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CommunicatingwithImages
Magura Caves,Bulgaria,ca.5000yearsold
HorseshoeCanyon,Utahca.8,000yearsold
ChristianVogt,FrameSeries
ChristianVogt,FrameSeries
Transformationflatness,choiceofmedium,vantagepoint,
frame,time,focus,light,display
composition,signs&symbols,editing,cropping,technique,color,visualanalogies,
ChristianLichtenberg
GarySchneider,GeneticSelf-Portraits
HelmutNewton
FOCUS!
RobertMapplethorpe,SelfPortrait
NanGoldin,Self-PortraitwithMilagro,TheLodge,Belmont,MA
Light
”Embracelight.Admireit.Loveit.Butaboveall,knowlight.Knowitforallyouareworth,andyouwillknowthekeytophotography.”
- GeorgeEastman
Gjon Mili,PabloPicasso
RichardAvedon
LouiePalu,fromthebookCageCall:LifeandDeathintheHardRockMiningBelt,2007
Eugène Atget,ca.1920 EdAlcockforTheNewYorkTimes,2010
Composition
“Asnapshotstealslifethatitcannotreturn.Alongexposure[creates]aformthatneverexisted.”
- DieterAppelt
ArnoldNewman,Alfried Krupp
ElliotErwitt,SantaMonica
AndreasRentsch,HighSecurityJail,LosAngeles
SignsandSymbols
“Theknowledgeofphotographyisjustasimportantasthatofthealphabet. Theilliterateofthefuturewillbethepersonignorantoftheuseofthecameraaswellasthepen.”
- László Moholy-Nagy
AndreasRentsch,BerlinWall
FromDavidCrow,VisibleSigns
Context
AndreasRentsch,BerlinWall
JoeRosenthal,IwoJima,1945
AlfredEisenstaedt,1945
Editing/Cropping
RichardLam(GettyImages)
RichardLam(GettyImages)
Cropping
FromtheInternet
AndreasRentsch
Technique
“Ofcourse,therewillalwaysbethosewholookonlyattechnique,whoask"how,"whileothersofamorecuriousnaturewillask"why."Personally,Ihavealwayspreferredinspirationtoinformation."
- ManRay
BillJacobson,InterimPortrait#388
RobertMapplethorpe,SelfPortrait
Color
“Whydotwocolors,putonenexttotheother,sing?Canonereallyexplainthis?No.Justasonecanneverlearnhowtopaint.”
- PabloPicasso
ArnoldNewmanRobertMoses,1959
NanGoldinNanandBrianinBed,NewYorkCity,1983
NanGoldinSelfPortraitinBlueBathroom,London,1980
AnnevanHouwelingen
Display
RichardPrince,Untitled(Cowboy),1989
VisualAnalogies
Sebastiào SalgadoStarvedChildLookingforFoodintheRegionoftheFormerLakeFaguibine,Mali
PeterMaurer,Self-Portrait
InfluencefromotherMediums
“Therearepuristsinallformsofexpression.Therearephotographerswhomaintainthattheirmediumhasnorelationtopainting.Therearepainterswhodespisephotography,althoughmanyinthelastcenturyhavebeeninspiredbyitandusedit.Therearearchitectswhorefusetohangapaintingintheirbuildingsmaintainingthattheirownworkisacompleteexpression”
- ManRay
GregoryCrewdson,onlocation,fromhisseriesTwilight
GregoryCrewdson,“Untitled”fromtheseriesTwilight
AnaMendieta
JeffWallSuddenGustofWind
KatsushikaHokusaiYejiri Station,ProvinceofSurugaca,1832
Text
Babara KrugerYourBodyisaBattlegroundUntitled(IshopthereforeIam)
“Whenyouapproachsomethingtophotographit,firstbestillwithyourselfuntiltheobjectofyourattentionaffirmsyourpresence.Thendon'tleaveuntilyouhavecaptureditsessence.”
- MinorWhite
AndreasRentsch
AndreasRentsch
AndreasRentsch
“Therearenorulesforgoodphotographs,thereareonlygoodphotographs.”
- AnselAdams