Photographer: Joy Ewell Joy Ewell uses a variety of portrait lighting techniques to capture the specialty of a common day item such as a Coca-Cola Can. Joy Ewell takes a every day Coca-Cola can and turns it into fine art by using a front lighting technique that creates a reflection on the top silver edge while making the red can appear to have a matte finish everywhere else creating a stark contrast, this selective reflection makes this can appear special because this lighting only occurs in a studio lighting scenario. Additionally, the composition of this photo with the black background being a stark black makes the red can a focal point that draws out the uniqueness of this photo. This photo of Joy Ewell's would not be as significant if Coca-Cola wasn't a cultural zeitgeist this is because without the notoriety of the Coca-Cola can's design this photo could be perceives as just a photo of trash but instead because Coca-Cola has such cultural a prominence behind its design it is perceived as capturing an artistic moment. Overall, Joy Ewell's photo Coca-Cola Red is a unique application of portrait technique to an inanimate object.
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Photographer: Benjamin Von Wong Benjamin Von Wong creates works of art and utilizes those works of art in photos to draw public attention to environmental issues. In Parting of the Plastic Sea Benjamin Von Wong created a physical structure of straws in the shape of waves and the ocean. Benjamin Von Wong then utilizes this structure in the photo of Parting of the Plastic Sea with deliberate photographic techniques such as lighting and composition. Benjamin Von Wong uses lighting in this photo from multiple angles, the front and back, to make the model the focal point of the image while lighting the physical structure. Furthermore, the backlight is symbolizing the sun setting over the ocean in the background to juxtapose the model with the physical structure and add a magical realist element to this photo. Additionally, Benjamin Von Wong utilizes photographic composition in this photo with the focal point being centered and the waves being, in all intents and purposes, symmetrical. This composition additionally contributes to the idea of a magical realist image with the model being portrayed a having a power of the scene but this is portrayed as normal. Overall, Benjamin Von Wong created Parting of the Plastic Sea to draw social attention to ocean pollution and how some parts of the ocean are more plastic then water which calls the public to help stop plastic pollution.
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THE RIVER VEINS. August, 2020. Iceland. Photo: Tom Hegen
Photographer: Tom Hegen
Tom Hegen, an Arial Photographer, captures unique parts of the world in a unique way, from the sky. His photos unitize unique composition to capture the viewers creative eye, in this photo he capture Iceland's Glacial Rivers in a complete way that captures how the split an transform from big to small. This creative perspective captures thing many people won't see this symbolizes a need for the conservation of our Earth and a need to end climate change so these feats of nature don't disappear and can be cherished by all for the rest of time. Additionally, Tom Hegen has a wide focus in this photo to capture this major geological event, this juxtaposes the all encompassing Glacial Rivers and the land they a positioned next to create sense of a grand event.
Photographer: George Steinmetz George Steinmetz captures an unique perspective of culture and nature with his unique drone photography. This unique perspective of the world is captured from an unique angle due to the higher elevation of the drone in these photos compared to a person on the ground. This unique angle creates a unique composition for all of George Steinmetz's photos, in this photo the array of boast on the ground on the shore creates a unique composition due to the linear non distorted proportion of the boats this is due to the level nature of the drone over land. Additionally, through George Steinmetz capturing the culture of the places he takes drone photography of he highlights the need for the preservation of nature to sustain the livelihood of the people that live in these less developed parts of the world.
Photographer: Tyler Nussbaumer Tyler Nussbaumer captures a very culturally representative scene in New York of a food stand with an array of dramatic photographic techniques. Nussbaumer utilizes dramatic lighting with the suns beam reflecting off the panel on the front of the vendors cart as well as the suns ray in the smoke, this creates a effect of drama and adds a special feeling something that is commonplace in New York culture. Additionally, the composition of this photo with the cart taking up the majority of the frame and the drinks an pretzels being emphasized show that this photo is truly natural and just luck that every condition lined up for a spectacular shot. Overall, Tyler Nuasbaumer's photo New York Stand is truly a culmination of exquisite technique and situation which creates an aesthetically pleasing photo.
Photographer: Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz captures a portrait of Sherwood Anderson in 1923, this photo was one of the first photos that was accepts as fine art in the artistic community. Alfred Stieglitz was able to achieve this notoriety with the use of wonderful composition that makes sure that Sherwood Anderson is center of the photo with no distracting background. Additionally, Alfred Stieglitz uses a homogenous lighting scenario to make sure that Sherwood Anderson is the focal point of the photo not any shadow that is cast over him. Alfred Stieglitz as a documentary photographer captures European immigrants looking for a life with more opportunity in America, with this he provides a social commentary on the need of acceptance of Americans in America.
