weekly artist post! Adam Landis

Ralph Steadman

Born shortly before the stress and confusion of world war 2's Great Britain, Steadman atteneded grammer school in Wales, joined the Royal Airforce and upon leaving the service, he attended the Bradshaw Press Arts School. He got his start doing newspaper comics for The Punch, a magazine as famous as the New Yorker was in NYC. Later his work exploded as he began illustrating for Hunter S. Thompson on things such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. His art is snide, political and unapologetic. The snark factor here is infinite, which is why I love it, not only for the visual aesthetic, but also because of the criticism he levels at everything around him.

Shelby Hastings: Weekly Artist - Stephen Shore

Stephen Shore is an artist that has always passed influence on me. Even if the same style of shooting is not prevalent, I can say he is the first artist that I truly admire. The ability to have him pull such interest in some scenes that may seem ordinary become extraordinary by waiting for a time and precisely setting the camera up to accentuate the scene. His use of colors is something I've always found astounding. His investigation with color as a new tool in photography provides an entry to other artists around that time to join him in this new technology. 

I still admire his need to travel the country and bring these places most people won't witness across the country to life. Living that journey via the photographs sometimes doesn't seem to be enough for me. I wish I could have been there with him and experience everything he did. It is a similar idea that I feel is necessary for me to personally grow as a human being, and living with other people through their culture to become more understanding and worldly. 

Anne Forrester- Weekly Post

http://www.npr.org/2014/10/19/356126314/first-listen-daniel-lanois-flesh-and-machine?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=2044 <----Daniel Lanois npr article

I found this artist on NPR's first listen, which I first have to acknowledge how great NPR and NPR music are and the countless artists I've found through their programming. This artist's album, "Flesh and Machine," is characterized by no distinct songs, no lyrics. He simply uses unrecognizable instruments to create tones and texture. In a few instances he uses voices/vocals but simply to create tones and texture as he did with the other sounds. What I realized with this is not necessarily how inspired/motivated I am by this music or music and general, but rather I am interested in thinking, writing learning about music

Raven McCarter - Wangechi Mutu

Kenyan-born Wangechi Mutu has trained as both a sculptor and anthropologist. Her work explores the contradictions of female and cultural identity and makes reference to colonial history, contemporary African politics and the international fashion industry. Drawing from the aesthetics of traditional crafts, science fiction and funkadelia, Mutu’s works document the contemporary myth making of endangered cultural heritage.

Weekly Artist Post - Liesa Collins

Anna Gaskell

Anna Gaskell is an American photographer who received her BFA from SAIC in 1992 and MFA from Yale University School of Arts in 1995. She also studied under Gregory Crewdson. She now lives and works in New York. Gaskell is known for her fictional themed photography about wonder and familiar characters. But I am more in admiration about er compositions of simple subjects. 

Artist Post- Scott Csoke

Tania Scheglova/Roman Noven

Tania Scheglova and Roman Noven are a collaborative duo who've been experimenting with high quality cameras since their youth. They travel through Eastern Europe capturing whatever is around them. They are often commissioned for designers and their photos often evoke a dark or eerie mood. 

The first image i saw by them was the Bimba y Lola picture (image 3) and i was immediately awe-struck. Their use of flash and highly detailed images are something i try to emulate as well. I also like the gaudy-ness of the images as well. Like sometimes i wonder if it's too much? but then i think no, it's perfect. 

Artist Post-Aichy

Lucas Samaras is an artist who didn't begin as a photographer. He tried the waters of sculpture, painting and performance art before trying photography. He uses himself as a subject for most of his work which i am always interested in. He pushed boundaries in his photos with distortion and manipulation techniques...something I am looking to try to do in my own work. Push boundaries.

Pari Dukovic

Pari Dukovic is a photographer who uses “35mm trickery” to achieve the blurriness, weird patterns, colors, etc. I just like that the images are not a shoot with these people, rather various fashion shows and events that appear to be much more than a snapshot.

http://www.paridukovic.com/kisskiss.htm 

http://nymag.com/tags/pari-dukovic/

Lexi Wilson-- Weekly Artist Post

In this post, I'm going to talk about Joshua Lutz bookwork, specifically that in his project Hesitating Beauty. In this project, Lutz comes to terms with his mother's mental illness. He does this by documenting; documenting expressions, specific moments, and also combining his images with archival ones. He combines the images with text whose sources are not always obvious. The form of these images in a book adds to the meaning of the work. It has a somewhat family album attribute, and is a collection of feelings and associations.

http://www.joshualutz.com

Weekly Artist - Nat

Gregory Halpern

 http://www.gregoryhalpern.com/index.html

Gregory Halpern was born in Buffalo in 1977 and currently lives in Los Angeles.
 His series Buffalo Pictures are what interest me most. They're hyperbole of the place he knows best, and his care and insight shows through. There's a light feeling to them. Some kind of whimsy that I am attracted to here.

Hannah Nees - Weekly Artist Post - Polly Penrose

Polly Penrose is a photographer from London who studied graphic design at Camberwell College of Art. She changed her major to fashion styling, then eventually to photography. The photographs above are from the series A Body of Work. They are all self portraits that show how her body fits into certain spaces that she comes across. She says on her website that "They are never pre-meditated, often I’ve never seen the location before, and I never enter a space with an idea of a finished picture."

I found this series to be incredibly interesting, because of how the light plays on the spaces as well as her body. I think that she does a really great job at the self portrait by not showing her face in all of the photographs. I find it very interesting that all the photographs from this series were taken while she was alone, and sometimes afraid. This reminds me of my own process of taking photographs at night.

http://www.pollypenrose.com/