Richard Avedon
Ricard Avedon had live in 1923-2004
Personal Background: Richard Avedon culture was fashion and portrait,image of style, and beauty. His nationality was and american photographer. the high school he went to was Dewitt Clinton.The college he went to was columbia university for one year then he went to sever the merchant marine, during the world war 11 for 2 years. Then he went to a new school for social research in New York. Richard Avedon is best known for his fashion world and his minimalist portraits.
Style: Richard Avedon visual characteristics in his work posses is hard working man, loves to do the things(pictures), he self-consciously artistic commercial, he pushes himself, he known for a lot of things of photography, heros fashion, and his work expanded and one of the best New York timers. He took photo of people faces and turn it into black and white, the he took of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm x, Marilyn Moore, president Dwight D. Elsen Hower and Bob Dylan. And His style was modern,straight,documentary and fashion photography.
Philosophy: Richard Avedon influence me in my work is by me making my pictures with good angles and for the focus of the person face.And for the color i choose to have a meaning and very nice for people to stare or look for a while.And for me to capture a good captions or a good moment.
Comapre and Contrast: My picture to Richard are smilar but very different because the way i cut my people made it have a little space of the area and i should have use more of people that are dress.I had took picture of my friends at funny moments and they was being goofy. And Richard use a back drop to chose whatever color he want and i use my picture natural. And my pictures are all black people. And his picture are capturing the moments of his photos. His pictures have a meaing to it thats why they black and white and my pictures are just good capturing monents.
Artist statement: I choose to have an blank background because to make the emphasis of my picture a subject. I crop the person face so people can have more foucs on the face.I have balanced the color of the background so it wouldn't be just white but gray. I had a veiw point because i had use different angle of the face. i had used the conrast between the background becasue i wanted my subject to stand out in the image.
Sources:
A.)https://www.biography.com/people/richard-avedon-9193034
B.)http://www.theartstory.org/artist-avedon-richard.htm
C.)https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/richard-avedon-4086.php
"virna lisi avedon" |
"goofy" |