Master+Photo+Research



The first photo is by Sabrina Ward Harrison, she is know for incorporating words into her work, she uses words in a way that helps her develop her work, almost to the point where the words are more of the main point of the picture then the actual subject themselves. She is one of my artist of inspiration for this project because I want to use words in my project as well, not to the same degree but a few, I want the words to be more of the inner self of the subject in the background, while you look at the outer self in the foreground.

The middle two photos are of two homeless men, the artist is Robert Bergman. Robert Bergman is well known for his work with homeless people, he makes them look dignified in his photos. Most people shrug the homeless off when passing them on the street, Robert likes to get to know them on a personal level, befriending them. He wants us to see that they are real people just like you and I. There is no need to fear or degrade them as we are no different. I want to use Bergman's concept of getting to know the subject on a personal level as to truly understand them, making them look more real and dignified in my final photos.

The last photo is by Lewis Hine, is of a young girl working in a sweatshop. Hine is known for for his working taking photos of real America is the 20th century. People back then didn't realize the real poor shape that America was in, Hine would go around taking pictures of the homeless, the starving, and most notably children working in sweatshops (before the days of child labor laws). His work helped open the eyes of normal everyday Americans that had no idea this was going on in their own backwards. I hope to reveal a hidden truth to my subject/about my subject in a similar way that Lewis Hine did to America in the early 20th century.