Finals Pics

11/14 – Triangle Triangle

Xavier Encinas

http://triangletriangle.com/post/4368628989/xavier-encinas

     Searching through the triangle triangle for something that spoke out to me more than anything else was a difficult task because of the compelling work every photographer had. Out of the many great photographers, i did manage to stop at Xavier Encinas photograph of nature adapted and morphed to the side of a building wall. It was interesting because of my love for nature and adaptation and this picture truly surpassed my expectation in that area. It was very exciting to see such a piece because of its beautiful variety of plants, color which made you think of the years it must have taken to look like that. I look forward to seeing more of this work later as i grow further in photography 

11/7 - Art 21 Blog

Weekly Roundup

http://blog.art21.org/2012/11/05/weekly-roundup-178/#more-72201

     On Art 21's Blog, I found a very interesting video that caught my attention as i scrolled the page. The title of the article was Weekly Round Up and, while reading through the artist it named off, i played the video of Carie Mae Weem's "The Obama Project(2012)". It played  a slow series of different portraits of Obama's head to shoulders,  keeping his facial structure but mutating him or abstracting him in different ways. Weem's video is something unbelievably creative but also very symbolic,possible a sort of political view over Obama as the President. Now that the elections are over it might receive more attention from others and could also bring some controversy between Obama. I do not have a big political view but this surely catches my attention, especially just after the election, after Obama's victory.

10/31 - Conscientious

http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/

Review: Esther Kroon

     Throughout all of the Conscientious articles in their website, this  one seemed to stand out to me the most with a photograph of two children from a ground perspective. This image was quite interesting because of the creative way it portrayed a black and white portrait of two brothers in the neighborhood. I never heard of this Photographer, but when i read the article and viewed more of her images, i was astounded by her work and thought to myself of how cool it would be to try and capture something or someone the same way. She never seemed to have the chance to be recognized because of her unfortunate death at the age 25 in guatemala, and until 20 years, we can finally give her the recognition she deserves. The article describes how difficult could be to capture photographs of children which Kroon seems to truly capture great portraits unlike any other and it tells us about the book dedicated to her work, which now, her work can be appreciated the way it should be. This is a book that should be picked up by Photographers focusing on this type of subject or any for that matter.

10/24 – Lenscratch

 http://www.lenscratch.com

Latin America Week: Alejandro Medina

     While going through the Latin American Week Articles, the most compelling to me was Alejandro Medina's work which presented a new perspective in seeing cultural change though a natural process and giving this subject a new meaning. The Article is about how Medina's culture affects his work and his meaning towards life through objects from the ocean that have been shaped by the waves which he defines as our cultural environment shaping ours. His work is very interesting especially from his eyes at the age of 17 and how deeply his meaning is towards his artwork. This is definitely something to see and take in deeply our own meanings and values in our own lives.

10/10 –Glasstire

“Mimi Kato: One Ordinary Day of an Ordinary Town” at Conduit Gallery

http://glasstire.com/2012/09/26/mimi-kato-one-ordinary-day-of-an-ordinary-town-at-conduit-gallery/

     This article struck me as a very interesting exhibition of a combination of many different pieces of Japanese culture and art. Mimi Kato uses her past hybrid digital landscapes she created and adds herself as one of the many characters that are included in the landscape images. This contemporary method and characters creating the intriguing narratives involve her childhood memories as well as Japanese newspapers. This article explains her detail method of how she creates these images and why they include characters of a certain expression or attire  It is so amazing to see such a fantastic artist bring up such combination of two distinctively different types of work. This Exhibition of Kato is surely something I would want to further observe.

10/3 - Art 21 Blog

Looking at Los Angeles/ Landmarks

http://blog.art21.org/2012/09/27/looking-at-los-angeles-landmarks/

     Going through all of the articles in Art 21 Blog, i kept reverting back to Looking at Los Angeles/Landmarks because the photos were just amazing and interesting to stare and admire. After looking through the photos, I read the article and it was very fascinating to find out that The NASA space shuttle Endeavour flew over Los Angeles on top of a Boeing Jet. It came on the same time Jennifer Bolande's work was shown at the Luckman Gallery, where her Landmark installation was being shown.
They both sound like great spectacles i would of enjoyed to see but with these photos, it makes it feel like i am partly already there. Although it makes me feel more curious to see the shuttle as well as Bolande's installation, i will at least say i got a preview on Art 21 Blog.

Long Exposure

9/26 - Places Journal / Design Observer

Landscape Photography: New Visions, Part 5

http://places.designobserver.com/feature/landscape-photography-new-visions-part-5/35508/

          To my opinion, the eye catching article that spoke to me the most would have to be Landscape Photography. It was both the compelling images and the idea it gave me through its title, new visions.
I am an outdoors person so that was very exciting to read about integrating both urban space with nature. The article talks about three photographers who emphasize on this idea and gives us a little insight on their work in the installation. This is much like something I would like to involve in my work as well because even though they are beautiful photographs, it shows us how nature reacts to humans interaction to land. It most definitely is something i would continue reading about, considering the Photographers and their thoughts upon their photographs.

9/19 Conscientious

Kansas Film Commission Photographs

http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2012/09/kansas_film_commission_photographs/

Going through the Conscientious website, i came upon this photograph of the very well placed pictures that fell upon one another, giving the viewer a much expanded insight on the two small Kansas town views. The article is basically just the two small town's picture that include details on the purpose of them which was to be sent to film companies to promote those Kansas locations. The creativity of the pictures set up to give a wider view is a great idea to expand the viewers eyes of Kansas. I would love to see some more and would be interested if I were a movie director.

9/12 The New York Times

The Lion, the Artist and the Studio

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/design/index.html

     While scrolling through the articles, i seemed to have stumbled to this interesting title which compelled me to clicked. It simply caused me to stop and wonder just what is was about so i clicked with high curiosity. Reading through, the article was talking about this famous 72 year old watercolor artist, Jerry Pinkney, which is well known for his children book illustrations including "The Lion and the Mouse". Well as the article continues, it goes on talking about the studio Americo and Gabriel D’Adonna made for him, which has encourage more of Mr. Pinkney's art from his 75 acres of wilderness surrounding his house as well as artwork not seen by many that he might enjoy more. Other than being such a recognized artist and winning many of esteemed awards, it posts that he will be showing most of his prestige work including some many people have not thought of him to have done that strays of the theme of wildlife and animals, but humans. The article also mentions a brief history of how he was recognized as an artist by John Liney and, even though he had dyslexia, grew to become the astounding illustrator with his mother as encouraging like 'the wind to his back'. I became very fascinated in reading more of his life but more interested now in his exhibition that will be showing at the Hudson River Museum.

     Everyone will be able to see “Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney” which will be on view at the Hudson River Museum in Yonker Sept. 29 through Jan. 13.

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Scavenger Hunt 2

Scavenger Hunt

Something purple, $0.37, A to-do list, A descriptive photograph of a building, A light bulb, An eye, A shadow/light raking across a floor or wall, A couch or chair, A dog (a representation or the living thing), An old book, A neon sign, A cup of coffee, A fence, A pair of shoes, A friend, Teeth, A fruit or vegetable, A photograph looking out a window, A crack in the wall of floor or sidewalk, A warning sign.

Carlo Van De Roer