I have just found an amazing photographer! I spent about two hours looking at all of his works that I could possibly find. His name is Elliott Erwitt and he takes some great pictures. He has been at it for a long time, his images will give away his era and they are so interesting. My favorite images are from his snapshots, the ones of children and his phototoons. The image posted above is so beautiful and says so much for me. I love how graceful the jumper looks but if you look behind him there is a couple that is fighting with the wind (their umbrellas broke!). The Eiffel Tower is in the distance and it just says "love"--I mean it's Paris, right? It is wet and foggy yet there is love in the air. Erwitt's other image is of a child placing his face against the broken glass of a car's windshield. It just so happens to cover one of his eyes and gives the image so much more information. The picture was taken when times were extremely tough and maybe the child would look at the world through a warped and broken perspective. I would think that maybe the child would see the world around him in that manner. You guys have to check out his "flicks" under his portfolio tab...they are image series that he has made into little movies! They are really good and would help us with ideas for our projects. I am excited that I found this photographer (I don't recall any of his images being shown to me before)and hope that I am influenced and inspired to make some great works for myself. Honestly, I am glad that I have been doing so much research of different photographers and their styles because I felt as though I wasn't really "seeing" my surrounding anymore---I was just taking pictures just to take pictures and not to "say" something. I have a lot of work ahead of me.
Check out his website www.elliotterwitt.com or google him and tons will come up.
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