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Under the Influence Inspiration_Sarah Gohr
The artist I decided to use for my under the influence project is actually a duo, Robert and Shana Parkeharrison. I learned about them my first year of being at UNCC and I have loved their work ever since. I find them really fascinating because they do a large range of things with their imagery. Shana is a painter so they will even photograph things print them out and them paint over it, which I think gives them a whole different level to their work. With them incorporating different elements and mediums to their images, it connects the human/man made aspect to it.
When looking at their images in the series Architect’s Brother it gives me a very vintage feel. Their images look like they belong on wet plates. I read an interview where they talked a little bit about their process, and they use both digital and medium format cameras depending on the feel of the image. When looking at their imagery I get a sense of industry taking over nature in some images. However, in other images it seems more like humans are taking care of nature. Yet again, in other images it seems like the humans could be the problem. I think in this way they open up the viewers to a whole different form of reasoning and questions that helps get viewers engaged in a photo conversation.
I really love the aesthetic of their imagery. When looking at their images they provide multiple layers that help draw the viewer in. such as depth of field, they like to keep their subject matter mainly in the foreground. They usually have a plain background that looks like a fogged backdrop again to help keep focus on the subject matter. It also looks a lot like a wet plate. Their images are usually dark a moody with a sepia tone to it. I like that they keep it as a sepia tone because for this set of imagery if it was in color it would not be as powerful or visually pleasing.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Under the Influence Inspo - Isabella Gagliardo
While looking through the artists for inspiration, I was drawn to the work of Jarek Kubicki. I was particularly drawn to his portraiture work that looks as if he is “painting” over the portrait. It looks as if the subject’s face is getting painted over which creates a kind of distressed aesthetic. The look of the subject’s also creates a kind of sad or melancholy mood/tone, and together with the splotches and drips, the works kind of can be seen as creepy or disturbing.
The color of the compositions also plays into that idea of sadness or melancholy, because they are just black and white. The absence of color is often connected to sadness; the addition of color would significantly impact these pieces. Even the slight addition of color could give these pieces an entirely differently meaning.
With this particular Photoshop work, I will have to do some research on how to exactly create this look. I could use brushes to create the splotches and drips, and will probably have to create a texture in order for it to look like actual paint or a canvas.
Under the Influence: Erik Almås
Erik Almås is a digital photographer that uses photoshop in some of his works. He shoots lots of landscapes, as well as portraits, but he also has a collection of digital composites that I find particularly appealing. He was born in Norway but moved to San Francisco to pursue a career in sports photography. During college, he found a new passion for creating great composite images.
In terms of content, Almås generally uses a figure in the foreground. Typically they are interacting with some feature, such as an animal, an object, a vehicle, or a combination of animal and something else (such as a mounted animal, or a whale-turned-blimp). The background typically tells the story though, showing some hint as to the situation the figure finds themself in, and the story about the unfold (or the story that is just about to unfold). A great pattern in his pictures is the addition of clouds.
In terms of technique, Almås often uses low natural lights throughout to show his surreal landscapes. His colors are well coordinated. His pictures either employ a vivid saturation or a lower desaturation. His surreal lighting goes to great lengths when paired with one of these color methods.
The
artist I chose for the under influence project is Riccardo Bagnoli. He is an Italian
photographer based in Boston Massachusetts, who specializes in advertising,
fashion and portrait photography. The reason I chose this artist is because of
his ability to create extremely imaginative stories in his photos and to be
able to make them look like they came out of a sci-fi movie. In this project I
want to use my imagination more and think outside the box in order to create
stories with my images.
The main
subjects of his art are people. He uses Photoshop to either manipulate their
bodies or make them do a task that is unhuman like. In one of his pieces, he
uses his imagination to create a setting where it looks like people coming out
of eggshells, like they are just being born and are trying to discover where
they are. Another one of his pieces, he is showing a person that just came from
being in the water on a beach, but instead of using a towel to dry off they are
wringing out their own hands and legs.
When
looking at most of his artwork, it mostly made of organic shapes. He’s using
the world around him to create imaginative scenarios. A lot of his work always
seems to have a dark tint to them, almost making it seems like it’s coming out
of a movie scene. Looking at the concept behind his pieces, he wants to make
the viewer feel as if they are in an imaginative space by making ordinary
settings into something that seems out of this world is what makes art stand
out.
Under the Influence Inspiration- Kendal Edward
The photographer I was most influenced by was Adrain Sommeling. Most of his work has his kids in them. They seem to really be all about play and imagination from his kids perspective. This photo on the right in particular really caught my attention in all of this work. I loved that he can see ordinary objects and bring them to life as if it is a kids toy. Many of his works also have his son much bigger than he is while Adrian is smaller being picked up or pulled from his kid.
Something I noticed is that he shoots a lot of his work in the rule of thirds. Most of the heavyweight of the image is out to the side. I think this helps balance out the photo because the objects are so much bigger. He also works with a lot of scale in his work, his son is usually the biggest subject matter scaled up with the landscape. His style is very bright and neutral. There's not really any pull to a specific tone. It just depends what he is shooting at. For example, one image is on the beach and the tone is very warm from the sunet, while another image is captured in the snow and it's very cool from the snow and sky. He always has some sort of dramatic sky. The sky is never left just blue, there is always some sort of clouds or sunset. I think the sky helps bring everything together because he is shooting so much up at the sky. There are also no textures in his image, it is clean and smooth just like how it was probably shot.
He doesn't say anywhere the concept of this work, but from looking at his photos it seems like he's really centered around the idea of play. His son is always doing something out of the ordinary in ordinary objects. He gets a lot of his work from his son and oher kids. It is just very playful and unique.
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