Photographer: Warren Keelan Warren Keelan captures a long exposure of the a wave in the ocean with very unique lighting and composition. Warren Keelan uses lighting to make the wave look like there is fire underneath and reflecting onto the surface. This lighting creates a very unique photo that is very stunning. Warren Keelan additionally shoots with a long exposure to make the waves path more smooth and defined. This contributes to the composition of this photo because the wave takes up a large path of the photo which draws emphasis to it. Additionally, Warren Keelan provides a social commentary on the importance and beauty of the ocean with his portfolio that highlights the beauty and wildlife of the ocean and its need for preservation. This photo does this with showing some thing truly unique about our ocean its unmatched beauty and what wont be possible if we don't protect it.
Photographer: Paolo Pettigiani Paolo Pettigiani uses infrared photography to capture a world that humans do not see with there normal eyes. He uses this unique form of photography to draw attention to the unseen beauty of the natural world. These unique color spectrum juxtaposes normal human perception of reality with a surrealistic color palate that captures the infrared spectrum of light. Additionally, Paolo Pettigianti utilizes the rule of thirds with the mountains falling on the bottom thirds, this segmentation of photo creates a photo that form of unity among the mountain, clouds, and blue sky. Through the use of a variety of these aforementioned elements Paolo Pettigiani creates a very surreal landscape with unique photography equipment and editing.
Photographer: Natalie Embry Natalie Embry captures the beauty of travel with her photo of the unique architecture and transportation of people that live on the ocean. Natalie Embry's photo has a wonderful composition with the building, surfboard, and sky falling into different sections of the photo that are all complementary of one another. Additionally, the focal point of this image falls on to the surfboard and building which highlights the culture of the area that this photo was taken at. Natalie Embry also takes her photo with indirect light where the lighting source is not obvious in the frame if the photo, this creates a soft tone on the photo that adds to the color palette of the photo.
Photographer: Jimmy Chin Jimmy Chin highlights his adventures across the world with photography that highlight parts of the world that many people won't see. Jimmy Chin does this in this photo by drawing focus to the man, Will Gadd, in the red jacket by creating a foreground and background that connect but surround the subject at the same time. Additionally, Jimmy Chin creates a sense of mysticism with the use of varying lighting that follows a physical gradient on the ice throughout the photo from dark blue ice to a almost stark white behind the subject which creates a sense of vast distance. Overall, this photo captures the beauty of nature with the use of a variety of expertly executed photographic techniques.
Photo: Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman provides a social commentary on the unrealistic expectations society places on women especially women in positions of prominence in Hollywood film life. She provides commentary on the unrealistic expectations about aging in Hollywood an the emotion effects it has. Sherman emphasizes this idea with creating a photo with such opulence but then juxtaposing it with cheap looking slippers. Sherman does this show the crisis women in very public lifestyle face that once you start looking closely you see their presentation unravel and how this is how they feel when people analyze their. Furthermore, the background that Sherman chooses of a building with elegant architecture is meant to show the social prominence of the women that she is commenting on and how they value their outside presentation. This is meant to show that one can also separate age from identity but it is dependent on ones own presentation.
Photographer: Lee Schlosser Lee Schlosser captures a stunning scene of a woman walking up a sand dune with a perfectly blue sky with a natural gradient along the horizon. Schlosser utilizes perfect composition in this photo with the horizon falling right above the midline with the women walking up the sand dune being right on the right third line. The composition of this photo is complementary to the lighting of this photo because the lighting on the sand dune creates a shadow that creates drama in the images that captures the beauty of the smooth sand. Additionally, this photos wide focus range making this a truly stunning photo because of the whole scenario being captured.
Photographer: Lee Miller This photo of Lee Miller captures the essence of mysterious nature of the portrait, writer, painter and documentary film-maker Humphrey Jennings. The composition of this image with the smoke cloud from what appears to be a mysterious cigarette makes this image very surreal and makes this otherwise commonplace photo extremely unique. Furthermore, Lee Milled highlight the drama in this image with max white appearing on Jennings's face making him the definite subject while having max black appear in the back, again making him the unequivocal subject. This juxtaposition between white and black to make this ordinary man unordinary.
