Final Project

Ketchup I.V.

Irrational Aggression

Carnivorous Egg Mice

Bliss

Ornamental Apple

Eerie Situation

Orange I.V.

POM I.V.

Leaping Cucumber Whale

Scared 

Sexy

Annoyed

Blog/Article Review

FotoFilmic

1. This week, we are reviewing the photography website Fotofilmic. The website's design has a minimal, but refined feel to it. This site hosts an international, juried exhibition of filmphotography, where there are cash prizes to the top three contemporary artists. The navigation is simple and feels very well constructed. 

2. The specific artist I chose to review is Xiaoyun Zheng from China. Mr. Zheng received his Fine Art degree in photography, and is now a professor in the field. He uses film photography with silver halide  and enjoys his time in the darkroom. This series focuses on the balance of man and nature, and highlights the harmony amongst them. I am personally inspired by his work because of the affect his nature photos has on the viewer. This is a subject that I would like to pursue. And there is no post date available, I've checked twice. 

GIFs

Cat vs. Owl

The Struggle

Curiosity Kills the Cat

Panorama

Panorama of Panoramas

Cooper Lake

Light Leaked

Rob Amberg - 7 October 2013

This week we are reviewing the photography website entitled Light Leaked. The structure of the site is simple, with four hyperlinks at the beginning of the column for ease of navigation. It seem as though blogger.com has granted domain privileges to the owner, Ashley Kauschinger. Ms. Kauschinger's enception of the site was to provide a photo journalistic link between the photographer, allowing dialog for conception and promotion of business/fame. This is a great medium to promote and display up and coming photographers. 

I chose to give a review on the specific artist, Rob Amberg. Mr. Amberg is a North Carolinian who focuses his Light Leaked compilation on rural communities, title ShatterZone. This name conceptually came from post World War 2 attitudes towards certain political agendas and the resistance that farmers had toward a new capitalist society. The subjects all gave similar responses during their interview on why they chose to live a non-mainstream life, "this is our refuge" and "we live off the grid". This specific portfolio has been in development since 1975. I enjoyed his work, and wonder how long he immersed himself in this subculture to capture the right amount of photos.

Blog/Article Review # 3

Aperture

Jakob Trollback

Interview and post date: October 25, 2013

A Conversation with Jakob Trollback

Jakob Trollback is an artist with many trades. Originally a DJ and musician at a nightclub in Stokholm, until he found an interest in graphical design. After leaping towards his new passion, Jokab moved to America to get a formal education and picked up photography to incorporate into his art. He followed established photographers like Richard Avedon and Gerhard Richter to get insight into their perspective. The article on Aperture is an interview/dialog that give enjoyable points on Mr Trollback's timeline of development.



This week, we looked at the photography website/blog titled Aperture. This site, in my opinion, is very well structured and easy to navigate it's bountiful content. It has quick links at the top that remain static during the surf, and general links at the bottom for common questions and subjects. On the actual blog section, each entry is presented with a piece of photographic work from it's creator (giving thematic foreshadowing). Aperture was founded in 1952 as a non-profit organization, seeking to connect the photography community to audiences around the world (the first informational platform was via magazine and books). Overall, this is the best blog I've reviewed yet.

http://www.aperture.org/blog/a-conversation-with-jakob-trollback/

Multiple Me

String Trio

The Interrogation

I've decided to connect the two images thematically with creation vs. destruction. Music is creatively expressing a feeling, or a progressive story. Conversely, "The interrogation", or second image captivates the nature of destruction through the captor's unethical practices. An issue that the images touch on is the effort for morality/justice, and avoidance of illegal activities by using energy creatively.