Required Class Blog

This blog will be boring. Maybe. We'll see.

ianbrooks:

History vs. Present Collages by Yang Yongliang

Yang’s series combines traditional chinese painting with the photography of modern day Shanghai into these violently overlapping images. The history of China seems to be at war with the present, as the people of China are at the mercy of time’s self-destructive clash with itself.

(via: thefoxisblack / featureshoot)

Non Lens Based Artist #3 - Yang Yongliang, website above

What I love about this set of work is how flawless the combinations are and how the textures work together in each piece. I love the color one. I find it to be beautiful. This set of work makes me think of what my work might look like in black and white. 

ianbrooks:

Fractal Salt Mazes by Motoi Yamamoto

It’s not just for french fries and high blood pressure anymore: Yamamoto creates these sprawling labyrinthine designs using only salt. Also given to family members at the end of a funeral to ward off evil spirits, Motoi hopes that each line and branch of salt leads him to a memory of his sister, who died of brain cancer. This exhibit is currently showing at Hakone Open Air Museum in Kanagawa, Japan.

(via: mymodernmet)

Non Lens Based Artist #2 - Motoi Yamamoto, website

What I love about Motoi’s work is the medium of choice and how unconventional it seems that something like salt can be used to create such gorgeous installations. I don’t think these pictures do these installations justice since the texture can probably only be truly seen in person to truly feel the effect.  

theartofanimation:

dmitry kustanovich

Non Lens Based Artist #1 - Dmitry Kustanovich, website above

I know I’m always saying I love the texture but it still applies this time. I love his style of textures and how the physical item looks like it’s melting. I think his color choices are stunning. My favorite is the top piece of the butterflies since for a minute if I forget that they’re butterflies I just see the texture and I see a crazy landscape. 

Lens Based Artist #3 - Man on the Moon by Debra Lee Wiseberg, website I’m not a fan of any other photography done by Wiseberg but while looking through 500px I came across this photo which caught my eye. Rust is another aspect I would like to work with and work into my current project at some point. I think she’s created a beautiful shot none the less. I wish she had more of this type of photography though. 

Lens Based Artist #3 - Man on the Moon by Debra Lee Wiseberg, website

I’m not a fan of any other photography done by Wiseberg but while looking through 500px I came across this photo which caught my eye. Rust is another aspect I would like to work with and work into my current project at some point. I think she’s created a beautiful shot none the less. I wish she had more of this type of photography though. 

ianbrooks:

10 Years of Planet Earth

Smile, Earth! 10 years ago on Mar. 1, the European Space Agency launched an 8 ton satellite called Envisat, armed with high-tech photographic weapontry, radar to see through clouds, as well as instruments to capture ocean color and cloud cover, see infrared and thermal spectrums, and even register surface topography. Envisat has since orbited the earth 50,000 times and captures some of the most gorgeous photos of this spinning ball of mud we lovingly refer to as home. Smile, Earth!

(via: wired / io9)

Lens Based Artist #2 - Envisat, website

Not really an actual artist but I’ve been finding that many of the artist I look at are good and all but I find more inspiration from space photography. What I love about this photo set is that this is the closest photography I’ve seen that relates to my work at this time. If only my work could be this naturally colorful. 

jesuisperdu: tito mouraz Lens Based Artist #1 - Tito Mouraz, website above What I like about this piece by Mouraz, Portugal based photographer, is the similar feeling of foreign landscape that I have in my images. This is the only one of his photographs that I like and have this connection with. I really like how his feels like a much bigger landscape than mine. 

jesuisperdu:

tito mouraz

Lens Based Artist #1 - Tito Mouraz, website above

What I like about this piece by Mouraz, Portugal based photographer, is the similar feeling of foreign landscape that I have in my images. This is the only one of his photographs that I like and have this connection with. I really like how his feels like a much bigger landscape than mine. 

theartofanimation:

Eyvind Earle

Non Lens Based Artist #3 - Eyvind Earle, website above

Earle’s work I find to be a very simple beauty. He was famous for contributing backgrounds for Disney. He passed away in 2000. I find his work to have simple beauty to it but also so many feelings come out while you go through each pieces. Looking at his backgrounds remind me of the feelings I felt when watching Disney movies where his artwork was present. 

thedogearedpages:

NYFW: Marchesa Fall 2012- “The Details”

photos via (NowFashion)

Non Lens Based Artist #2 - Marchesa

My inner girly girl comes out when I see details like this in fashion. I can’t help but be inspired since it’s so beautiful. But I also do find these details to be inspiring since they are so natural looking, as in I could find these similar details in nature. I love picturing details like this in my head when I’m taking photos. It’s little things like that that keep me going to continue to find subjects to photograph. 

(via key-pieces)

theartofanimation:

Hu Jundi

Non Lens Based Artist #1 - Hu Jundi, website above

Jundi’s use of colors in his pieces inspire me, I don’t know how to describe it. I feel like I could see his use of color in nature. So nicely blended together. How nature blends into his subjects yet you can still see the distinction between them. 

keepcalmjessica:

ianbrooks:

Cold As Ice by Elizabeth Glass

Elizabeth’s photography details the amazingly intricate and infinitisemally carvings, craters, and alien-like structures that form naturally in the ice of Lake Charlevoix, Michigan. You can see hundreds of more cool (GET IT?) photos at flickr.