Producers: Mrs. Christine Timmons. Mr. Hugo Martinez. This music video creates a since of joy in the viewers due to the dichotomy/juxtaposition between the serious position of teaching contrasted with the playful nature of the music in this video. If this was graded under an every day rubric this video would definitely earn something around a 9.5/10 due to the exciting uplifting nature of this video as well as the seamless editing. However, if this video was graded under a competition rubric this photo would earn a 7.5-7.9 because this video doesn't likely have a chance of winning due to nature of this video not appearing very professional. Overall, this video is very entertaining and is a wonderful use of video elements to create a complementary video.
Photographer: Diana Kim Diana Kim provides a vivid social commentary on homeless with her photography. Her photography is meant to humanize homelessness. She establishes this commentary though her personal connection with her photo and the travels of her homeless Dad. Diana Kim makes her photography moving with max white and max black in her photos, in this photo the max black is her fathers hair and the max white is the sky. This juxtaposition between max black and max white is meant to emphasize her fathers condition and his human characteristics.
Artist: Domee Shi In Bao by Domee Shi the hook is at 0:26 this moment where the dumpling becomes sentient entices the viewer to watch the rest of the film because this moment is something that in real life that would be stunning and something you would follow. From this moment on the video becomes very surreal and is a very good message on love and motherhood. This video is very aesthetically pleasing due to the detailed background as well as the detailed character design. Overall, this video is a wonderful work of art and commentary.
Photographer: Vivian Maier Vivian Maier in her work NYC 1950's makes a observation on big city life in the post-World War II boom. This is done through the expressions of the people in the foreground with the emphasis of the young man having a good time feeding the birds as well as the young women being joyful. Furthermore, in the background Vivian Maier emphasizes the post-World War II boom with the large signs with advertisements which shows the rise of consumerism in America post World-War II. Overall, this street life photo of Vivian Maier is a time capsule in one of the greatest turning point in American history.
This blog (#5) is excused/canceled because I helped Mr. Lim grade the lighting x5 (#2) assignment.
The First Murder (1941) "A woman relative cried...but neighborhood dead-end kids enjoyed the show when a small-time racketeer was shot and killed," wrote Weegee in the caption accompanying this startling photograph in his 1945 publication Naked City. On the facing page Weegee showed the bloody body lying in the street. Alternately laughing, staring in disbelief, or looking into the camera to grasp their own momentary chance to be recorded, the children who had witnessed this grisly scene form an unsettling amalgam of human emotion and self-absorption. Two women are among the group: one, whom Weegee mentioned above, stands at the center, her face contorted with anguished tears, her personal loss turned into public spectacle. Photo: Weegee Photographer: Weegee Weegee emphasizes the untold reality or murder and crime in New York through his photography. In his work "The First Murder" (1941) he uses a foreground full of people is what appears as chaos to contrast the desolate background. This is done to the effect of showing the hysteria surrounding events like murder and their societal implications in New York. Furthermore, this contrasting background and foreground could be viewed as a juxtaposition between societal reaction and physical reaction to events.
Photographer: Xavier Millan Xavier Millan's photo of the Golden Gate Bridge edited slightly to bring the orange and red colors into prominence emphasizes the signature color of the Golden Gate Bridge. This emphasized foreground juxtaposes less prominent background, this creates the effect of appreciation for one prominent element of San Francisco. Furthermore, this juxtaposition symbolizes the beauty in man made object and not just nature which is more commonly expressed in art.
Photographer: Jordi Koalitic Jordi Koalitic uses multiple elements to make this photo more surreal and dramatic. Jordi Koalitic uses a contrasting foreground of the book with letter "flying off the page" an a bright sky to draw focus to the letter that all over the image. Furthermore, Jordi Koalitic uses the focus of the lens to draw attention to the letters "flying off the page". Jordi Koalitic uses these two elements to make a commentary that words fly off a page with true literature and that true art has true messages.
Photographer: Gordon Parks Gordon Parks provides an artistic commentary on the plight of Africans Americans have faced due to systemic racism in the United States of America through the positioning of the children behind the fence peering onto the playground that they are not allowed to play on. He did this to emphasize the injustice segregation caused for African Americans. Gordon Parks did this with the composition of the photo with the children in the foreground and the playground in the back to highlight the unnecessary man made separation.
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PhotographerXavier Millan is a student at Bonita Vista High School. Archives
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