Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Final

At first I was solely interested in making work that integrated both painting and photography, in the fashion of Jan von Holleben (as seen here, and in an earlier post)
But after our critique last class, and hearing Janet speak on the evolution of a project, I have decided to start by sticking with the style in which I've been working. I'm interested in the integration and relationship of figure and landscape.

Since this realization I have looked up artists who I think resemble what I am trying to create.
Francesca Woodman:




imogen cunningham









Gertrude Kasebier



Sunday, March 27, 2011

sketches





Before I took my tree images for the spring recess project I took my dog on a walk and my 'sketchbook' with me. Here are some images that I took that day.
this reminds me of a bow of a ship:
water tower... i guess you would use the term, though it's not a tower... water reserve:
cute couple:

___more trees___

pine tree and palm tree:





____bunnies____


Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Baldessari images

Here are some of the photographs John Baldessari took on National City that I am interested in re-photographing:there are a few without locations in the title (such as above) that will be difficult to locate. TO me this looks like the library parking lot... I'm sure that I could contact someone who is an expert on this kind of a thing.




this last one is in color, I'm wondering if he shot this at a different time, and whether or not it appears in the book.

response to third view

here is the response I wrote to the thirdview websites, in case any of you were highly interested...



After viewing the Third View and Klett & Wolfe websites in class, as well as on my own time, I have been greatly inspired to re-photograph myself. A few months ago I stumbled upon photographs taken by John Baldessari of National City in the mid 20th century. I personally recognized some of the places from living in the area for 8 years. I thought about going to find the places while I was home for spring break, but was occupied instead with working on my senior project. I am glad that these websites were shared in class because they have given me a better idea on how to go about photographing these places. I'm hoping to work on this sometime this summer while visiting my parents in Chula Vista (a neighboring city). I attempted to get the book that was published with the photographs from the Interloan Library program, but it was not successful. I suppose I will try and find a cheap copy online instead. The photograph's taken by Baldessari show city landscapes, I think that it will be interesting to see how the buildings in the areas photographed grew and changed.