Friday, May 29, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Kendrix Brown - Artist Post #2
Gus Powell is a New York born photographer most notably known for his street photography. His famous body of work, entitled Manhattan Noon was exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York and he's also been published in Vogue, BIG, Wired, Fortune, W, and the The New Yorker.
I was draw to his photography because of the human element. The idea of people occupying the same external space while simultaneously occupying their own internal space is miraculous in my opinion. His street photography is a great depiction of every individual having their own story. Each story is a unique manifestation of the (un)manifested, the source from which we all originate. To explore that duality and the interdependence of each manifestation is something that I am deeply compelled towards.
Gus finds inspiration for his photography in both locations and the people. Sometimes there's a certain element of light that he falls in love with or a person that he's attracted to. He always attempts to tell a story with the composition of the photo, the framing, and the subjects. He enjoys the idea the people he photographs often have nothing to do with each other be will forever be linked together through his work.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Ellie Bailey - Artist Post 2
Michael Massaia
I am inspired by Michael Massaia, a self-taught photographer who mastered the gelatin silver printing process. As an insomniac Massaia has the time to question his surroundings in New Jersey. From looking through his photos, he seems to photograph seemingly simple things/ideas being very specific at what time he takes the photos, most of which are in black and white. I appreciate an artist who can show me a different perspective of something I see everyday but don't recognize or appreciate, by showing it in a different 'light'.
This series especially inspires me because Massaia has taken something so fun and delicious and showed its destruction. This is meant to illustrate the loving and nostalgic moments of our childhoods that often turned into or were shadowed by darkness or confusion. It's such a simple process to let an ice cream bar melt, but it turns out to mean so much.
I hope to take pictures that are simple, do not require a lot of alteration, but that mean something so great. I would want people to stop at my photo and immediately draw a conclusion to what it means. to each person it could mean something different, but in a sense it's all the same.
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