Artist #2

Artist: Peter Beard

"Elephant in Front of Kilimanjaro

Gelatin silver print with gelation silver print collage, found objects, blood, ink

50-1/8 x 88 inches

(126.7 x 223.5 cm

Unique

There are many reasons why I enjoy this photograph taken by photographer Peter Beard.  First of all, I love elephants and giraffes because they are exotic and beautiful creatures.  My personal type of photography i enjoy creating is black and white.  In this picture he used a great deal of that aspect.   The highlights and shadows of the elephant bring it to life and mesmerizing to look at. What i found interesting was Peter Beard used actual animal blood in this photograph.  His inspiration came from his trip to Africa in 1955. He took many pictures of the wildlife there and began putting them into collages and using animal blood and remains along with clippings to create his work, he sometimes used his own blood too.  interesting...

What i get from his technique of using blood and found objects and quotes in the collages of his photographs is he is a traveler and wanted to capture every moment of his trip.  His inspirations and creativity created great pieces of art that tell a story.

Artist #1:

 

 

Thomas Demand
Clearing
2003
192 x495 cm C-print/Diasec
VG Bild Kunst, Bonn


Even though Thomas Demand stages his photographs I still love the way he captured this image with the rays of light beaming through the leaves of the trees.  The light creates shadows and dark areas in the picture and gives me the feeling of fantasy or adventure.  It's definately amazing how real this looks and feels.  I think what he was trying to say in this picture was a  "one moment" to capture and to see the light shine through and give romance. 
The way he captured this photograph was he constructed the Clearing in the huge former warehouse that serves as his Berlin studio. This stage model was a handmade forest, embedded in a steel frame that measured approximately 50 feet long, 18 feet high and 32 feet deep. The 270,000 paper leaves were die-cut in 80 different shapes, then glued one by one to cardboard trees and bushes.

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Chevy Black & White