Jan Groover was a still life photographer most famous for her work with using very interesting perspective to make boring domestic objects into beautiful photographs.Her seductively modern colour palette of greens, pewter, bronze and brown tonalities makes it seem almost impossible for the viewer to believe that the subjects of her photos are merely everyday objects.
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www: I was able to capture the essence of her photography quite well. ebi: another response was made.
Stuart Haygarth
Stuart Haygarth walked from Gravesend to landsend on his walk he collected every cast away man made object he spotted, he then categorised them by colour creating very aesthetically pleasing images.His work in this project shows the tragedy of pollution because each object he has collected has been discarded and picked up by the world’s oceans.
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WWW: I completed the task correctly and effectively. EBI: more things of that colour could fill some spaces.
Edward Weston
Edward Weston (1886-1958) was a 20th century photographer who has been called one of the most innovative and influential of all American photographers and a master of photography. His career spanned 40 years and he photographed an expansive set of subjects, including landscapes, still-life, nudes, portraits, and genre scenes.
Some of Edward Weston’s most famous work was close-up images of vegetables and fruit, photographed in a way that captured the “essence” of the object, taking them out of context. His manipulation of light to highlight shape, texture and form helped bring photography out of the shadow of painting and stand on it’s own as a credible art form. Through these photographs he transformed his subjects into abstractions of shapes and patterns.
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WWW: I managed to create some interesting images inspired by the artists work. EBI: I was able to find a fruit or vegetable with a more interesting shape.
Andre Kertesz
Andre Kertesz was a Hungarian photographer who emerged as one of the most influential practitioners of the medium. Favouring emotional impact over technique, he famously remarked, “I just walk around, observing the subject from various angles until the picture elements arrange themselves into a composition that pleases my eye.”
Simple subject matter such as a fork resting against the rim of a bowl placed on a table allows Kertész to focus on the formal composition of the photograph. Kertész elevates the photograph above a simple record of kitchen utensils into a poetic statement by emphasising the beauty in the fork’s simple form.
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WWW: I was able to use the shadows created by the forks to create interesting shapes. EBI: I was more creative with the positioning of the forks.
Luke Stephenson - Lockdown obsession
.Luke Stephenson is a London-based photographer with Britain at the core of his work. His photographs attempt to capture the eccentricity of Britain. Often humorous in their outlook, his photos range from budgerigars to clown eggs. Whether animate or inanimate objects, Stephenson creates affectionate portraits of his subjects and documents worlds often hidden from the mainstream. By combining his unique style of photography with the formal language of studio portraiture he gives his photographed subjects an affectionate and often human presence. He was awarded the Jerwood Photography Prize in 2005.
Over the course of a week he photographed every individual cornflake in his cereal box and created a stop frame animation of all 7122 cornflakes.
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WWW: I completed the task as the artist did. EBI: The lighting in some photos was better.
Suzanne Saroff- Distortion
Susanne Saroff is a photographer who is best known for her reflective still-life photographs often taken with a foreground of water and glass, changing the perspective of the original subject. This distortion creates a far more interesting picture than if the subject was merely there on its own.
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Second Response
WWW: I was effetely use the distortion made by the glass to create a captivating image. EBI: I used more varied sizes of glass and types of fruit and vegetables.
Alberto Seveso- Fireworks in a jar
Alberto Seveso is a self taught Italian graphic artist from Milan who's was inspired by album covers to create his own graphic art.He is now based in Bristol.His work includes photographing ink explosions in water to create beautiful and mesmerising works.
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WWW: I was able to use the create interesting shapes EBI: I used different types of lighting and different colours in the ink.
Lauren Marek 'pieces'
Lauren Marek is a texas based photographer with a wide following on social media.She is known for beautifully capturing basic moments of everyday life.In her series 'pieces' Lauren takes simple but eloquent photos of people faces and puts them together in a collage to form extremely captivating works.
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WWW: I got the general idea of her work and my images were interesting EBI: I created a collage like she does.
David Hockney- Photo Joiners
In the early 1980’s David Hockney began creating intricate photo collages that he called “joiners”. His earlier collages consisted of grid-like compositions made up of polaroid photographs. He then switched to abstract representations of the scenes he had photographed. The varied exposures of the individual photographs that make up each collage give each work a fluidity and movement that otherwise might not be found
Hockney created these images by taking multiple varying polaroid shots.
First Response
WWW: I was able to use Hockney's idea to create interesting images. EBI: The images could be more strange and distorted.
Sharon Radisch - lockdown sculptures
Sharon Radisch, is known for her unique still life and fashion photography. By her unique use of color, lighting and styling, she creates work that is sculptural and graphic, while maintaining a slight sense of ambiguity.
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WWW: Interesting composition and good lighting and focus EBI: The background was better.
Jesse Draxler- views of a person
Jesse Draxler is an LA based artist with a very diverse skill set and works.He uses his skill in photography and painting to overlap the two creating very interesting works.He is well known fort his distorted and Hockney influenced portraits.