Lee Friedlander is an American photographer that specializes in street images, flowers, trees, gardens, landscapes, nudes, the industrial and post- industrial environment, portraits, self-portraits. He shot primarily with a Leica M series 35mm camera until the early 1990's at which point he switched to a medium format Hasselblad Superwide.
1. what kind of photographs do they make?
- Initially, he began photographing musicians, mainly jazz musicians, then began photographing artists for album covers. Today, his photos mostly consists of portraits and "social landscapes".2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
- Lee would often use shadows of figures (usually himself) and other subjects overlap in the photographic image. Also, he frames his shots with fences, posters and signs quite often.
3. What do the pictures look like? black and white, vertical/horrizontal
- A majority, if not all, of his pictures are colourless and are usually in black and white. They're generally either horizontally stretched or they're squared. 4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
- The projected outline of Friedlander’s body as within the picture frame implies the notion that the photographer can be both behind the camera and in front of it. Interpreted further, Friedlander’s shadow can be taken to represent the imposition of the photographer upon his world and his subject.
http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/masters/masters/leefriedlander/leefriedlander.shtml
http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tbio?tperson=6514&type=a
http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/friedlander_lee.php
Walker Evans
Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. He took pictures of poor people and cityscapes during the Great Depression.
1. what kind of photographs do they make?
- Walker takes pictures that are "literate, authoritative and transcendent".
2. What technical considerations do you think they made in creating their work?
- His photos are often taken with natural lighting and his subjects are usually centered on the photo or they are used to frame both sides of the picture.
3. What do the pictures look like? black and white, vertical/horrizontal
- His pictures are usually photos of people struggling in the Great Depression and landscapes of cities in its grim state.
4. What were some of their ideas in making the pictures?
- Evans was influenced by the French photographer Eugène Atget who photographs architecture and street scenes of Paris.
http://www.cosmopolis.ch/english/cosmo8/walkerevans.htm
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/E/evans/evans_articles1.html
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