Book 3:
Paul Graham
1996
Phaidon Press Limited
London
Wilson, A.
format:
contents page
interview- 25 pages images on all but 1 of those pages.
artists writings 1 page of what the artist would like to say about his work.
chronology
bibliography
page numberas at the bottom
questions include
what issues were you hoping to see with photography?
do you think that its always necessary?
What problems did this cause for you?
Thursday, 26 February 2015
interview books
book 2:
the essential duane michals.
Livingstone, M.
1997
london
thames and hudson
the format of this is very unsystematic. there are words from duane himself on thier own. there are images by themselves, and then there is a combination.
all his imgages have a title which is shown underneath, and if they don't the body of work is titled next to the first few images.
sometimes there is a single image filling the page, sometimes there are four that take up 50% of the room.
the essential duane michals.
Livingstone, M.
1997
london
thames and hudson
the format of this is very unsystematic. there are words from duane himself on thier own. there are images by themselves, and then there is a combination.
all his imgages have a title which is shown underneath, and if they don't the body of work is titled next to the first few images.
sometimes there is a single image filling the page, sometimes there are four that take up 50% of the room.
Interview books
In knowing that I am to create a photo book that included interviews I had to do some research into existing books:
Book 1: Image makers' image takers.. the essential guide to photography by those in the know.
Jaeger, A.
2007
London: Thames and Hudson
Example 1: Rankin-
How did you get into photography?
I was studying accountancy at polytechnic and ended up with loads of students in my halls of residents. By third term, i realised accountancy wasn't really my thing. So i took a year off and lived with my parents, which was hard to do. my friend and i started taking pictures together on a 35mm richo. I really enjoyed taking pictures and found i had a talent for it. For a year i did menial jobs like cleaning to pay for my obsession id work during the day, shoot on the weekend and process and print all night in my mates darkroom in the attic.
other questions included:
what was your first big break?
what goes through your mind when you're framing a shot?
how important are you personal projects to you?
where do you get your inspiration?
format -theres a short introduction at the beginning
- quote on every page that doesn't include an image that takes up 80% of the page.
- under the images it names the photographer the title of the image, when it was taken and what series it is from.
Book 1: Image makers' image takers.. the essential guide to photography by those in the know.
Jaeger, A.
2007
London: Thames and Hudson
Example 1: Rankin-
How did you get into photography?
I was studying accountancy at polytechnic and ended up with loads of students in my halls of residents. By third term, i realised accountancy wasn't really my thing. So i took a year off and lived with my parents, which was hard to do. my friend and i started taking pictures together on a 35mm richo. I really enjoyed taking pictures and found i had a talent for it. For a year i did menial jobs like cleaning to pay for my obsession id work during the day, shoot on the weekend and process and print all night in my mates darkroom in the attic.
other questions included:
what was your first big break?
what goes through your mind when you're framing a shot?
how important are you personal projects to you?
where do you get your inspiration?
format -theres a short introduction at the beginning
- quote on every page that doesn't include an image that takes up 80% of the page.
- under the images it names the photographer the title of the image, when it was taken and what series it is from.
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Michael Holahan-Fight Night
http://michaelholahan.com/#/p-r-o-j-e-c-t-s/fight-night
This is a link to Micheal Holahan's website, his fight night series is what I am inspired by most. He is an american photographer that graduated with a journalism degree. He has worked for many photo journalism agencies including The National Press Photographer's Association.
All images in this project are taken in black and white, I very much prefer documentary images in black and white, it makes audiences focus on the denotations and connotations of the image without being distracted by colour. i think that it increases integrity of the image and make is more hard hitting.
I like the style that Holahan has, in a lot of his work he makes sure that faces and emotions are shown clearly.
from both of these images and the way he has photographed emotions you get a sense of what is happening. not only that but even though they are quite simple images they both have extra interest. In the bottom image the mirrors and the reflections add interest, it makes the images more intriguing. In the top image i like the way that the image is framed by what seems to be a fighter. I like that range of tones in the image, from the white of her short to the black of the right hand corner, it all adds more to look at in the image. however what we are actually looking at are the subjects, the lady and the man, and he photographs them very simply but very effectively, the framing is effective. I want to think that he is using available light from the surroundings as in the top images you can see shadows from her fingers so there is a light whether it be fluorescent or tungsten coming in from the top right hand side. You can also see from the images on the website that he has increased his ISO grain is shown therefore i think he is using available light.
I really like the range of angles he uses in different images, it prevents the body of work from being boring and adds perspective to the images, it gives multiple representations of what the audience perceives as the same thing ( a boxing ring).
This is a link to Micheal Holahan's website, his fight night series is what I am inspired by most. He is an american photographer that graduated with a journalism degree. He has worked for many photo journalism agencies including The National Press Photographer's Association.
All images in this project are taken in black and white, I very much prefer documentary images in black and white, it makes audiences focus on the denotations and connotations of the image without being distracted by colour. i think that it increases integrity of the image and make is more hard hitting.
I like the style that Holahan has, in a lot of his work he makes sure that faces and emotions are shown clearly.
from both of these images and the way he has photographed emotions you get a sense of what is happening. not only that but even though they are quite simple images they both have extra interest. In the bottom image the mirrors and the reflections add interest, it makes the images more intriguing. In the top image i like the way that the image is framed by what seems to be a fighter. I like that range of tones in the image, from the white of her short to the black of the right hand corner, it all adds more to look at in the image. however what we are actually looking at are the subjects, the lady and the man, and he photographs them very simply but very effectively, the framing is effective. I want to think that he is using available light from the surroundings as in the top images you can see shadows from her fingers so there is a light whether it be fluorescent or tungsten coming in from the top right hand side. You can also see from the images on the website that he has increased his ISO grain is shown therefore i think he is using available light.
I really like the range of angles he uses in different images, it prevents the body of work from being boring and adds perspective to the images, it gives multiple representations of what the audience perceives as the same thing ( a boxing ring).
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