Research artist - Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander

Friedlander is a very well known photographer, more well known for his street fashion and reflection photography such as his famous car wing mirror image.

Lee has a keen eye for what looks good, take the photo below for example. The frames in the shop are hung but they look like they float and it helps create a wild looking reflection which I like.

Lee is photographer which has covered nearly every area of photography and is definitely a great person to study.

Research artist - Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt

Levitt's photography is very nice, I have warmed to her type of photography and it works nicely.

I personally like how all of her work is shot on film, even though it was the 1970's she still produced brilliant images for that time era.

This image by Levitt is probably my favourite of her work its the mystery behind what this girl is doing, is she drunk or is it public indecency.

The best part of the image for me is the contrast of the car, the image is in some ways aesthetically pleasing to look at.

Research artist - Henrik Adamsen

Henrik Adamsen

Adamsen's work on covers for FAULT magazine are quite unique. The eye-catching native indian headpiece create a powerful and bold effect against the black background, everything in the image works well. The female model has a slouch pose which fits the direction of the headpiece and how it curves. Adamsen is really talented at having a good understanding of what model fits his type of photography and they wear it well.

  The contrasts in his images are brilliant such as the striped top the female has on and the way she moved her legs and body into sexual pose. Every colour in this image matches another.

 I really like the extravagant and eye catching head piece that wraps itself around the right side of the face. It seems very mannequin-ish as the face is so neutral/deadpan. The style is has the effect off not getting boring because each time you look at it you find something new such as the shadow on the left side creating a dark look on the image.

i-D covers

                        i-D cover image.

I have chose this image to annotate because of the techniques and variety cleverly used.

The split colours show different sides for example the yellow side is warm and calming yet the pink side seems more wild. This image seems to be one photo. Its definitely an effective way of presenting the wink.

This seems very pop arty like a merging of 60's and 80's style.   

Colour task work

My i-D Magazine front cover

I-D LOGO THAT I WILL BE USING.

PROPOSAL

In this assignment I will be using a portrait shot for my magazine. I need to use the letter 'Q' so I am going to use a subtle object to symbolise my letter/word. Right now I like the use of a rubber yellow duck for the word "quack". As it is an I-D Magazine cover I will be creating the trade mark cover-up of the right eye.

Depending on my image I may use colour splash, B&W or just original image.

I want to make the image a mid-shot portrait involving one model, a rubber duck to cover the eye and a blank background which makes the main focus on the model stand out.