Samuel-masters

=**Ansel Adams**=

This is a photograph taken by Ansel Adams. The technique that he used for his photographs was by using film. This photograph represents contrast because of how the black in the background contrasts with the bright white of the branch in the foreground. I like this image because of how the branch looks interesting compared to the rest of the picture and it makes me wonder what was so significant about capturing this image. This photograph would influence my work because of how it would make me focus an image on making one of the captured features stick out more than anything else in the picture.

=Imogen Cunningham=



This is a photograph taken of Frida Kahlo, a painter, by Imogen Cunningham. The technique that she used for her photographs was film. This photograph represents balance because of how the two sides of the picture look balanced and it is almost symmetrical by how the center of her head is almost in the center of the canvas, and it also represents value because of the various shades of white, gray, and black that were used. I like this image because it is a really neat portrait because of how one side of her face is lighted up and the other is not, almost intriguing me to find out more about her personality. This photograph would influence my work because of how it would make me want to take a portrait like this where it shows two sides of something, as if you can have a dark side and a light side to something.

=Cartier Bresson=



This is a picture taken by Cartier Bresson of a man that he was walking behind. The technique that he used for his photographs was film. This photograph represents rhythm and balance because of how the trees in the background are all aligned, and also emphasis because of how the color of the man's jacket really sticks out on the street that the man is walking on. I like this image because of how the context of it is that the man randomly turned around the Bresson snapped the image in the instant, and it shows how anything can happen by surprise; I also like how the order of the trees - how they slowly fade more into the background the further back you look - makes the man stick out even more and seem more prominent. This photograph would influence my work because of how it shows me that I always have to be ready to take a photograph at any moment and how concentrating on the background really makes my foreground look more out there and noticeable.

=Jeff Wall=



This picture was taken by Jeff Wall. The technique that he uses for his photographs is digital photography. This photograph represents contrast because of how the blue and the orange are complimentary colors so they make each other stick out, and also texture because of how the picture really exemplifies the texture of the wall that this photograph is of. I like this image because of how it really isn't a picture of anything intriguing, but it keeps your interest. This picture would influence my work because of how it shows me that things even of little value make a picture great.

=Sandy Skoglund=

http://www.agallery.com/aspx/inventory.aspx?ItemID=SAS-16643&photographer=Sandy+Skoglund&search=&sort= This picture was taken by Sandy Skoglund. The technique that she uses for her photographs is digital photography. This picture represents contrast because of how the yellow color of the wall and the color of the soldiers on the wall and the tools on the ground contrast each other, and also pattern because of how all of the orange/brown-colored soldiers and tools are all sorted in a way that look organized and like it's set in a pattern. I like this image because of how it's really aggressive and represents something more than just being a picture. This image would influence my work because of how it would have me focus on pattern and how having something be organized would give the picture a cool effect.

=Frans Lanting=



This is a picture taken by Frans Lanting. The technique she uses for her photographs is digital photography. This picture represents emphasis because of how the lava really sticks out from the black background that it is on. I like this image because of the bright colors of the lava and how they stick out from the background; it looks really cool. This image would influence my work because of how it would have me focus on having certain things stick out against black to give the picture a brighter effect with black still being in the image.