discuss photography

[stentorsrevenge]

Since the "Photography Anyone?" thread has mostly been used as a medium by which people are displaying their own photos, I decided to open a thread in which we can discuss the photographs of others. After going to a bunch of art galleries in Manhattan today, I feel a newfound inspiration. Today, the works of Peter Hujar and Muzi Quawson really sparked my interest.

Hujar's were mostly black and white fiber portraits, and Quawson's were actually displayed via light tables. They were beautiful.

For more famous photographers, I really love the works of Diane Arbus, Lucas Samaras, and William Eggleston.

Arbus focuses on really awkward situations and people. She often exploited her subjects, but she came out with some great photos.



I saw Samaras' exhibit today, "Chairs." It consisted solely of photographs of chairs, most of which were on the street. All of the chairs were really vivid (most likely using selection in Photoshop and then adjusting the curves).



Eggleston basically captured American culture in his photos.

[allison]

i quite like diane arbus, i saw a retrospective of her work a couple years ago at sfmoma and loved it so much i went back 3 times. i can't help wishing she'd framed her pictures a bit differently, like imagine if she'd moved 2 steps to the right in that boy with the grenade, so it doesn't look as if a person is coming out of his head, and all of the people on the path behind him were in the frame. but the way she captures the people is really amazing.

when you mentioned Muzi Quawson's use of light tables it reminded me of this exhibition i saw of Jeff Wall's photographs, a few months ago at SFMoMA. his pictures were massive (several metres wide&high) and displayed lit from behind. they were of everyday life, staged. it was very interesting, i've never seen anything like it before, nor have a bin to a show that made me think about photography as an art form so much. anyway, his images are of things he's scene: racism on the street, papers blowing in the wind (based on a japanese woodcutting), kids lounging in the shade, a family being evicted while the whole block watches. the thing is, they look completely improvised, spur of the momentl. they look realistic, yet every minute detail is planned, so it probably looks more real than if you'd seen it irl. his more recent work are photo montages, a tidepool inside a grave. the last picture in the show was a shot of dead soldiers talking, it took up the whole wall (90" x 164"), they're showing each other their guts and shit. i was blown away.

here's the racism one


here's the eviction one in a gallery, you can see how large it is and how its lit:


and more here, where you can zoom and see all the details: moma.org/exhibitions/2007/jeffwall/

[lazy poet]

i really like jeff wall's work too, especially 'Picture For Women'

i think this one has been mentioned in the images thread before but..
Ryan McGinley



everything about his photos just seems fun and dreamy to me and enjoy looking at the action that a lot of them capture

Cheryl Dunn



she photographs hard times; a cat looking down a toilet at a dead mouse, people's look of horror on their faces, people being arrested. but also good times like crowds of people dancing, children playing on makeshift scooters, people in love. for me her photos give a sense of true human emotion

edit - sorry about size :S

[stentorsrevenge]

allison said:

here's the eviction one in a gallery, you can see how large it is and how its lit:

I'm pretty sure I've heard of Jeff Wall before. I really love the presentation and size of this image. Apparently it's really difficult to do, but I think it really brings out the colors and the light... It makes everything so much deeper.

[mimicry]

I really like Samaras' polaroid self-portraits where he messes around with the emulsion as they develop.

[wakefromthysleep]

it's 2010 and time for this thread to rise from the grave!


Jürgen Chill, 39-year-old photographer from Essen, Germany, takes photos of unconventional rooms from a special angle. For this he made a construction of camera and telescope pipe. He made a series where he photographed the rooms in bordels (here dominatrix)...

...and prisions:


I read that each of these photos consist of 100-150 single photos but I'm not sure about it. As he doesn't appear in them it makes sense.. wow, what a detail work.

[Jazzy Jeff]

I really love this guy's work, thanks for introducing him. It's quite unexpected and feel-y. Makes me feel kind of nervous, but all my favourite artists make me feel kind of nervous.

[wakefromthysleep]

I know some more photography artists who work with this supervision view. do you want to see them?

[wakefromthysleep]

Mar 28, 2010 16:44:56 GMT wakefromthysleep said:

do you want to see them?

you want..




Andreas Gefeller

[patty (candelia)]

larry clark 'tulsa' series is wow
and there's an exhibition right now in paris which makes a lot of fuss (heard it's been restricted to +18 recently blah blah blah)

and well here's an interesting intw of him shot a few days ago:
www.dailymotion.com/video/xfbbvj_larry-clark-interview-by-charles-se_creation

[patty (candelia)]

i love ryan mcginley's photo work ( ryanmcginley.com/ ) but also am amazed by his not so known video work, don't remember if i've already post this (it's an old one), tilda swinton features in it and i love it and don't mind rewatching it again and again....
(for pringle of scotland spring summer 2010)

[patty (candelia)]

www.formento2.com
a couple of photographers who are really inspiring, i love their series in the u.s.a. called "circumstances" (love it so much that i bought a print in a photo gallery recently)