Rebecca Villarreal presents Don Gergorio Anton

Wow! is about all I could intially say when I found his work. He's a perfect photographer to look at for this class because he works with an alternative process. He prints transparent images on copper if I remember right. His work is incredible, he seems to pull inspiration from a little bit of everything. Many seem describe his work as not catching a moment in time, but as catching that emotion or essance of life in time. Conceptually his work is spot on with his ideas of catching the soul. The process he's working with gives all of his images that etheral look. Some of his work reminds me of Mexican exvotos with the combination of text and image. All of it seems to have diementionality, nothing is flat with what looks like many layers of imagery. It translates well from computer to magazine prints, nothing is lost it would seem from the original. I would really love to see his work in person.

He's done an artist residency at Light Work and has shown work from coast to coast and everywhere in between.

Rebecca Villarreal presents Abigail Hadeed

Okay so I found Abigail Hadeed in one of the many photo magazines that are scattered about the Darkroom, her work is pretty cool. She is a Caribbean photojournalist who tells stories about the people and places she photographs through her photography. Looking at her work strictly for the darkroom techniques her contrast is a little high and I love it. I tend to gravitate towards photos that have more contrast so I'm a little bias.She's done an artist in Residence at Light Work in 2006, where she appropriately enough learned how to create Cyanotypes and platinum printing. She's shown work in a few places and has a few books out. I hope that she will soon have a website with all of her work in one place, because I would love to see more of it

Ray Perez submits Best blush light

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/composition-4.shtml
http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/tutorials/light03.htm

This are good links that describes the different temperatures of light and the colors they cast. In the case of our tintypes, bluish light may be our best option for exposing our tintypes directly. I wish everyone my best on this endeavour. It's perfect weather to be shooting outside in the open shade.

Ray Perez presents Michael Ticcino

http://www.mjticcinoimages.com/#!__surreal

There is such a vast opportunity to create beautiful surreal art work when we understand the effects and values of light. I appreciate the dynamics and control of the visual elements embraced by Mr. Ticcino. I ponder the presences of color in these images and how they would affect the compositions. Lighting is and has always been one of the key components in the evolution of art throughout its history. The nature of light is to guide us on a certain path. It is our nature to follow visually, if not subconsciously, to observe light in certain natural directional patterns. Light.

Ray Perez presents Todd Hido

http://www.toddhido.com/

Todd Hido captures a feeling of solitude in the function and structure that we consider our homes. We don't really take the time to observe the atmosphere created by natural and artificial lighting. The elements of fog and snow add more visual stimulation to the image. The glowing interior lights provoke our imagination about the lives that exist inside these lonely structures.
I appreciate his series of barren interior spaces. It forces us to look around the space to try to locate objects other then the walls or doors. The ambient light, again, contribute to the strangeness of seeing or being in an empty room. I am also affected by the color of the light in combination with the color of the interiors. These images are good examples of photographing a mundane subject matter and capturing an intriguing observation.

Tillman Crane is a photographer who uses 5x7, 8x10, and pinhole cameras in his work. He mainly just documents places and objects but the way he does it is intriguing. The photographs above are from his "Olson House" portfolio. With this project Crane simply photographed the empty house and the few objects that were left inside. Normally this type of photography could get a little boring, but I think that the way Crane composes his images creates interesting photographs. Crane places everyday objects in the beautiful lighting that naturally occurs in the house. These items are transformed into important objects that create a kind of narrative in his work.

http://www.tillmancrane.com/index.php

Rebecca Villarreal presents Ellioutt Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt is a photographer who has shot almost everything. He's mostly known as a photojournalist but much of his work goes beyond that. His work and achievements have transcended decades. He won the Life Time Achievement award in 2011 from the International Center of Photography's Infinity Awards.

His photography is all about observation of ordinary places, which to some maybe a little conceptually simple...but that just maybe the beauty in them. His idea is so simple, but his images are complex and emotion provoking. Which is one of many reasons why much of his work has become iconic over time. His most famous photo is of Jacqueline Kennedy at JFK's funeral clutching his flag. Its obviously a charged image emotionally, but stepping back from the enormity of the situation he the images transforms Jacqueline from the first lady to a woman grieving for the loss of her husband.

All of him images are snapshots in life moments that can be funny to serious, I can't completely explain it all they just resonate. He's got a good eye and part of that reason I think is because he doesn't try to make something happen, he just lets life take its course. His portraits are the same way, its as if with many of them the people sitting for him were having a conversation with him completely forgetting there was even a camera in the room. You are looking at snap shots of who the person is not the celebrity or character they play.