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There are thousands of extremely talented artists out there, but for me, I was drawn to the more modern artists. Their art is generally more vibrant and exciting, which is what I enjoy to look at. The the three pieces I selected for my banner were from three modern artists: Frans Lanting, Austin Mann, and Annie Leibovitz. Each of these artists contain a very unique style and the bright colors of their pieces definitely caught my eye. However, there are tons of artist that use bright colors throughout their pieces, so there are definitely other reasons that I was drawn to these specific artists. For Frans Lanting, I was very interested in what his subjects were. He is a famous photographer for National Geographic, which means his photos are mainly of animals, which is something I love a lot. And it’s not the just the animals that interest me—the perspectives and surroundings in the photos are also very unique. It is hard to imagine how someone could even begin to take such amazing photos of wild animals such as these. For the second photo I chose, it was taken by an artist named Austin Mann. I liked his photos because they were all nature photos, but they were much more than just a simple lake or tree. They are of these amazing landscapes that have such interesting colors that you wouldn’t typically think would be in nature. This artist has traveled to many different countries, taking all of these extraordinary images and I find that amazing, which is why I decided to choose him as one of my artists. Finally, my third artist I chose was Annie Leibovitz. I had researched a bit about her during the portrait unit, but during this research assignment, I decided to view her work a bit more because she has such a unique style. She doesn’t just take a simple photo of a person from a unique angle, she lets the background, props, and clothing play a role in the story of her photos as well. However, while this artist does many unique portraits of mainly famous people, the specific images I was drawn to were the subject portrayed a Disney character. She has an entire series of portraits that relate to specific Disney movies and they appear to be created for ads or something, but they just look so amazing! For example, the one that I put in my banner is a beautiful image of Taylor Swift acting as Rapunzel. For my final image, I would like to try to represent the bright and cheeriness that each of these images contains. To me, they all feel as though they’re representing hope. Therefore, that is a concept that I would like to portray through my final piece. I would like to attempt with using brighter colors in this piece due to the fact that they look really cool and that many of my pieces so far have appeared darker, even though it may be difficult considering that there is really not as much sunlight out currently. I am not exactly sure what I would like to try to photograph for my subject, but I really just want to experiment with things and see what different kinds of lighting I could give my piece. And if the images still turn out darker for whatever reason, I can always edit them in Photoshop to brighten them up afterwards. As for principles of design, I would like to use rule of thirds and make sure that my subject is not placed directly in the middle because I feel like that makes images appear more interesting. I may need to create a series of multiple images—most likely three—in order to get my concept across better. In conclusion, I simply want to attempt to portray the bright colors and thoughts of hope that these images bring to me into my final project.