Photographers to research:
-Julia Margaret Cameron
-Jane Bown
Man Ray is classed as a surrealist who is most known for his use of solarisation.
-Yousuf Karsh
Photographed the notable people from the century.
-Norman Parkinson
Parkinson is known for photographing ‘action realism’.
-Richard Avedon
His portraiture defined America’s image of style and beauty in the second half of the 20th century.
Don McCullin
Shocked war marine- realism and true events
David Bailey
Portrait and scenic photography
Things to include:
- What styles of portraiture there are
-What the photographer is trying to depict
-Film vs digital, does the medium effect what is depicted?
-What is portraiture used for now compared to what it used to be used for?
-How the people in the portraits as changed
Kirsty, this essay suits your area of photography and I feel you have found an interesting angle with the different emotional impacts caused by images.
ReplyDeleteI like your approach to this critical study. Because you are looking at a range of photographers, its would be interesting for you to explore portrait photography as a evolutionary basis.
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of looking at Man Rays work - you could try solarization in the darkroom? as well as digitally? its a really cool techniques thats not used as much as it should be :P
ReplyDeleteI like your theme, it is based around the area you are the strongest in. The discussions you've chosen are very interesting and have a lot of theories associated with them. You could look at the work of Annie Leibovitz and Irving Penn as historical references
ReplyDeleteA great subject to elaborate from, and there will be alot to discuss in the form of how people see and persieve each other.
ReplyDeleteA very interesting idea, You could look at the Idea of self perspective and how a selfie could be see and a projection of what we want the be seen like while a portrait is someone else's perspective
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