Digital Portfolio

     Digital Portfolio - Semester Two

Natural Landscape

In the natural world, my definition of beauty is being able to experience everything in it's natural surrounding. When a bird doesn't see you, but you see it, and it goes about it's business and you get to see it in it's natural environment. When you hear the birds chirping and fresh water running- and are surrounded by the smell of fresh leaves. When the sun just barely peaks through the trees and shines right on you, this to me is beauty. The photo below exemplifies this for me. It reminds me of the creek behind my house, where I feel at peace every time I go to it. It is exactly what I described above, fairly untouched and unexplored by the unnatural world. Everytime I go, I am brought to a place of indescribable peace and contentment, as I look up and see only green. 

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/video/beech-trees-covering-forest-creek-dolly-shot-stock-footage/499698345

Urban Landscape & Street Photography

3 urban landscape/street photographers:

1) Luca Campigotto is a contemporary photographer. Born in Venice in 1962, he has been photographing landscapes since the 1980’s. His work has shown all over the world and he has nine books published of his work.
http://www.lucacampigotto.com

2) Jonathan Fernandez is an interactive designer that explores HDR urban landscape photography. HDR is High Dynamic Range Imaging when a camera takes a picture at several exposure levels rather than just one.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Urban-Landscape-Photography/1765446

3) Chris Schoenbohm is a young photographer who is currently traveling the world taking photos. His blog was started last year of his explorations and photography.
http://www.lostmanproject.com/

Additional images: 

Historical: 

                  Alfred Steiglitz - 1898

                  Alfred Steiglitz - 1915

Contemporary: 

             Luca Campigotto - 1990s

Visual Metaphor

   

Visual Metaphor

Photo by Jake Hicks

1. “I am a rocker chic. All eyes are on me and I look great. Make sure to know where your light is and to reflect it off yourself in flattering ways. Chin up or else you’ll get chins and you know that would not make your manager happy. This is the last shoot you have to stay in the agency; you have to do this well. Pucker your lips, but not too much. Don’t let them see how nervous you are.”

2. “I am a leather jacket. I am used to tell people something about someone. Without me, this girl would just be pretty. I add depth to people. I give people confidence and strength. I am being worn for the perception I give, not for who I truly am. But hey, at least I make people look good for a living. These lights are so harsh but they reflect off of me so nicely.”

3. “I am similar to the girl in the portrait because I am a brown haired young woman. I am similar because this girl and I most likely both have problems in life and people have expectations of us. We also probably both have good times and bad times in life, and loved ones that we care about and care about us. These things link us, but we also most likely live in different cities, with different interests, and know different people. I am different because this woman is a beautiful model, and I am a regular girl.”

Annie Leibovitz - Life Through a Lens

Annie Leibovitz was born in 1949 in Connecticut. Her keen eye for photography and detail has made her one of the world's most famous photographers. She traveled with the Rolling Stones, during which she used drugs heavily. Although many did not approve of her choice to travel with this group, she began to make a name for herself during this time. Now, she no longer uses but has photographed many celebrities and has produced hundreds of incredible photos.

By Annie Leibovitz

Henri Cartier Bresson - The Decisive Moment

Henri Cartier Bresson was born in 1908 in France. He is considered a pioneer in photojournalism; he traveled the world with his camera and captured "the decisive moment". This lead him to photograph many important world events.

"India" by Henri Cartier Bresson

http://www.biography.com/people/henri-cartier-bresson-9240139

Alfred Stieglitz - Photography as Art

Alfred Stieglitz was born in 1864 in New Jersey. He was studying mechanical engineering in Berlin when, in, 1883, he was first introduced to photochemistry. He went on to be a large influence on the growth of photography as art in America in the early 1900s. He married Georgia O'Keefe in 1924 and remained married to her until his death in 1946. 

"The Hand of Man" by Alfred Stieglitz

http://www.phillipscollection.org/research/american_art/bios/stieglitz-bio.htm