think the colour in this is fantastic, the red nails against the nude golen tones, really gives the portrait character and life.
Cindy Sherman
Sherman uses her self as a vehicle of commentary, not of self portraiture. I love the way she is the subject and is positioned below the camera, it is controlling her, it has the power. The contrast between Cindy's dark jacket and the wall really emphasizes the glossy tripod leg which leads your eye up the the camera which is the power figure in this photopraph.
Tony Vaccaro
i love the contrast between the majority of black and the minority of Wright's hat. Also the way the shadow is so dark on the right handside, yet the keys remain a vibrant white and a focal point. Another aspect of this photograph ha i really like id the way the piano takes up the entire frame, creating the sense that the piano is Wright's world at the moment intime as he has his back to the camera and is just absorbed into his musical world.
Richard Billingham
This photograph of richard Billingham's mother is very reminisant of Titian "Venus of Urbino", in the way the subject, Billingham's mother, is sprawled across the lounge. The photograph has a real natural feel as Billingham has not played with the lighting or edited the photograph. I like this as it means that even no names such as Billinghams mother can be a beautiful as "Venus of Urbino" i a split second natural environment.
Araki
Araki has created this wonderfully soft, peacful and calming image with the use of greys and shadows and the elimination of stark contrasts between black and white. The Subject has soft folded hands which are mirroring the gentle flow of the vines and the fluidity that they have created, drawing your eye's softly up and down the photograph. Although the subject has been positioned centrally, Araki has still left the woman veiwing space which balances it out nicly.
Larry Clark
I love the sprawling, experimental, explicit reliving of his teen years, that Clark is doing here through this photograph, exposing the rawness, vunerability and uncertainty of adolescence. The Subject, a young teenage boy, is very dark with the light coming from behind,which really makes him stand out well. As he is positioned in the centre you cannot escape his glare and the wonderful way Clark has portrayed the innocence in the face but the toughness in the subjects body language and clothing. Clark has captured the erract time between the innocence of childhood and becoming a teenager, which i why this is such a captivating and engaging image and my favourite photograph of Lary Clark.
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