Category: Artist Research

‘Living Space’ – Project Research

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For the first project of my Degree I have been given a week-long project to produce 10 photographs. Below are the artists I researched into to inspire my project.

The first artist I researched was Brassai, a hungarian artist who was inspired to do photography by fellow artist Andre Kertesz. during the 1930s he started to take photographs of paris at night. What I like about his photographs is that he didn’t just photograph the picturesque views of paris he took photographs of the darker and dingy side of Paris. one thing I really enjoy about his work is his use of lighting to change the feeling of the image, it gives the images a really creepy atmosphere. I like the fact that the subject matter is very raw and real to what the city was actually like behind closed doors, a look into a city you wouldn’t normally see.

Prostitute at angle of Rue de la Reynie and Rue Quincampoix 1933 http://www.slideshare.net/stephanie_mizzi/50-images-of-brassais-works

Prostitute at angle of Rue de la Reynie and Rue Quincampoix 1933 by Brassai
http://www.slideshare.net/stephanie_mizzi/50-images-of-brassais-works

The next artist I researched into was Francesca Woodman, an american photographer who started photography at the age of thirteen but sadly took her own life at the age of twenty-two. Woodman used her works to study issues of the body and self, she would often used herself within her photographs yet her figure would be blurred or obstructed by objects to create an unnerving atmosphere to her works. Similar to Brassais work I really enjoy her use of lighting to create a certain creepy atmosphere to her work. I find her works to have a very intimate and vulnerable feel to them even when the figure is blurred or hidden.

 

From Angel Series, Roma, September 1977, 1977 by Francesca Woodman http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodman-from-angel-series-roma-september-1977-ar00354

From Angel Series, Roma, September 1977, 1977 by Francesca Woodman http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/woodman-from-angel-series-roma-september-1977-ar00354

The next artist I looked into was Tim Walker, a British fashion photographer. Walker has worked with big fashion magazines such as Vogue. His style of photography is very theatrical and over the top, He messes with the perspective of his images with oversized objects to make the models seem smaller or doll-like which adds to the theatrical and fairytale feel the photographs have. i really enjoy the whimsical photographs he creates, they often have really strong vibrant colours to them adding to the whimsical feel to his works.

Stella Tennant in hare mask and Charles Guislain in birds of paradise crown, Howick Hall, 2010 by Tim Walker http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2012/10/04/tim-walker-story-teller-exhibition-preview/gallery/867866

Stella Tennant in hare mask and Charles Guislain in birds of paradise crown, Howick Hall, 2010 by Tim Walker http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2012/10/04/tim-walker-story-teller-exhibition-preview/gallery/867866

The final artist i researched into was Ana Mendieta, a Cuban American artist. Mendieta would use her own body to create sculptures within nature using water, eat, fire and blood. She work would use folk and occult traditions from Cuba as well as Mexico this would help her create work that represented life, death, rebirthing and spiritual transformations. I really enjoy Mendieta’s works as they have a very creepy vibe to them as the figures are disguised as the surroundings.

Untitled (Silueta Series), 1980 by Ana Mendieta http://www.offoffoff.com/art/2004/anamendieta.php

Untitled (Silueta Series), 1980 by Ana Mendieta http://www.offoffoff.com/art/2004/anamendieta.php