Thursday, March 24, 2011

Photographer Presentation 5

Julie Blackmon

Julie Blackmon studied at Missouri State University. She was inspired by artists such as Sally Mann and Keith Carter. Blackmon's images are bright, whimsical, and sometimes impossible. Her content generally revolves around the chaos and playfulness of family life. She uses multiple shots to collage her imagery together and produce wild, humorous scenes. In her Domestic Vacations series, she was influenced by 17th century Dutch and Flemish painters, particularly Jan Steen's chaotic scenes involving families.







 Tom Hunter

Tom Hunter was born in England in 1965. He studied photography at the London College of Printing and began living in a Hackney Street with several other artists. Hunter worked from newspaper articles that referenced the street where he lived as a "crime-ridden, derelict ghetto" and documented the people around him in his urban environment. Many of his images are based off of works of art from master painters. His images were intended to create empathy and illustrate the Hackney was more a place of sorrow than crime.




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5 comments:

  1. Erica TreaisApril 5, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Tom has a wonderful understanding for light! The spotlight created from the boards being torn down is lovely!

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  2. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    I love that Blackmon's photos are very obviously a bunch of images put together. They are realistic because of the way she has adjusted the lighting and the curves of the objects she composites, but they are definitely unbelievable. It gives me hope for my own silly, slightly unbelievable compositing project. It's okay if it looks surreal.

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  3. Kim BerensApril 5, 2011 at 10:17 AM

    Tom Hunter's photographs are incredibly well-shot. I'm amazed that his photographs appear to use the ambient lighting, even if, in fact, he sets up the lighting himself.

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  4. sarahjanebApril 5, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    these sets both use green and red... another theme that might be evident in your work?

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  5. Rick RokelyApril 5, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Tom Hunter is definitely where my eyes went first. Lighting is rich with feeling and emotion, especially depicting the gritty urbanites in their familiar environments.

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