Clyde Butcher: A Picture Analysis

Davies images are usually shot from a very high vantage point, this creates vast and extremely detailed views. His images will often juxtapose natural environments with some industrial elements. He wants to create highly detailed and crafted images to convey a sense of reality in his work, but also be made in an understated way. These ideas will allow the viewer to draw their own personalized conclusions. He also gives political and historical context next to his images, but doesn’t show his own views on the changing urban landscapes. One of his famous set of images is called ‘Durham Coalfield’. These images are showing the exploration of the impact of the industry working on coalfields. The set of 33 images is an excellent example of how the composition and black and white in his images makes us perceive them in a whole different way. Image number 14 of the 33 in the set is probably the most famous. The cranes in the background of the image reminds the viewer what he is trying to portray to his audience.

Anti-Semitism is the hatred and discrimination of those with a Jewish heritage. It is generally connected to the Holocaust, but the book by Helmut Walser Smith, The Butcher’s Tale shows the rise of anti-Semitism from a grassroots effect. Smith uses newspapers, court orders, and written accounts to write the history and growth of anti-Semitism in a small German town. The book focuses on how anti-Semitism was spread by fear mongering, the conflict between classes, and also the role of the government.

Minor White is one of my favorite photographers. I was intrigued and inspired the first time I looked at his photographs. The first images I laid my eyes on were some of his infrared images and I fell in love. White’s landscape photographs have a large death of field and I believe that helps draw you into his images.His abstract work is very interesting since you never really can tell what White was actually photographing. It draws you in because it makes you curious and want to inspect the image further for a meaning. He was a very technical photographer which I love because I am very technical myself. His attention to detail when he printing his images are remarkable. The contrast in his images remind me of Ansel Adams. They have bright whites,

Born in 1934, Jerry Uelsmann grew up an inner city kid of Detroit. In high school, Uelsmann worked as an assistant for a photography studio; he eventually photographed weddings. Uelsmann went to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where he met Minor White, who “introduced [him] to the concept that photography could be used for self-expression” (Berman). While at RIT, he studied with Bruce Davidson, Peter Turner and Car Chiaraenza, with whom he held frequent discussions on how photography could be different. After RIT, Uelsmann went to Indiana University where he changed his degree to a Master of Fine Arts degree. He graduated with an M.S. and an M.F.A at Indiana University in 1960, where he studied with Henry Holmes Smith, who had

This group embodies the concepts of Ansel Adams, and this is what was so distinctive about his work. The realization of photographic vision through technically flawless prints was an approach that Ansel took in photography. But this did not stop experimentation that led him to the use of several large-formats and miniature cameras. to shed some light on the work of Adams, I should point out that he was deeply effected by the nature, especially by the Yosemite valley, and the four hundred mile long mountain range, called Sierra Nevada, where he kept coming back every summer, where he practiced climbing or just took long trips in which a great deal of photography was involved. During these summers, he developed an interest in conservation and was dedicated to record the splendid beauty of these valleys and mountain ranges. So the prominent factor in Ansel’s work was his love of nature, and the

The trees in the shallowest part of the field are wrought with texture. Every shadow, every needle, every piece of bark is beautifully lit and emphasized. The contrast of the image is full scale. The whitecaps in the river and the falling water are amazingly white. The blacks of the shadows being cast by such direct sunlight are very dark. The rainbow and the part of the image behind the rainbow are gray, as well as much of the face of the mountain. This overall tonality provides a lovely balance to the

A year after him attending the university he had to drop out in order to serve United States to join the Merchant Marine World War 2. His career as photographer then continued and applied when he was serving the Merchant Marine, where he was assigned to take identification portraits of the sailors (Biography, n.d.). It took him two years (from 1942-1944) to finally get out of Merchant

He was very successful as an architect, and in fact, he was the architect to win the Atlanta Press Photographer Association competition. He credits his experience as an architect with some of his ability in photography by giving him the skills to build the setting of his photographs.

Even with her boat pictures, they look like they are moving around in the water but they are actually standing still. She even captured the clouds almost trying to disappear into thin air. The next photo I like is a picture of a small wooden ladder that’s in the water lying next to old rusty boat. It makes me think about when I use to go fishing with my father and grandfather. My grandfather boat was rusty like the one in her picture. I like her artwork because it reminds me of my hometown. I can actually picture the boats in a line waiting to be released from the dock to get in the water. Her pictures are a really good example of country life. Her artwork title should’ve been name a day in the life of a country girl. It shows how beautiful the country life really is. I actually think her pictures are the best I’ve viewed so far. I really can’t explain how much I like her layout. All of her picture complement each other including the same color scale and how the pictures are reflection off little and big puddles of water. The puddles are a significant piece off her artwork because it shows the detailed image off the objects she was trying to capture and that’s why I chose to write about her

He has noted that what ultimately drives him is that he would like to create special, unique photographs which depict a good amount of substance while at the same time, never exceeding any artistic boundaries.

Gregory Crewdson was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1962. He first started photography at the age of ten that was when he took his first photography class the only reason he took the photography class was because he like a girl and since taking the class he has not looked back. The school that Gregory Crewdson attended was Yale school of arts; state university of New York at purchase and Yale University and the university that he graduated at were SUNY purchase and Yale school of arts. He is now a director of graduate studies in photography his career has spanned three decades. Some of the solo exhibitions that he did was called twilight he did three of them a couple of months apart, dream house, beneath the roses there were also three of that

Gregory Crewdson’s work is very inspiring he manages to complete an entire story an entire character art all in one image and you really get involved in his world. Using light and colour cinematically places a major roll, the picture becomes an operatic framing device there so rich with props and all the other little details that when you look closer you will find something different

The photographer I have chosen is Art Wolfe. Wolfe is an American photographer based in Seattle who is mainly known for his vibrant images of nature (wildlife, landscapes, and native cultures). He graduated from University of Washington and after four years he worked for “National Geographic”. Throughout his successful career he has produced more than 65 photo books and instructional films, has been featured on two US Postal Service stamps, and presides on several advisory boards. Wolfe has a television series, “Travels to the Edge with Art Wolfe”, where viewers can explore the beauty of nature and culture. He has been awarded Photographer of the Year. He combines photojournalism and art photography. His style includes rich color, planned out

His father’s and his own dreams for college came true when he enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology after high school. Carnegie Institute is more commonly known today as Carnegie Mellon University. Andy decided to study art of course, and participated in many art-related extra-curricular activities. He took on an important role of the student created art magazine of campus, being the art director and drawing a cover and several interior illustrations. Andy graduated from Carnegie by 1949 with a Bachelor’s degree in art. It was after college that Andy ventured out on his own as a young adult and aspiring professional artist. He went on his way and decided that New York City would be a good place to get started, moving there soon after graduation. He started out illustrating and designing for magazines, and got a job working for the well-known Glamour magazine. It was around this time that Andy made the decision to leave the last letter of his name off, making it “Warhol.” During his time in New York City, he knew that he would spend most of his time living and creating art there. During the 1950’s, Andy’s fame and success grew tremendously. The public became more increasingly impressed with his style that was unique and different than anything they had ever seen before. He started out doing ink drawings, using blotted lines and stamps in shoe

Born at the turn of the 20th century, Emmanuel Rudnitzky the son of a Jewish immigrant could never imagine the impact his art would have on the world ("Man Ray." Bio. A&E, Web. 19 Oct. 2014.). Rudnitzy's creativity and love of the arts blossomed at young age. After graduating from high school his appetite to create led him to study with several famous photographers and artists ("Man Ray." Web. 18 Oct. 2014).