Chelsea West - Style Writing
Sara Macel - May the Road Rise To Meet You
Sara Macel is a photographer and artist originally from Austin, Texas. She earned a degree in photography and imaging fron NYU. Since then, she has photographed editorials and commercials. She then continued to earn her masters degree at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been seen in private collections as well as exhibits. She is currently teaching at SUNY Rockland and CUNY Kingsborough. Her photos have been featured in National Geographic, the HuffingtonPost, Wired Magazine, and more.
She photographs with both film and digital cameras. She photographs different narratives. In this book titled Where the Road Rise To Meet You, she follows a man, her father, and his journey of a vacation in America. She photographed her father so that she could create a pseudo-documentary of his professional life. She dedicated the book to him.
Her photos have a vintage feel to them although she is a contemporary artist. Her images give off a sense of nostalgia; however, it also gives off a sense of loneliness. In her book, she includes papers from the hotels she and her father stayed at while photographing this project. She uses a lot of symmetry in her photographs as well as leading lines. Macel often uses complementary colors, specifically warm tones like reds, oranges, and yellows. When she uses complementary colors, they are very bright and strong. Her photographs give off a sense of wonder.
I really enjoy her work. Especially in this book, there is a great sense of nostalgia. When looking through these photographs, I can sense the connection between her and her father. Her father traveled a lot during his time working and this book clearly illustrates it.
Elad Lassry - On Onions
Elad Lassry is an Israeli contemporary photographer. He studied film at the California Institute of the Arts. He continued his education by earning a masters degree from the University of Southern California. His photography is curated from "pictures." Lassry makes general images from vintage magazines are archives. His images focuses to tell stories from different decades.
He photographs with a digital camera. During many of his exhibitions, he uses different fabrics and objects to give the images a different feel. He makes the frame part of the artwork. Many of his photographs are still lives.
I would describe his photographs as being very methodical. He doesn't capture moments rather he creates them himself. He also photographs in a studio setting not a natural setting. Lassry's photographs are very clean. On Onions uses a lot of phallic imagery as well. His work is very serious.
Overall, his photos have a different feel than the other two photographers I picked up. Compared to Parr and Macel, I do not like Lassry's photos as much. Especially in the book, he constantly repeats photos which seems very redundant to me. Looking at Lassry's photo, it seems like he does not have a lot of fun.
Martin Parr - Martin Parr
Martin Parr is a post-modern photographer from England who photographs with both film and digital cameras. In one article I was reading, it stated that he did not photograph on manual rather he just uses auto because he wants to make use of today's technology.
His photographs are grotesque and exaggerated. He uses a lot of color in is images especially complementary colors. Many of his photos are very comical because of the very nature of the photographs. His photos are awkward yet they have a sense of wonder to them. Parr captures moments in time and shows the viewer what they really read off of. His images expose society as nasty and grotesque. He photographs a lot of tourism.
I really liked Parr's photos. They are very, very comical and the story they tell is so intriguing. He would definitely be a guy I would hang out with. I really enjoyed the portion of the book where he placed himself in different parts of the world through editing. They're very funny. I really like the use of color in his photographs as well. They are very bright, colorful but gross.
Sara Macel is a photographer and artist originally from Austin, Texas. She earned a degree in photography and imaging fron NYU. Since then, she has photographed editorials and commercials. She then continued to earn her masters degree at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been seen in private collections as well as exhibits. She is currently teaching at SUNY Rockland and CUNY Kingsborough. Her photos have been featured in National Geographic, the HuffingtonPost, Wired Magazine, and more.
She photographs with both film and digital cameras. She photographs different narratives. In this book titled Where the Road Rise To Meet You, she follows a man, her father, and his journey of a vacation in America. She photographed her father so that she could create a pseudo-documentary of his professional life. She dedicated the book to him.
Her photos have a vintage feel to them although she is a contemporary artist. Her images give off a sense of nostalgia; however, it also gives off a sense of loneliness. In her book, she includes papers from the hotels she and her father stayed at while photographing this project. She uses a lot of symmetry in her photographs as well as leading lines. Macel often uses complementary colors, specifically warm tones like reds, oranges, and yellows. When she uses complementary colors, they are very bright and strong. Her photographs give off a sense of wonder.
I really enjoy her work. Especially in this book, there is a great sense of nostalgia. When looking through these photographs, I can sense the connection between her and her father. Her father traveled a lot during his time working and this book clearly illustrates it.
Elad Lassry - On Onions
Elad Lassry is an Israeli contemporary photographer. He studied film at the California Institute of the Arts. He continued his education by earning a masters degree from the University of Southern California. His photography is curated from "pictures." Lassry makes general images from vintage magazines are archives. His images focuses to tell stories from different decades.
He photographs with a digital camera. During many of his exhibitions, he uses different fabrics and objects to give the images a different feel. He makes the frame part of the artwork. Many of his photographs are still lives.
I would describe his photographs as being very methodical. He doesn't capture moments rather he creates them himself. He also photographs in a studio setting not a natural setting. Lassry's photographs are very clean. On Onions uses a lot of phallic imagery as well. His work is very serious.
Overall, his photos have a different feel than the other two photographers I picked up. Compared to Parr and Macel, I do not like Lassry's photos as much. Especially in the book, he constantly repeats photos which seems very redundant to me. Looking at Lassry's photo, it seems like he does not have a lot of fun.
Martin Parr - Martin Parr
Martin Parr is a post-modern photographer from England who photographs with both film and digital cameras. In one article I was reading, it stated that he did not photograph on manual rather he just uses auto because he wants to make use of today's technology.
His photographs are grotesque and exaggerated. He uses a lot of color in is images especially complementary colors. Many of his photos are very comical because of the very nature of the photographs. His photos are awkward yet they have a sense of wonder to them. Parr captures moments in time and shows the viewer what they really read off of. His images expose society as nasty and grotesque. He photographs a lot of tourism.
I really liked Parr's photos. They are very, very comical and the story they tell is so intriguing. He would definitely be a guy I would hang out with. I really enjoyed the portion of the book where he placed himself in different parts of the world through editing. They're very funny. I really like the use of color in his photographs as well. They are very bright, colorful but gross.
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