Photographers Day 3

Bernd y Hilla Becher



Bernard and Hilla Becher were German artists that were mostly well known for their series of photographic image of industrial buildings and structures.

They were interested in the structure of architectural buildings. there photos consist of 9 of the same building all duplicated next to each other but of different views of the building so you can see every side of it to admire its beauty in  a sense.

i think the reason they are in black and white (just like Fay Godwin) are so colour doesn't distract you from the shapes and structure of the buildings.
seeing multiple images of one building to me is kind of like the painting is making a demand to make sure you look at the image and appreciate it.

if we looked into the photographs , we could say that everything has different sides to it and you have to see every side to see the real thing and appreciate it. in another case you have to see every side of it before you make your own opinion on it, even people.
i would like to take this concept and use it with the object of people to support this theory.

Lazlo Moholy Nagy


 lazlo mo holy Nagy is known for his black and white photographs and his use of photograms.
in photography lessons we tried photograms and adding shapes to separate light on the piece paper. in a way you can manipulate the composition that you want to achieve but it is an experiment as you don't know where the light is exactly going to hit.  this makes the process exciting.

he here is focusing on the light in a photograph and changing it by adding objects to make it more exciting creating shadows. they are all very different from each other which shows his experimental side. but some of his photo graphs you can see the shapes very clearly and appreciate them in the light and shadow.

i really like the compositions he creates (the top right photo) is fabulous. it looks like the spiral rod is suspended  it looks unreal but you know it is real. it challenges your mind.
the bottom left picture creates a peculiar shape that makes you use your imagination to work out what it is, i think it looks like a mask of some sort. it doesn't stand out as much as some of the other photos and i think this gives it a very quiet subtle effect.

William Eggleston



William Eggleston is an american photographer and is known for his colour photography.

the use of colour is obviously important to him as his work is full of it and very brightly indeed. these colours attract me to look at them and im sure it does with other audiences.

another thing i think is important in his work is the composition and i think this comes with a hidden meaning in his works,otherwise why would he take a picture of the back of a car? it makes the audience think.
the bottom left picture could be to do with something with racism. the men are sorting out their differences.
the audience can come up with their own scenarios to the photos. using imagination i think makes art alot more interesting.

i would definitely like to do work like him, i love using colour plus it would be interesting to see if the audience could see what i see in the pictures i would create.