Sam Consoli Photographer Styles

Jorge Yeregui

There is a definite theme amongst Jorge Yeregui’s images. As an architect, photographer, and professor at the University of Malaga, you may think his work would combine these different passions – and you would be right. If you look through a body of his work, you will notice that he mainly photographs nature. But more specifically, he photographs man-made items interacting with nature. I was very drawn to this particular style, because it is as if Yeregui wants the two opposing forces to have a conversation in his images.

Many of the photos look very lush, with saturated green and brown tones and subdued tones in the mechanical objects interacting with the other colors. His photos all have a certain geometric aspect to them, as it may be from the very linear, structural objects that he photographs or just his personal eye. When he photographs nature alone, the scene looks very calm and peaceful. Overall, Yeregui’s images are very simplistic in nature, but the subjects of his photos add dimension and interest. It is very apparent to tell that Yeregui has an architectural background, as his photos reflect the structural forms and patterns that an architect would be very familiar with.

Robert Walker

Born in Montreal, Canada, Robert Walker is a street photographer who focuses most of his works on the streets of the hustling and bustling New York City. Walker’s monolith, appropriately titled “Color is Power”, does not let this statement fall flat. Each and every one of his images has an exquisite color palette, combining all kinds of vibrant hues to create one cohesive image that is full of information. Walker frequently photographs people walking along, architecture, billboards, and other random aspects of street culture. Although the term “street” may have some sort of dingy connotation attached to it, Walker’s images appear crisp, bright, and intentional.

Walker’s photographs appealed to me for many reasons, but the main one being that he is not afraid in his use of color. He turns bleak streets into colorful images that are just odd enough to keep your attention. He features lots of everyday things that most people would not find beautiful, but the composition of his photos and his precision make an inner city trashcan look amazing. The viewer’s eye never gets bored in Walker’s photographs, as there always seems to be something else to dive further into. He certainly shows his viewers that color is indeed power.

Brett Weston

Brett Weston is an American photographer born in Los Angeles, California in 1911. Weston’s work in his monolith, “Photographs”, is strictly black and white. Weston’s work is no ordinary black and white photography, however. His photographs are mainly focused on abstracted patterns found in various objects. Rooftops, vegetables, pieces of glass, sand dunes, landscapes, you name it - Weston will create an image that strips these objects down and focuses on their element of form. Weston is able to capture such articulate movement in everyday objects and scenes and make them masterpieces.

I was particularly drawn to Weston’s work because it is very simple and very graphic. I enjoyed that his black and white photos exemplified such high contrast, because instead of having mostly gray hues in his images he has very strong black and white values. The subjects of his work also interested me very much. So often, I found myself turning the page and not being able to identify what the photo was depicting that I was looking at. This alone kept me interested for a very long time. Pair that with his magnificent compositional skills, and I could look at his images forever.