*Other puns considered for the title of this post: Ice, Ice, Baby, Ice To Meet You, Stay Cool, Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold, Let’s Kick Some Ice, Cool Runnings, and pretty much anything Arnold Schwarzenegger said in Batman and Robin

Lens Based Artist #2 - Elizabeth Glass, website above

What I really like about her work is how you can feel the patience in her photographs. I feel like patience is key when you want to produce a beautiful photograph. I love her colors and textures as well. In a way I think she’s extremely lucky because of her location for this photographs. Michigan is beautiful and I hope to go back there one day.  

cavetocanvas: Andy Goldsworthy, Sumach leaves / laid around a hole, 1998 Lens Based Artist #3 - Andy Goldsworthy  I think Goldsworthy is brilliant. His sculptures are stunning and wouldn’t exist outside the photographs he takes of them. What I love about his work is it isn’t about making a mark in the world but working with it to create something extraordinary. 

cavetocanvas:

Andy Goldsworthy, Sumach leaves / laid around a hole, 1998

Lens Based Artist #3 - Andy Goldsworthy 

I think Goldsworthy is brilliant. His sculptures are stunning and wouldn’t exist outside the photographs he takes of them. What I love about his work is it isn’t about making a mark in the world but working with it to create something extraordinary. 

Lens Based Artist #1 - Thomas Jackson

Recently saw Jackson’s work on tumblr via ianbrooks (again, I know.) with his piece called “Cups”. When visiting his site I was more intrigued by his Nebulae project than “Cups”. Every piece except the last one are from the project. The last one I threw in there since it was also a favorite but from a different set of work. What I love about his Nebulae set is how I feel and see the similar reactions I experienced with my midterm presentation of my own work in class. The subject matter might not be stone but I feel like the underlying thoughts are similar. I haven’t found any writing on this set of work though but I’m still trying. 

laughingsquid: Coffee Ring Stain Portrait by Hong Yi Non Lens Based Artist #3 - Hong Yi, website What I really like about this work is the textures she created with the overlapping of the liquid. When you see this piece on her site it looks better than this picture because there is a picture that looks like it was taken before it was completely dried so you can see the overlapping better. What I also love about her work is how she creates them. She uses some odd ball items such as a coffe cup and saucer for this one and a basketball for another portrait she did. When she writes about her inspirations I love how personal her writing feels. I hope to incorporate that into my writing. 

laughingsquid:

Coffee Ring Stain Portrait by Hong Yi

Non Lens Based Artist #3 - Hong Yi, website

What I really like about this work is the textures she created with the overlapping of the liquid. When you see this piece on her site it looks better than this picture because there is a picture that looks like it was taken before it was completely dried so you can see the overlapping better. What I also love about her work is how she creates them. She uses some odd ball items such as a coffe cup and saucer for this one and a basketball for another portrait she did. When she writes about her inspirations I love how personal her writing feels. I hope to incorporate that into my writing. 

vogue: J. Mendel Fall 2012 Photo: Marcio Madeira/firstVIEWVisit Vogue.com for the full collection and review. Non Lens Based Artist #2 - J. Mendel, website I do not have a vast knowledge of fashion but I do know what I like, what I’m drawn to and why when it comes to fashion. Plus it’s like a guilty pleasure for me to look through Vogue. J. Mendel’s Fall 2012 collection I find to be absolutely stunning. For me, this dress is the best example to talk about. The color palette is subtle and natural. The use of beading and other items for shine are in just the right places for the eye to be teased yet satisfied. The form/flow is naturally flattering. The natural/subtle beauty of this dress is what I want to incorporate into my work. 

vogue:

J. Mendel Fall 2012

Photo: Marcio Madeira/firstVIEW

Visit Vogue.com for the full collection and review.

Non Lens Based Artist #2 - J. Mendel, website

I do not have a vast knowledge of fashion but I do know what I like, what I’m drawn to and why when it comes to fashion. Plus it’s like a guilty pleasure for me to look through Vogue. J. Mendel’s Fall 2012 collection I find to be absolutely stunning. For me, this dress is the best example to talk about. The color palette is subtle and natural. The use of beading and other items for shine are in just the right places for the eye to be teased yet satisfied. The form/flow is naturally flattering. The natural/subtle beauty of this dress is what I want to incorporate into my work. 

(via keepcalmjessica)

ianbrooks:

Scrap Metal Beasts by Robert Jefferson Travis Pond

Robert uses scrap metal like motorcycle parts, bolts, nuts, and other raw metal materials to create these imposing animals in metal. It’s all well and coolish, but when do they all join together to form Voltron??

(via: colossal)

Non Lens Based Artist #1 - Robert Jefferson Travis Pond, website above

This medium has become a new favorite of mine since it’s been gaining popularity back in my hometown. What I love about this work is the details of each piece. Yes that seems a little silly to say since there are so many pieces that make up each metal sculpture. Since I’ve seen similar structures in person I connect that experience with seeing these. Looking deep and close at the metal working and how each piece was picked is beautiful to me. These are by far the most sophisticated ones I’ve seen so far but the basic puzzle of it all is primarily the same. The lifelike size is wonderful. I wish I could see these in person. I don’t think these pictures do the sculptures justice in how detailed and textured they are. 

(via keepcalmjessica)