Evan+Amini+Final+Research



[|__Michael Kenna__] was born in 1953 in England. He is an photographer best known for his black & white, unusual, landscapes. He would take his photos at dawn to achieve the best lighting, and would have exposures of up to 10 hours. He used a camera that shot in square format for his photographs. His photography can be found around the world, and he was made” The Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters” in 2000. I am influenced by him, because he he shoots interesting photographs in black and white. He focuses greatly on the lighting, which allows for his photographs to have interesting exposures. I would like to mimic the interesting landscapes that he shot and use a strong exposure. I feel that his artwork is similar to what I am trying to accomplish and would like to use him as inspiration when shooting photographs of landscape. [|__Link To Photograph__]

[|__Diane Arbus__] is an American photographer who lived from 1923 through 1971. She took photographs of dwarfs, giants, transgender people, nudists, circus performers, and others who normally were looked upon as surreal. Arbus became the first American photographer to have photographs displayed at the Venice Biennale. I would like to mimic her interesting use of subjects and the abnormality of her artwork. I am not looking to copy her artwork, but take the piece of abnormal subjects and use it in my final work. I feel that she has a great compositional technicality and uses interesting concepts. [|__Link To Photograph__]

[|__Arnold Newman__] was an American Photographer that took photographs of environmental portraits. He was born in 1918 and died in 2006. He was also known for his abstract still life photographs. He took interesting photographs of people, which is what I would like to incorporate in my photographs. His use of simplicity and charming subjects make his photographs appealing to me. I am inspired by his compositionally clean and simple images that have a strong developed concept to them. I want to incorporate his style of art in my final photographs. Overall, I feel that he is a great photographer and I am inspired by the Black and White clarity of his photographs. [|__Like To Photograph__]

I will develope my complex composition through the positioning of my subjects and how I position the camera itself. I will also use photoshop and possibly other applications to edit my photos and render the composition even further. I would like to steer away from the surreal photoshop techniques and focus more on improving the composition that I used when taking the photograph. I may use many compositional techniques in one photo, but then use fewer in another, depending how it correlates with my concept.

The principle of design that I would like focus on is contrast, because I am going to possibly shoot some or all three of my photographs in black and white to really emphasise the differentiating colors. Contrast is simply the emphasis on differentiating color to allow the image to appear more dynamic and intense. I am using it because I want my image to have a wide range of color and compositionally allow my image to stand out.

I am going to develop a concept that engages my viewer and allow them to relate personally or with society. I do not know my concept quit yet, but I am hoping to bring an advanced idea for my concept. I am not going to develope a series of similar images, but instead have my concept correspond with three compositionally different images. I feel that I want to portray different characteristics of society, so I will use the same concept for all of the photographs. I will also not combine images, because I want to use the simplicity of Arnold Newman’s photographs. In order to make my photographs complex and unique, I am going to develope a strong concept and use many compositional techniques that correlate back to the concept and idea of the image. I want to have an easy flowing photograph that make the viewer pleased and want to see more.