Artist #5

TITLE: Untitled [cafe at night]

ARTIST: William Eggleston

WORK DATE: 1970 - 1973

CATEGORY: Photographs

MATERIALS: Dye transfer print

STYLE:  Contemporary

SIZE: h: 20 x w: 16 in / h: 50.8 x w: 40.6 cm

This particular picture is interesting to look at.  Me personally i like night and dusk pictures becasue the colors of the sky are blue and beautiful.  The lights from the sign and from the cafe brighten up the image and makes me want to look at it more and more.  Each time i look at this image i see something new that i didnt see before.  I like the ice cream cone on the top of the sign becasuse it just pops.  I love the feel of this image becasue it gives a hometown feeling like this cafe is just around the corner from where i grew up.  I like the vignette becasue it focuses the eye in the middle where all the lights and centerpoint of the sky resides :)

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Artist #4

Artist:	Todd Hido
Title:	7373
Year:	2009
Medium:	Chromogenic print I have to say Todd Hido is one of my favorite artists of all time.  His work is amazing.  His work i can relate to with my life because it seems like he takes his photographs from all diferent areas and neighborhoods in the world, during different seasons and etc., I too have also moved all over the world and some of these photographs gives me a homely feeling like i have seen these places.  Also this photograph seems so "real" and scary.  The lights contrast the sky and the image is beautifully done.

Artist #3

Wes Naman:

I think this artist has a very fun and hilarious creative eye.  The scotch tape series is fun to look at because the people in them have distorted faces and the images itself are sharp.  The shadows and highlights work very well.  This artwork is one of my favorites

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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.