Joe Seck

 Joe Seck 9/12/2022 Art 240                                                                                                                                                 Alex Webb          Alex Webb from what I saw is an expert in street photography with an amazing attention to detail for colors. He has photographed wonderful photos of the street life and culture of New York City, Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, and other countries. In the photo below taken in Tamaulipas Mexico, you see three things that really catch your eye. These being ...

 Joe Seck 9/4/2022 Art 240                                                                       What does photography mean to me?     I feel like every time I write what photography means to it changes, which I find quite interesting. The thing that remains the same and the primary reason I was interested in photography is my father. As I grow I realized that I was interested in it solely to impress my father. I wanted to create images to get his approval. I don't write this to say I have a bad relationship with my father, but I can see his passion for photography so when I capture an interesting image and he agrees it is a fantastic feeling.      Getting more into what photography means to me personally, I see photography as an avenue to explore my ...

 Phillip Halsman  Joe Seck 4/29/2022      Phillip Halsman was an American portrait photographer, he added fun and flair to portraits at the time. He took photos with some really great people like Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, and Muhammad Ali. In his work, the flair is usually having people jumping or just being in the air, and it leads to some really fascinating images.  Halsman's trademark was having his subjects jump in the picture or as he called it "Jumpology", this adds a sort of liveliness and joy to the photo. In this image there is one of Americans' first models and real superstars Marilyn Monroe. In this photo, Halsman and Monroe are both jumping and they both look happy and full of joy. This is because as Halsman says " When you ask a person to jump, his attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping, and the mask falls so that the real person appears.” I chose this picture because of the impact Muhammid Ali has and the fact that Halsm...

 Tokihiro Sato Joe Seck 4/29/2022 Sato is a Japanese photographer who specializes in long exposure images. He was born in 1957, and he is recognized as one of Japan's most accomplished and respected artists. This is seen through some of his breathtaking long exposure photographs of an urban landscape or landscapes.  Looking at this image by Sato it is absolutely incredible that this was done using a long exposure. This exposure to this image was taken over multiple hours. In this photo, it looks like Sato walked around this forest with some sort of light most likely a flashlight of some kind, and held it so the camera would capture this breathtaking image. This image is slightly ethereal as this is not some sort of thing you would see normally. For me, it looks like lighting bugs all over the forest floor and it is very beautiful and interesting. In this photo by Sato, he took a long exposure of this beautiful bridge and the light lines he created around it. It is fascinating ...

 Abbas Attar Joe Seck 4/29/2022 Abbas was an Iranian photographer that mainly photographed wars and revolutions that he had lived through. Abbas also had a profound interest in religion and the interlacings religion has with society. This can be seen through his work.       In this haunting photo taken by Abbas, you can see a South Vietnamese soldier being shown off to the village by the Vietcong. The reason this photo is so haunting is the lack of pretense and the way he is shown off to the village as he is the one to be made an example of. This type of photography is one that essential, this is because it shows the horrors of war and what it would be like to be there, for me personally it is terrifying and also extremely sad. In another tragic photo taken by Abbas, here he photographs a woman in Ireland during an IRA conflict that occurred in 1972. In this photo, the woman who is on the ground is being taken care of by what looks like soldiers or medics after ...

Jerry Uelsmann Joe Seck 4/3/2022     Jerry  Uelsmann was born in 1934 and he was best known for his surreal landscapes he would craft using a combination of several negatives to create some breath taking images. Going through his work I found a few images that really caught my eye. The way he creates such amazing and in a way that I have not seen before.      Looking at this image by  Uelsmann, this is an awesome landscape photo and the way it has been crafted is absolutely stunning. There is so much going on in the image like the tree floating away on the top left of the photo. The mountains in the background while the water reflects something else that just makes the image that much more interesting. I think Uelsmann has some of the most intesting images I have seen.      Another image by  Uelsmann that I really enjoyed, I don't know why I like it so much but I think it just has to do with the psychedelic feeling they give off for...

Robert W. Mapplethorpe      Mapplethorpe was born in 1946 in Queens, New York, in 1963 he enrolled at an art institution called Pratt institution in 1963, this institution was influenced by many great artists such as Joseph Cornell. In 1970 he was given his first Polaroid camera by Sandy Daily. Mapplethorpe said it made him feel more honest to use a camera. Mapplethorpe was very well known for his self-portraits and for using his own image in his art. He was also very controversial including nudity, but in 1986 he was diagnosed with HIV. He continued to work until his death in 1989.      Mapplethorpe creates some very interesting self-images, if we look at the image above he is sitting in a chair in a pose that I see as powerful as well as thoughtful mainly because of the position of his hands and the way he is sitting while also looking proud and looking strong. I found this image above compelling because of what he is wearing. The robe that he covers hims...