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Martin Parr is a very famous photographer that photographs normal scenarios and makes them special photographs. A lot of his images use bright colors and are slightly saturated. They are very bright photos and can make the viewer happy just by looking at them. A lot of the events or scenarios that Martin Parr photographs are very typical events that anyone could come across. In my opinion, Martin Parr takes these typical events and finds something awkward or funny about them to photograph. He photographs from many different angles. Some are from eye level or a viewer’s angle and others are very up close and personal images. There are a few photos where the subject seems insulted to be photographed but that is almost what makes it a great Martin Parr photo. He sometimes uses a low shutter speed to capture motion. For example, in some of his photos at a supermarket he captures the motion of the customers going down the aisle with their carts. This also allows him to capture the chaos...

(Original) Henry Wessel’s photography book is titled Las Vegas. A lot of the colors are pretty muted and within individual photographs the color palette is pretty limited and incorporates a lot of neutral colors. The majority of the photos execute a warm color scheme.    The photos are very succinct and you can tell that one artist photographed all of these images. The subject matter is given away in the title; Henry photographed parts of Las Vegas. More specifically, most of the photos were taken in hotels of this popular city. A few photos that standout as a little different include ones of the top of a castle building, one of water rushing over rocks, one of a wishing well waterfall, and one of a roomservice tray placed on funky carpeting. A lot of the images are of the tacky and kitsch interiors of hotels. This includes windows and curtain pairs, patterned carpeting, ornate light fixtures, flowers or vases, and corridors. Some of the images show ...

The photographer I decided to emulate was Chema Madoz. He is a Spanish photographer and his book was simply called Chema Madoz . It is his style that I have decided to recreate. His images are all in black and white and they all are different sizes, unlike the previous two photographers who kept their image sizes fairly consistent. His images seem flatter than the other photographers I was considering since shadows aren’t emphasized as much and the backgrounds are very plain and blank for the most part. This means we have a main subject to look at and nothing to distract the viewer. His style is instantly recognizable because he takes seemingly unrelated objects (usually two) and combines them in a visually witty way. The physical objects that he uses vary greatly, but some objects he uses on multiple occasions include burnt match sticks, metal can lids, and books. He tends not to use people in his photography, but when he does he...

Elyn Zimmerman- “Elemental Works on Paper” Elyn Zimmerman is not only a photographer. She is an American sculptor who is known for environmental art. Elyn is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and receiver a bachelor’s degree from UCLA. She then went on to receive her MFA in painting and photography. When I first opened her book titled “Elemental Works on Paper” it caught my eye the most. Not only did it have cool textures, but her images are created with multiple different images compiled together, creating a grid throughout the image. Her series called “Typographies” consist of what seems to be different textures in nature photographed in different positions or spots. She then creates a rhythm throughout the image by connecting the image on the grid in certain places that have the same type of texture in both images. The images have a very dynamic feel to them and is not something you see every day in photography.

NATURE’S CHAOS Photographs by Elliot Porter  Elliot Porter, born in 1901 in Chicago, always had a love for photography. Elliot has photographed many aspects of nature, ranging from river channels photographed from above to close-ups of bark from a tree. I would say the style of his photographs include capturing the shapes, colors, and textures of nature. He has photographed several soft, edgeless clouds and then others are rigid mountains. He often only shows close ups of nature and chooses not to show anything else in the background. One photograph shows the flow of lava but only this. There is no volcano or sky included. Another photograph is of the bark on a tree. Again, this photo is very close up and only includes the way that the bark is shaped. You cannot see the tree as a whole or where exactly this close up of the bark came from on the tree. I believe this tool of highlighting the fine details of a bigger object is what makes...