[week 6] Annie Liebovitz

Annie Liebovitz does fine photographic portraits and is most well known for her work with Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone magazine. Her photographs are intimate, and describe the subject. She was unafraid of falling in love with the people she photographed.

 The most interesting thing that stood out to me about her is that she denies having brilliant ideas, she says they are stupid, very simple ideas. Regardless, she has the confidence to carry through with these ideas, and an amazing eye.

[week 5] Jerry Uelsman

jerry Uelsman  created unique images with composite photographs. Being very talented in the darkroom, he used this skill in his composites. He never used digital cameras, since he felt that his creative process was more suited to the darkroom.

Jerry Uelsmann’s photos look as if they have been photoshopped, but they have not.  He is very skilled in the dark room, creating often eery composite images.  His goal is not to show the viewer something familiar, but take them to a new place, a fantasy.

[week4] Florian Ritter

Florian Ritter is a German photographer living with his family in Shanghai, China since 2009. His true passion is to capture rough landscapes and people far from known civilization. Due to the financial demands of today’s world, he also quite enjoys photographing babies and toddlers, products, furniture and interior.

i do like his picture because it gave me a sense of setting up the area to capture the picture. but actually is a natural resources that he observe and captured it without setting up the environment.

[week 3] Jay Maisel

Jay Maisel is a famous modern photographer. His photos are simple, and he doesn’t use complex lighting or fancy cameras. He often only takes one lens on photo outings, and he enjoys taking photos of shapes and lights that he finds interesting.

If anyone knew how to make things happen it was Jay Maisel.  His photography career began in 1954 and gained  momentum simply because he was “out there.”  His remarkably diverse portfolio incorporates famous people like Marilyn Monroe and Miles Davis, magazine covers including the legendary swimsuit covers for Sports Illustrated, jazz albums and annual reports.  His signature talent was his ability to capture the light, colour and action found in daily life.

Joy Maisel amassed numerous awards over the years, but he is loved for generously sharing his knowledge via lecture series.  He is inspiring a new generation to make things happen.

[ Week 2 ] Yousuf Karsh

has taken photographs that tell a story, and that are more easily understood than many others. Each of his portraits tells you all about the subject. He felt as though there was a secret hidden behind each woman and man. Whether he captures a gleaming eye or a gesture done totally unconsciously, these are times when humans temporarily lose their masks. Karsh’s portraits communicate with people.

I chose to write about this photograph of Nelson Mandela, as I feel it’s one of the greatest photographs Yousuf Karsh has captured. I was drawn to the naturalness of the human face which is not over manipulated and adds the impact of the photograph. The genuine expression and natural smile captured from a worldwide classic icon that fought for human rights, I feel was Yousuf Karsh’s initial intention.  The emotion in this photograph is overpowering with joy, optimism, cheerfulness and has a strong sense of happiness and hope – you almost can’t help but smile yourself when viewing this photograph. I feel the black and white colour tones work well with this photograph, the lighting is subtle yet effective capturing and highlighting Nelson’s facial features, being the central focus. The subject has been posed and the photograph set up, Nelson and Yousuf could have even been in mid conversation when the photograph was taken,  however I believe the smile is an entirely natural expression captured superbly by Karsh at the perfect moment to convey to a viewing audience the genuine ‘person’ of Nelson Mandela.. In particular, I like the fact that the subject fits the full frame, I feel it works well and is a good way to draw the viewers in to the photograph empathising power and authority from such an iconic man such as Nelson Mandela.




"Yousuf Karsh is a photographer from a bygone age", writes stern-Artdirector Johannes Erler, "who looked for virtues such as power, courage, intelligence and genius in his photographs." 

In the Spring of 1958 internationally noted photographic portraitist Yousuf Karsh traveled to Harvard Business School to photograph prominent faculty members. Karsh did extensive research on each professor before he met and photographed them and even sat in the classroom to get a better feel for his subjects. He felt the need to understand human nature in order to get to the core of the sitter's personality. The ability to understand the subject in such depth is what gave Karsh his skill and artistry

[ Week 1 ] Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams

 

is probably the most easily recognized name of any photographer. His landscapes are stunning, and he achieves an unparalleled level of contrast using creative darkroom work. You can improve your own photos by reading Adams’ own thoughts as he grew older, when he wished that he had kept himself strong enough physically to continue his work.

original photographs by Ansel Adams are defined as photographs printed by Ansel Adams from negatives he shot and developed. Most will range between $8.000 and  $50.000. Price is determined by a host of factors, including desirability or demand, scarcity, size , condition, provenance , and connoisseurship.

       This is one of his photograph that really reminds me of my home town at china guangzhou. the felling of  days where raining none stop and the cause under farming for farmers. farmers were all very worry due to the heavy rains that will lead to no income at all. some times is really grate to see sun lights in the winter period in china.

                  

Ansel Adams was very knowledgeable about photography and co-created with , Fred Archer , the zone system. This is a system for photographers to translate the light they see into specific densities on negatives and paper, which gives more control over the finished photograph. He also pioneered the idea of visualisation which is trying to determine how the finished photograph will look before it is exposed.