Landscape Photos

I really like the Thomas Joshua Cooper picture. It is really different from the second photo which seems to be more of a traditional landscape photo to me. I like this photo mainly because it definatley requires you to look at it for an extended period of time. And even after I continue to study it I can't completly make out what is going on in this picture. The foreground is really abstract to me, almost like it is natural, but I still can't really figure out what is going on here. But I kind of like that. I also really like the smoke that seems to be coming in through the opening in the rocks. It seems to make the light pour into the opening of what was otherwise a really dark, creepy setting. I also really like this landscape because the foreground is really in your face. What ever the fore ground is suppose to be, we are really close up to it and the rest of the setting continues into the background. I found that even with my own photograph I really like when one thing is really close, but there is still stuff to look at in the background.


This photo by Ansel Adams is very obviously appealing. It has got the trees, and the waterfall and the gorgeous setting. But honestly as far as "pretty pictures" go it is kind of generic. I mean I am sure if I was in that place at the time I wouldn't be saying that but I ended up looking at the first picture for a lot longer. It made me think and question what I was looking at. And while the waterfal behind the trees is very beautiful it doesn't go much past that. The first picture I found I wasn't even sure if it was a landscape so much, but if the two were placed side by side the frist would definatley catch my eye more.

MAGNUM!

So I was just browsing the pictures on Magnum Photos. I decided I really like photos of events. I like when photographs capture a particular moment in time. I really liked the pictures from Nepal and Mexico. But then again I really liked these pictures too that don't really capture a specific moment.

I also like how the edges are black, it makes it more dream like.

INSPIRATION

So i need to take a roll and a half of photos and develop them before next tuesday. Not a problems if I had some inspiration. One, I am sick of nature. Trees, water, sky - I have seen it all before. I am much more of a city person. I like buildings, I like noise, but most of all I like PEOPLE. And I like taking pictures of people. But for one I don't think I can con my friends into being my models during midterms, and two it might be werid taking pictures of people I don't know, for them of course. But I need to get into Boston so I can take pictures I actually want to look at.

Cushing Martin Photo Exhibit

The art show in Cushing Martin this month is a collection of photographs. It is a compilation of three different artists which, through the photos create a narrative with fictional characters. It is interesting how the three different artists, which three distinctive styles combined their art to make one show. One artist in particular, RI Anderson was interesting because of the dead body motive she had going on. Apparently she always took pictures of herself in the same black dress in different poses, but always dead. While this is in fact morbid and a bit creepy, I think it is intriguing. People are always intrigued by death, and her photos seemed to dramatize death by creating stories through the photographs. One in particular that I liked was "Banks Street, Cambridge, MA." First of all the non literal decapitation of the female character detached any sense of who that person was. In all of her photos she seemed to prevent the audience from seeing the dead person's face. Also, I like the placement of a man's feet on the top of the frame, it works to create a story in the audience's mind. I alludes to some scandalous murder, by an ex husband, or something of the like.

pinhole cameras rock my world

So I was googling pinhole camera just for fun.....

.....and this is what i found