Lauren Myers Photographer Style

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.

JH Engström- “CDG/JHE”

JH Engström is a Swedish photographer born in 1969. He graduated from the Photography and Film department at Gothenburg University in Sweden. He started to photograph when he was 15 years old because he wanted to show how much he loved the woods and the outdoors. One of the unique things about him compared to other photographers is that he spends years on his projects. In the book his style is clearly shown. The pictures are industrial pictures with what would be very bright in contrasting in person but that’s not the case. Instead of letting the bright colors pop and stand out they are very desaturated and have muted colors. The pictures are not completely black and white, still allowing some of the bright colors to be seen. I thought the pictures were interesting because at first they seemed like very depressing pictures but once you looked closer into the image and realized what was happening you realize that they are places that aren’t as depressing as the picture is making them seem.

Michael Wolf – “Bastard Chairs”

Michael Wolf is a photographer who was born in Munich in 1998 and now works in Hong Kong and Paris. He attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute along with the University of California Berkley. He has a degree in visual communication and started his career as a photojournalist in Hong Kong. His work focuses on the daily life in cities. The book I picked out focuses specifically on Beijing. In the book called Bastard Chairs, it talks about how he was arrested while photographing everyday things like chairs. People in China found it offensive and thought he was going to use it to make fun of China and the environment around them. He wanted to show the thriftiness and resourcefulness of people in China by photographing how they fix things over and over again, mostly chairs. When looking through the book there is clearly a recognizable style. His photographs have a lot of contrast in them along with a lot of detail. The majority of his pictures consist of dynamic still life objects.