Monday, November 19, 2012

Top 10 Photographers Every Student Should Study

Alfred Stieglitz:
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S.


I like this photograph because the city <Vienna> is very beautiful. I like the cannal connected to the whole cities so that people must take a boat in order to go somewhere. That is so unique to me because in Korea, we don't have a city like this.



I also like this photograph of Alfred. I like the way he took this photograph. I could see snows falling down from horses. I also like that people are still using horses even though the buildings looks quite modern.


I really like this photograph because it looks like a drawing. The man on the horse cartage is focused and the other things in the backgrounds are all blury. and the snows make the photo even more blurry.

Ansel Adams:
Ansel Adams is an American Photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West.



                   





















I like this photo because its structure is quite interesting. A wide river is flowing in 'S' shape between the field and forest. Also the light comming from the sun behind the clouds is so beautiful
Ansel Adams was a visionary figure in nature photography and wilderness preservation. He is an environmental hero, and his trade mark was his black and white photographs.



This photo is taken by Ansel Adams' album and the name of this piece of artwork is: Colby on Glacis Ridge. I like this photo because of his trade mark black and white photo. Because Ansel used this method, the white snow, and the rest of the mountains contrasts very much, and a man standing on the white snow looks very small, and lonely. Compared to the mountain ridge, the man is very tiny so the contrasts between the man and ridge attracted my eyes.



This Photo has also taken by Ansel Adams, and the name of this photo is <In Ton quin Valley>. I like this photo very much because of the sky, and the colours. It seems like the weather was pretty good when he took this photo, but because of the black and white method, the sky looks very gloomy. I also liked the way that clouds are arranged. Clouds are forming a whole in the sky.



I also like this photo taken by Ansel Adams, and this photo is called <Seracs of Robson Glacier>. This photograph attracted my eyes with the constrasts between the size of a man standing on the Glacier, and the huge Glaciers. It is quite funny that small man is standing at the edge of the Glacier and looking down through the spaces between two Glaciers. This photo also makes me wonder how Ansel Adams took this photo.


Diane Arbus:

Diane Arbus was a phtographer who valued psychological above formal precision, private above social realities, the permanent and the prototypical above the ephemeral and the accidental, and courage above subtlety. She took photos of people only except some exceptions. 



This photo is taken by Diane Arbus. I like this photo because of a little child's sadness. It is interesting that the baby is looking at the camera while she's crying. And her hair style is also interesting because on the left side, the hair is stuck behind her ear, but on the right side, it's not. Whenever I look at this photo, I feel like the tears of this girl will drop down soon, and this photograph is that lively.

Diane Arbus

This is the photo taken by Dian Arbus. They seem to be a family but the interesting thing in this photo is that the appearances. The woman is wearing very fancy, showy, and splendid. She wears big earrings, she holds a expensive bag, and a coat seem to be made out of leather. However on the right hand side, the man (husband) is in very normal clothes. So I like this photograph.

Diane Arbus

This photograph is taken by Dian Arbus. This photo is interesting because both women and a man in this photo has no facial expression that is expressed. And the woman seems that she is grumpy. They are both short so I thought they were children pretending to be mum and dad.


Steve McCurry:  Steve McCurry  is an American Photographer/ Photojournalist, and he is famous for taking a photo called "Afghan Girl" which appeared on the Frond cover page of the magazine "National Geographic".




This photo is quite depressing because of the pouring rain. The rain water has gone up to an adults' ankles height. It is very interesting that all the people walking on the streets have the same umbrellas.



This photo is also taken by Steve McCurry and I couldn't take my eyes off from this boy because this photo is the most shocking photo that I'v ever seen. because the boy is holding a gun towards his head and crying. However he is not weeping aloud but only shedding tears quietly and staring at the camera. I think that made this photo more shocking and sad.  This photo also made me to think about my life again, and thanks to my parents because I felt very happy and lucky that I was born as my parents' daughter. Many children are suffering from war, severe poverty etc but to compare my life and this boy's life, I recognized that I am living in a happy life.



This photo was also very shocking because a boy in this photo, about 6 years old is holding a gun bigger than himself.I was shocked by the unknown dark shredded aspects of a world and again, I really thanks to my parents for being my parents.

5. Philippe Halsman:

6. Jerry Ulsmann:

Uelsmann received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1967 and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1972. He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, a founding member of The Society of Photographic Education and a former trustee of the Friends of Photography. Uelsmann’s work has been exhibited in more than 100 individual shows in the United States and abroad over the past thirty years.


This photo is taken by Jerry Uelsmann, and I really think that this photo is very interesting because the scenery of the house and a boy is inside the hands.



Jerry Uelsmann used hands as a method of presenting his thoughts quite often and this is another one of that. This time, he put a river and the boat floating freely on the river on to the hands so that it could represent his dreams or something else.

Jacques Henri Lartigue:

Jacques Henri Lartigue (June 13, 1894 – September 12, 1986) was a French photographer and painter, most famous for his photographs of automobile races, planes and fashionable Parisian women.



I like this photo because of the shape of the tires, and the people. Tire is slightly oval because it's running fast, but I don't know what happened to the angle of people standing around the car.



This photo is kind of interesting because I have no idea whether the man is throwing the dog or the dag is escaping from the man. Jacque captured the moment that the dog is on the air so I wander what happend to the dog after 1 second.



This woman is also in the air floated and the facial expression of this woman is very funny. She is staring at the camera while she is falling down and smiling.


Elliot Erwitt:

Elliott Erwitt (b. 26 July 1928 ParisFrance) is an advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings— a master of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment".




