communicating with images - the self · ” embrace light. admire it. love it. but above all, know...

CommunicatingwithImages

Magura Caves,Bulgaria,ca.5000yearsold

HorseshoeCanyon,Utahca.8,000yearsold

ChristianVogt,FrameSeries

ChristianVogt,FrameSeries

Transformationflatness,choiceofmedium,vantagepoint,

frame,time,focus,light,display

composition,signs&symbols,editing,cropping,technique,color,visualanalogies,

ChristianLichtenberg

GarySchneider,GeneticSelf-Portraits

HelmutNewton

FOCUS!

RobertMapplethorpe,SelfPortrait

NanGoldin,Self-PortraitwithMilagro,TheLodge,Belmont,MA

Light

”Embracelight.Admireit.Loveit.Butaboveall,knowlight.Knowitforallyouareworth,andyouwillknowthekeytophotography.”

- GeorgeEastman

Gjon Mili,PabloPicasso

RichardAvedon

LouiePalu,fromthebookCageCall:LifeandDeathintheHardRockMiningBelt,2007

Eugène Atget,ca.1920 EdAlcockforTheNewYorkTimes,2010

Composition

“Asnapshotstealslifethatitcannotreturn.Alongexposure[creates]aformthatneverexisted.”

- DieterAppelt

ArnoldNewman,Alfried Krupp

ElliotErwitt,SantaMonica

AndreasRentsch,HighSecurityJail,LosAngeles

SignsandSymbols

“Theknowledgeofphotographyisjustasimportantasthatofthealphabet. Theilliterateofthefuturewillbethepersonignorantoftheuseofthecameraaswellasthepen.”

- László Moholy-Nagy

AndreasRentsch,BerlinWall

FromDavidCrow,VisibleSigns

Context

AndreasRentsch,BerlinWall

JoeRosenthal,IwoJima,1945

AlfredEisenstaedt,1945

Editing/Cropping

RichardLam(GettyImages)

RichardLam(GettyImages)

Cropping

FromtheInternet

AndreasRentsch

Technique

“Ofcourse,therewillalwaysbethosewholookonlyattechnique,whoask"how,"whileothersofamorecuriousnaturewillask"why."Personally,Ihavealwayspreferredinspirationtoinformation."

- ManRay

BillJacobson,InterimPortrait#388

RobertMapplethorpe,SelfPortrait

Color

“Whydotwocolors,putonenexttotheother,sing?Canonereallyexplainthis?No.Justasonecanneverlearnhowtopaint.”

- PabloPicasso

ArnoldNewmanRobertMoses,1959

NanGoldinNanandBrianinBed,NewYorkCity,1983

NanGoldinSelfPortraitinBlueBathroom,London,1980

AnnevanHouwelingen

Display

RichardPrince,Untitled(Cowboy),1989

VisualAnalogies

Sebastiào SalgadoStarvedChildLookingforFoodintheRegionoftheFormerLakeFaguibine,Mali

PeterMaurer,Self-Portrait

InfluencefromotherMediums

“Therearepuristsinallformsofexpression.Therearephotographerswhomaintainthattheirmediumhasnorelationtopainting.Therearepainterswhodespisephotography,althoughmanyinthelastcenturyhavebeeninspiredbyitandusedit.Therearearchitectswhorefusetohangapaintingintheirbuildingsmaintainingthattheirownworkisacompleteexpression”

- ManRay

GregoryCrewdson,onlocation,fromhisseriesTwilight

GregoryCrewdson,“Untitled”fromtheseriesTwilight

AnaMendieta

JeffWallSuddenGustofWind

KatsushikaHokusaiYejiri Station,ProvinceofSurugaca,1832

Text

Babara KrugerYourBodyisaBattlegroundUntitled(IshopthereforeIam)

“Whenyouapproachsomethingtophotographit,firstbestillwithyourselfuntiltheobjectofyourattentionaffirmsyourpresence.Thendon'tleaveuntilyouhavecaptureditsessence.”

- MinorWhite

AndreasRentsch

AndreasRentsch

AndreasRentsch

“Therearenorulesforgoodphotographs,thereareonlygoodphotographs.”

- AnselAdams