Korfmann And Kormann Essay

Elliott Erwitt is a street photographer born in Paris from Russian immigrant parents (Erwitt, 2011). This essay will not focus on his biography but rather put emphasis on his work. Elliott Erwitt is known for his spontaneity when taking snapshot and passion for the human condition (Magnum Photos, 2011). He also has a very sharp sense of humor that is without a doubt reflected on his work. Elliott Erwitt has also a particular affinity for dogs and kids (Erwitt, 2011). It is said that the challenge is to be able to recognize the work of a particular photographer based on specific characteristics distinctive to him (Magnum Photos, 2011). As a matter of fact, Elliott Erwitt’s snapshots all have distinguishing

John Szarkowski is an American photographer and curator, whose opinions on a photograph’s narrative and direction are highly valued. In his time he analyzed many works of art, and produced many different interpretations, one being the ideals of mirrors and windows.

Looking at another example, the photograph below was created by Andreas Gursky, a German photographer known for his large-scale landscape colour photographs captured from a high point of view (Tate,2017). The photograph portrayed the river Rhine just outside

Every painter has a certain style of painting, whether it's intentional to paint abstract or unintentional to paint as a modernist. I analyzed Abigail Kuchar’s artwork. She is an artist at Western Washington University. Currently, she is enrolled as a student and working on her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Recently, she exhibited her work in a Symbiotic Qualia, Western Gallery (group BFA Thesis Exhibition). Her ideas on visuals are very unique as compare to another artist. Her work is heavily influenced by reoccurring natural forms and patterns, representing, the specific shapes that have been successful in a variety of different applications. For example, the formation of bubbles, lichen, barnacles, anemones, spores, pollen, and seed pods, all have similar compositions. By creating work that includes these forms, the viewer is presented with something unusual, but vaguely familiar. Her material used in the artwork is environment-friendly.

Uelsmann’s work was not well received in the photography community. His creations were not considered photography; however, he was well received in the art community. John Szarkowski hosted a solo exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in 1967. Uelsmann was considered “iconoclastic” and “set out to convince critics that photography offered alternatives to the conventional “purist” sensibility…” Uelsmann debated that photos could “evoke elusive states of feeling and thinking triggered by irrational and imaginative juxtaposition” (Kay). Uelsmann has succeeded in finding a following among photographers and artist alike. In the past forty years, Uelsmann’s work has been exhibited in over 100 solo shows throughout the US and overseas. He has permanent instillations in museums worldwide (Taylor). Uelsmann’s photos are now revered for their original technical form as well as their surreal matter (Johnson).

The documentary What Remains follows photographer Sally Mann’s life over a span of five years as she balances being a mother, wife and photographer. In the film viewers are able to get an intimate glimpse of Mann’s creative process as she captures various images of her loved ones, landscapes, and even a new series that explores death. In this paper I will discuss Mann’s work detailing the criticism it receives as well as how my experience as a novice photographer parallels hers.

When conducting research, there are some problems that are seen and some that are unseen. Kempinen and Kurlychek ran into some issues that were unexpected and hidden. However, they did not change the scope of the experiment. In my opinion, the internal factor of instrumentation could have threatened the internal validity of the study. It became a concern when gathering the study referenced the gathering of the information about the convictions were missing from more than one-third of the cases, therefore having to use the previous arrest record as measurement rather than prior criminal record. The information is a crucial part of research because you have two variables in the study being measured, technical violations and new crime convictions. The investigators had to rely on the prior arrest, which is not as valid as prior convictions. The seriousness of the offender's new convictions was unavailable for the study (Kempinen & Kurlychek, 2003). Therefore having to leave that particular narrative out of the discussion on whether an individual who graduated from the boot camp or prison went on to commit more serious crimes. With the incomplete information, the investigators could be motivated to continue the study to monitor the progress of the participants over time. So the information about an offender's prior convictions and possible post serious convictions had to be left out of the study. Which also touches on the internal factor of testing pre and post.

The second picture I chose called Laxman Singh, Rajasthan, 2002 I felt that this man is a prisoner in his own world because he has no legs to walk but prosthetics. I believe that the photographic approach of contemporary photojournalists have changed with both the idea and the technique since Gardner’s era. There is more history going on every day and there are so many stories that can be told that each photojournalist can use different techniques and ideas to tell that story to a viewer.

Jan Groover’s artwork; especially her Still Life photographs, really gives the viewer something to think about because it simultaneously gives multiple perspectives from one picture. It is not just a single object on a canvas or print, so it leaves you looking at either the focal point or points; as well as everything in the background. A photographer should be able to take both aspects; and merge them, so it psychologically prompts the viewer to it see it as a whole. I learned that it is not always necessary to pick a sole focus when creating and developing works of art; although it might be a bit easier.

Thorough research of the works and techniques of Tina Barney and Elliott Erwitt led me to a simple conclusion: their art is simple and meaningful but, meaning is what an observer makes of it. What does this indicate one might ask? It means that although they both have very distinct ways of taking a photograph their common goal is to evoke emotion in their observers. Elliott Erwitt put it in the simplest terms when he said, “I think you should just look at the stuff and if it enriches you in some way or knocks you out, that’s all you need” (Danziger 89).

Two very prominent painters are photographed cut off from the work of art, seemingly stuck in a gray walled room with no artistic fervor anywhere to be seen. The photographs are bleak, but offer a sense of distance from the audience, enough to show these famous individuals as humans. Penn creates beauty through humanity, with or without the help of fashion his portraits convey truly an unhinged reality of fashion and art, unseen by the general public.

Since these two artists are contemporary artists their art represents what is happening in present time. For example Tim Hawkinson’s

Zen, also known as Ch’an Buddhism in China, is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that was established in China about 1500 years ago. Zen is a form of religious practice of mainly concentrating the mind to a single point in which then results in self-realization and/or enlightenment. Zen philosophy is interpreted that all humans are capable of reaching enlightenment, which is generally blocked by ignorance. The idea emphasizes enlightened masters over forms of scriptures, and is the least “academic” of all the Buddhist schools.

Gregory Crewdson’s unprecedented work in photography has captured many minds because of the flawless aesthetic,character, and mood found in his photographs.Crewdson likes to convey his own anxieties and fears through his photographs. These fears and anxieties that he likes to communicate are exactly the themes and elements of his work. To clarify, Crewdson stated “ I’ve always been interested in the psychological nature of picture” ; and by believing in this paradox Crewdson states “The pictures are my means of trying to find meaning in the world”. Crewdson likes to deliver the themes of mystery, confusing, filmic, horror, and detachment which makes his photographs very interesting to look at; however, personally, I find his work to be very repetitive and it ultimately makes his other work seem uninspired. In addition, even though they are some photographs that really are unique and differ from his other work -

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s painting Street, Berlin is exactly what the title suggests a street in the city of Berlin. The composition is busy. The general arrangement of the work is crowded figures in the middle ground with very little background and foreground. There are several figures which seem unimportant. The ones of importance seem to be the two women walking, although more focused on one of the women than the other, and the man crouching down in front of the window. The objects that seem to be most important are the ones that are painted more colorful, the woman of focus is the only person wearing color, and the rest are in all black and white attire. Kirchner attempts to create an illusion of three dimensional space by using a one point perspective which draws us into the work like we are looking down the sidewalk with all these people walking toward us, interestingly he does not really attempt to make the figures three dimensional they are pretty much