Joe Seck

 Steve McCurry Joe Seck Art 250 2/1/22     Steve McCurry is an American photographer born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania and is one of iconic figures in contemporary photography, which is basically creating photos with a digital or analog camera. McCurry then took only a bag of clothes, film, and his camera and began to travel.      During his travels, he came across a small village in Pakistan, which held a group of  Afghanistan refugees that help McCurry cross the border into their country. The images that he took during his time showed the brutality that was the Russian invasion into Afghanistan. As well as showing the brutality of the invasion his work showed off dying cultures and traditions that have been almost forgotten. All of his work also kept that grounded human factor that I will talk about when going over some of his work.  Steve McCurry – Afghan Girl, Pakistan, 1984     In the image shown above "Afghan girl" is one of McCurr...

               What does photography mean to me? 1/24/22 Joe Seck           Photography's meaning to me has changed over time because when I was young I would always see my father who would always be taking pictures of everything. He would always be carrying his Canon camera to sporting events my brother and I had and just anything that would catch his eye at any particular moment. To be honest it got on my nerves because he wanted everything he took to be as perfect as he could make it. So if there was any kind of event going on he would take out his camera and take time while I would stand there with my family members just getting my eyes abused by my father's flash on his camera.      While those things used to annoy me looking back now and seeing all of those events and moments in my life that have been captured in time by my father's Canon camera. The realization of what photography means came...

 Chema Mabaldoz Joe Seck Art227  12/3/20 Chema Madoz is a Spanish photographer, who specializes in surrealist work as well as still life. His still life works are very creative, the way he positions objects, Chema is one of the most influential Spanish photographers. I took a lot of influence from his work and I thought it would be fun to try and replicate his still life picture of the plates in the storm drain but it didn't work exactly to plan.  This is the work I was talking about replicating this picture just seems fun to me and not really out of place as it is supposed to be. The out of the ordinary works of his are so fun and really enjoyable to look at. Chema's still life work all have that characteristic to them.   This photo is also one of my favriot out of all of his work. The photo is what looks like an upside-down egg with a mug handle on it. The way it is done seems like the handle might have been glued on to creat that effect, I also think the ligh...

 Herb Ritts Joe Seck Art 227 10/22/2020 Herb Ritts was an American photographer and director, his works include pictures of models, actors, and other celebrities. His works are in primarily black and white photography, most being portraits. Ritts also worked on music videos with some of the biggest stars of all time such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Brittney Spears, and Jennifer Lopez. This was the first picture that caught my eye, this is Jack Nicholson in his Joker makeup and costume. This photo shows the madness that runs through the Jokers mind, always with a huge smile and the crazy look in his eyes. This photo captures the madness that is the Joker. Ritts did a wonderful job in this portrait. The Framing was done so well so you look right into his eyes and see his ghastly smile.   This portrait of Michael Jackson by Herb Ritt was also really well done, you see him looking off in the distance so you can show of the jawline and the smile that Michael has. The lighting...

 Ralph Gibson Joe Seck Art 227 10/12/20 Ralph Gibson is an American Photographer who works to show a particular interest in light and shadow from his black and white work. Gibson primarily works on black and white photography. Gibson uses geometric elements that are in everyday life, such as a face, the curve of a human arm, and the human body primarily the erotic parts.   This photo by Gibson is the first one in his collection that caught my eye. I like the way the lips are the focus of the picture, the way the mirror reflects the smile of the woman. The way the woman is smiling I can't help but smile myself.  I absolutely love this picture with the shadows. The shadow looks like another face on this woman's. It got me thinking about my sub-conscious, how there is always a voice in your head telling you what to do. That shadow that covers her face is facing looking at her eye, while her real eye is looking away. This made me feel as if your sub-conscious is always g...

Michael Kenna Joe Seck Art 227 9/30/20 Michael Kenna is known for his black and white landscape photos, the way he does his photos consist of taking photos at early dawn or sometime in the night. His photos give some sort of a ethereal feeling, he does this by having a long exposure time of around 10-12 hours. Which is a crazy amount of time, but is so worth for the outcome of his photos, most of which remind me of my fathers work which he would hang around the house.  This photo is the first picture in Kenna's collection that really caught my eye. This photos focus is of the trees towards the right of the frame. The trees have what look like some sort of tractor trails going towards the camera, but there is another thing in this photo that captures my interest. This being the trees in the left part of the picture. This photo gives me the feeling of someone being left out. I feel that the trees in focus are the trees that everyone wants to see while the trees in the back left are o...

 Man Ray Joe Seck September 30 2020 Art 227 Man Ray was an important influencer in the Dada and Surrealist movements. Man Ray did a lot in the art area, most of his works are paintings, photographs, and photograms, or as he called them "Rayographs". Most of Ray's work consisted of models and a few of which he had dated. Ray's work consisted of mostly portraits of people either, the face, eye, or some portion of the body. Ray did work in some of the worlds most influential cities, these being Paris, Hollywood, and New York City.  This is one of my favorite works by Man Ray, one of his "Rayograms". This work looks really impressive, I liked it so much because it looks like someone is holding the world in their hands. This was done by exposing the object to a certain amount of light while he put his hands over the object and moves them back and forth to create the appearance of the hands in motion.  This is by far my favorite work by Man Ray. The way the little...