Artist Research 5 - Jamie Stoker
Jamie Stoker graduated last year from the University of Brighton. The photos below are taken from his series The Daylight Studio.
Artist Research 4 - Ryan McGinley
Ryan McGinley is an American photographer and was named Photographer of the Year in 2003 by American Photo Magazine. The photos below are taken from his series Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.
Artist Research 3 - Jonnie Craig
Jonnie Craig is a British photographer and currently the photo editor of HUH Magazine. The photos below are from his series Portraits.
Artist Research 2 - Foxxy Z
Foxxy Z is flickr user whose real name and details seem to be unknown. The photos below are taken from his series Skater Portraits.
Artist Research
Having decided to focus on portrait photography in studio and/or controlled environments I have found examples of work that interest me. They are are on varying levels, some much grander than others, but all sharing certain qualities and themes that I would like to learn about.
Previous Work
As I mentioned earlier I have done a project on portraiture previously but more based around snapshots, below are examples of the work from that project and thus things I want to move away from.
Towards the end of this project I attempted to take more considered and organised portrait photos, I was happy with the results in relation to the work that had come previously, but look back and can find various flaws with them. I feel that truly focussing on portraits in a controlled environment will teach me a lot, however below are some examples of these previous attempts at portraits.
Towards the end of this project I attempted to take more considered and organised portrait photos, I was happy with the results in relation to the work that had come previously, but look back and can find various flaws with them. I feel that truly focussing on portraits in a controlled environment will teach me a lot, however below are some examples of these previous attempts at portraits.
Response to Brief
Having read the brief I thought about my practice and an area of it that I would like to improve on while also creating my own collection of work to be formatted into a book at a later date. I looked through all the photos I have taken in the past year and realised they all focused around people and that this is something I want to continue to work with.
At the end of the first year I did a project based around the definition of a portrait and wether or not snapshots can be deemed as portraits. After coming to a few conclusions I feel I have somewhat of a definition of a portrait in my head and this it what I would like to work with. As previously mentioned the past project was based more around snapshots, however this time I want to focus on more controlled environments and even take things into a studio scenario. This way I can improve my knowledge in relation to the use of studio lighting, lighting effects, the use of different lenses and cameras etc. Through this I hope to develop my technical skills while also collecting a series of portraits that I feel truly represent the given subjects.
At the end of the first year I did a project based around the definition of a portrait and wether or not snapshots can be deemed as portraits. After coming to a few conclusions I feel I have somewhat of a definition of a portrait in my head and this it what I would like to work with. As previously mentioned the past project was based more around snapshots, however this time I want to focus on more controlled environments and even take things into a studio scenario. This way I can improve my knowledge in relation to the use of studio lighting, lighting effects, the use of different lenses and cameras etc. Through this I hope to develop my technical skills while also collecting a series of portraits that I feel truly represent the given subjects.
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