Erin Pimm Photography: June 2011

Tuesday 21 June 2011

Inspirational Images - PSC Visual Diary -Jerry Uelsmann

A pioneer in the art of multilayered imagery, photographer Jerry Uelsmann (born 1934) is best known for his seamlessly grafted composite images in black and white. His photographs combine several negatives to create surreal landscapes that interweave images of trees, rocks, water and human figures in new and unexpected ways creating dreamlike images

Today, with the advent of digital cameras and Photoshop, photographers are able to create a work somewhat resembling Uelsmann's in less than a day, however, at the time Uelsmann was considered to have almost "magical skill" with his completely analog tools. Uelsmann used the darkroom frequently, sometimes using three to ten enlargers to produce the expected effect. He was a true visionary and darkroom master.

Homes have roots that we allow to grow. Emotions, memories, all very naturally occuring, connected, as one.

Amazing use of natural elements together mirror similar aspects. Nature reflecting nature is pretty unatural way. Reminds me of some images that were used in the Outer Limits tv series.

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Inspirational Images - PSC Visual Diary Vivian Maier

Vivian Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American amateur street photographer who was born in New York but grew up in France, and after returning to the U.S., worked for about forty years as a nanny in Chicago. During those years she took about 100,000 photographs, primarily of people and cityscapes most often in Chicago, although she traveled and photographed worldwide.
Her photographs remained unknown and mostly undeveloped until they were discovered by a local historian, John Maloof, in 2007. Following Maier's death her work began to receive critical acclaim.^[1]^[2] Her photographs have appeared in newspapers in Italy, Argentina, and England, and have been exhibited alongside other artists' work in Denmark and Norway; her first solo exhibition ran at the Chicago Cultural Center from January 8 until April 3, 2011.^[3]^[4]

I love the juxtaposion of the horse, african american kid and city scape. Asks more questions than it answers.

Great angle catch for the bike. I wonder where she was to capture this.

The blur. The glamour, high contrast, down lighting and shadows underneath her and mystique of the woman.

The self portrait. Somewhat ghostly. Great daytime reflection. IS this what SHE thought she looked like?

Scratch scratch scratch...sneaky, seems a little illicit. I feel empathy for this woman.

Inspirational Images - PSC Visual Diary - Ansel Adams

Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American West, especially in Yosemite National Park.
With Fred Archer, Adams developed the Zone System as a way to determine proper exposure and adjust the contrast of the final print. The resulting clarity and depth characterized his photographs and the work of those to whom he taught the system. Adams primarily used large-format cameras despite their size, weight, setup time, and film cost, because their high resolution helped ensure sharpness in his images.
Adams founded the Group f/64 along with fellow photographers Edward Weston and Imogen Cunningham, which in turn created the Museum of Modern Art's department of photography. Adams's photographs are reproduced on calendars, posters, and in books, making his photographs widely distributed.

Incredible capture of light. High contrast is used in pretty much all of his photos for dramatic effect.

Beautiful mists rolling in on the valley. I also love the foreground, midground and horizon.

Incredible reflections - almost a perfect mirror image. Like HDR for black and white with the gradient tone in the sky.

Once again amazing use of foregraound to background, light contrast, hazing.

Inspirational Images - PSC Visual Diary Alfred Steiglitz

Alfred Steiglitz:

"Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe."
Wikipedia

I love the posture, depth of field, and downright avante garde nature of this photograph styling fashion photography give the era.


incredibly picturesque venice. The reflections and texture seem to imitate a painting. Fabulous tones and washed out feeling to this. I feel like Im looking at one of the old masters.

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Thursday 9 June 2011

Inspirational Images - PSC Visual Diary - Andreas Gursky

"I subjugate the real situation to my artistic concept of the picture. Apart from the constantly recurring elements I have already mentioned, another aspect occurs to me which explains the way my pictures function. You never notice arbitrary details in my work. On a formal level, countless interrelated micro and macrostructures are woven together, determined by an overall organizational principle. A closed microcosm which, thanks to my distanced attitude towards my subject, allows the viewer to recognize the hinges that hold the system together. Of course, there are adequate reasons to justify such a formal, schematic representation of reality."
(Gursky)