I really like this photo because this photo reminds me of my childhood when my sister and I fight, my sister always cries and I was trying to stop her just because she was so loud that my mum comes and screams at me.



This photo is very interesting because of the pose of the dog in the air. The dog jumped so high, and the facial expression of this dog is so peaceful.



This photo of a dog standing on the skate board attracted my eyes because the dog is wearing clothes and he has own skateboard. And the shape of its shadow looks like a monkey.

Andy Rouse:



I really like this photo because the turtle in this photo is lovely, and colorful, and the photo is very clear and distinct. And I like that the turtle looks at the camera.




THis photo of little baby lion is also taken by Andy Rouse, and I really like this photo because first of all, I like the animals, and second of all, the lion is playing with its mother's tail. And this cute aspect contrasts with the brave, aggressive and ruthless aspects of the lion fully grown up.



I like this photo of baby tigers because they look identical except the size of their head. Left one has little bit bigger head than the right one. But both of them are so cute and I liked the heart-shaped noses of them.

Jonathon Knowles:






I like this photo because the photo is very clear, clean, and very simple. I liked the water in the air scattering around the roses.





I really like this photo because the air in the water comming up looks very beautiful and pretty with the background of sunlight. and the upper air looks like a glacier in the south pole.



Jonathon Knowles used water as a common method and here, limes and ice are added so the beverage looks much more colder and fresher.






















Friday, November 9, 2012

3 photographs of Presidents that I like





Photo: Barack and Michelle Obama in an elevator

I like this photo's structure and the people's expression. For the structure, left is crowded. And on the right, Obama couple is smiling to each other with faces being closed from each other. However, the people who are standing on the left are not looking at the President couple. This reminds me the Korean culture. About 300 years ago, in Chosun Dinesty,  King's men cannot look directly through the King and King's wives' faces.


Photo: Betty Ford standing on a table in a dance pose

I like this photo of Betty Ford because her behavior in this photo is not normal. She is standing in the middle of the table, and posing towards the camera.

Photo: Bill and Hillary Clinton in a briefing

I really like this photo of Bill and Hillary Clinton because their facial expressions are almost the same. Their eyes are both looking at the one direction, and even the wrinkles on their forehead are almost the same. So I like this photo.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

President's Photographers Q&A

Comprehension questions & Answers Text

1. Whe was the first American President to be photographed while in office? What photographic precoess was used?

- James K, and the name of the process was "Daguerreotype"

2. President Abraham Lincoln had a photograph taken standing with his left hand on a stack of books. Why did he do this?

- To take a photo of his more scholarly aspects.

3. Critical thinking quewstions and answers text

Imagine you are the current President of the United States. What photographs would you like taken and shown to the public?

- I would like my passion of working and being familiar to all the people to be taken and shown to the public because it is going to affect me in a good way some how.

Comprehension questions & answers text

4. What does White House Photo editor Alice Gabriner likes for in selecting the right photographs to present to the public?

- She checks whether the photo is original, and whether they had the same photos than before.

5. Under President Obama, who has final approval all the photographs releases to the public?

- His communication team.

6. Why did President Obama decide not to personally approve all the photographs release to the public while Lyndon B. Jonson did?

- Photograph can make him completely ridiculous.

7. Why do presidents and their staff review photographs before they are released?

- That is because they are very famous people and the most important thing to them is the supports of the citizens. But if they don't review the photographs and make mistakes, that inappropriate photograph will shown to the whole world especially US president, as he is the president of a strong country, it is very dangerous to not to review their photographs. Their secrets and their privacy that they didn't meant to disseminate will spread through out the whole world.

8. Who was the Chief White House Photographer of George W. Bush? 

- Eric Draper

9. What did Chief White house photographer Eric Draper say was the most intense moment during his entire time at the white house?

- When the secretary of Defense and Vice president and George W. Bush discuss about the War with Iraq.

10. What did George W. Bush say is the hardest decision any president to make

- To decide to have a war is the most hardest decision because he already know well that many young soldiers of US will going to die in the war field because of his decision.

11.Who did George W. Bush ask to follow him onto the South Lawn of the White House after he made the decision to go to war?

- Vice president and a secretary of Defense.

What do you think was being discussed in the Situation Room before George W. Bush left the room visibly upset?

-Something that is related to his decision (decide to have a war)

13. If you were the President of the United States, what would be some reasons you would use to decide to go to war?

- The huge amount of oils that are buried under the land of Iraq.

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Good writing skill helps you to make a good photo essay

I think it is very important to be a good writer in order to produce a good photo essay because good photo essays contains minimum words but which can include the whole theme that the producer wants to give or show to the watcher. 

My favorite

My favorite <PHOTO ESSAY>

My favorite was Ellie's photo essay because I liked her theme comparing animal (her cats) and her friends. I also liked her title "We are animals" because it really matched with her theme/ topic of her photo essay. Most of the photos that she took actually looked similar to the facial expressions of her cats. All of her photos were focused, and all of them were colorful. This is because why her photo essay stands out in my head.


Saturday, October 13, 2012


I liked this photo because it shows how happy that man was after the end of the war. HE eventually grab any woman around him and kissed her. Also I really liked the reaction and facial expressions of people around them. As they look at them, they smile. And I think if this photo was taken in color photo, it would have been more interesting because I would be able to see the background buildings and style of the clothes that people used to wear at that time.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Afgahn Girl.


What strikes you about this Photograph?
* The Girl's eyes are striking, and her absence of facial expression gives very lonely, and sad feelings.

Why do you think the curiosity over this girl continued for so many years?
* I think it's because the Afgahn was in war, so people might be so curious about whether the Afgahn girl with amazing eyes is still alive or died during the war.