Roni Horn

The images below are from the series titled This is Me, This is You. The subject is Horn's neice, Georgia, who agreed to be photographed so long as she was not shown the images. According to Horn, the series was to extend across two years, but she continued to photograph Georgia because she kept evolving. She chose to keep the photos in a Kodak style format, aka close to the face. Horn says she did not direct Georgia, but would instead just show up randomly and photograph her. I find this series inspiring because we are so used to wanting to manipulate and place our subjects when instead we should let that be handled naturally. These images are genuine and show true candidness and rawness. It helped that Georgia was a very expressive person, but I feel as though even the most subtle of expressions, so long as they are natural, could make for beautiful photographs as well.

http://vimeo.com/64165866

Shane Lavalette

Shane Lavalette uses photography in a way that is described as showing the "potential of the barely occurring". Photographs show a scene or series of moments condensed to one frame and Shane uses that to suggest more to those stories in his photos.

shanelavalette.com

JIM PATTERSON

Jim Patterson Photography

 

I chose these photos because I feel the lighting is not merely used to accentuate the photos, it is the photos. Being that the photos concentrate on various times of day, elevations, and locations, these photos are evidence that waiting to capture the opportune moment, or taking multiple images until you capture that moment is worth it. These photos have provided me with questions and experiments to try out.

Ellie Brown

Ellie Brown

Ellie Brown is a photographer that uses the people around her as her subjects. In the picture on the bottom, it is from her "Bags" collection. This is where Brown went to strangers and took a look into their bags. The middle picture is from her "A Chronicle of Lovers" collection. This is where Brown made hardbook covers based off of the relationships she previously had. Hidden in small type are the names of the men that the cover belongs to. The top picture is from "Korean Notebooks". This is where Brown went to Korea and found old notebooks from students.
I like how these three pictures are based off of people or places that Brown has been to. This is inspiring because this is what I want to achieve some day.

Lucas Blalock

Lucas Blalock says "my work is engaged in the ways that falseness/mechanics in pictures can bring the viewer into a more intimate relation to the world." I used to believe that subjects in photography had to be this most overwhelming thing because someone took the time to photograph it, but when looking at Lucas Blalock's work, he photographs things that you'd least expect. They're like random, instinct moments, but he took the time out to plan the composition. That really helps me to not overlook the small stuff because they can be just as powerful. I also noticed in some of his works, it looks like he merged photographs together. It shows a more creative approach to creating an image.

http://www.lucasblalock.com/

Patrick Zachmann

Since 1976 Patrick Zachmann has been a freelance photographer, who in 1990, became a member of the Magnum Photos. What drew me into his work, was the lighting in his photos. Both the placement of his subjects and lighting, makes his photographs feel more personal. Some of his landscape photos I found interesting, however I enjoy viewing the subject(s) in his photos; to see their reaction. I didn't see to much color photos, but I think his black and whites are quite strong, and works well on creating a mood.

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL5354NM

Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems is an interesting photographer that focuses on history.  She works in several series that develop theories on family relationships, gender roles, the histories of racism, sexism, class and various political systems and gives an interesting prospective by sometimes using words in her photographs. Her work has been featured everywhere from the Whitney to the Chrysler Museum of Art.

http://carriemaeweems.net/index.html

Below are images of her Kitchen Series and From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried Series