Sunday, April 5, 2009



Although we may not have the same concluding intentions in our work, the artist i can most relate my way of approaching a piece of work from the book 'Photography as Contemporary Art' is Andreas Gursky:

Gursky works to create landscapes out of scenes such as grocery stores and tourist packed beaches.. he then produces his image is massive prints so that every hint at detail can be examined and appreciated by his audience. A very vital technique that Gursky uses is his inclusion of interesting and contrasting color and detail... here is where i draw a link between his work and mine: in my project color and detail is my sole focus. i am trying to stress the importance of these seemingly simple stylistic details and Gursky is a perfect example of how the proper use of these techniques can benefit a photo project (except his work employs this on a much larger scale and depth of field)

the more i research Gursky's work the more apparent it is that to him color and varying texture is of utmost importance to achieving his unified compositions. for example, in the first image above the pink body suits creates a playful contrast with the blue aprons worn by the factory workers... at the same time the rounded forms created by the body suits make and interesting contrast when compared to the very angular lines in the ceiling. the second image is an interesting play on color since the surrounding buildings are lacking any eye catching tones, and the central building is a mosaic of color...

even though Gursky and i do not have the same intentions with out final pieces, the process of creating a body of work and its potential success take similar routes..


2 comments:

  1. The first image you have of all the workers in pink is such a strong image. the composition and seemingly endless perspective is amazing. I can see how your were taking inspiration from gursky's work. Really strong piece. For the second image I would consider pushing the saturation and color. But I can understand where you are heading with these two pieces.
    Jessica Schumaker (UWMadison)

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  2. The first image you have of all the workers in pink is such a strong image. the composition and seemingly endless perspective is amazing. I can see how your were taking inspiration from gursky's work. Really strong piece. For the second image I would consider pushing the saturation and color. But I can understand where you are heading with these two pieces.
    Jessica Schumaker (UWMadison)

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