Scars

A scar from one of my mishaps.

Skyscraper

Blades

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Cindy Sherman is an American Photographer and film director. She was very influential in the representation of women in society. In 1995 she earned a McArthur Fellowship award. Her photos are some of the most expensive works ever sold.

I like Sherman's work. Her work is very different, but the oddness defiantly adds an aspect of originality to her work. 

Spring in Motion

Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky) was an American photographer. Though he considered himself a painter, he was very influential in the Surrealist and Dada movements. He mainly focused on fashon and portrait photography.

I like Ray's work. He is a bit too surrealistic at times, but i can appreciate the weirdness. 

Easter

Life. Freedom. Nature. 

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Irving Penn was an American photographer. He mainly focused on still life, and portraits. He also was published by Vogue. His work has been internationally recognized and exhibited.

I like Penn's work. I'm usually not a fan of portrait photography, but Irving Penn is able to put his own twist, and flair into the pictures that really make them enticing.  

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Gordon Parks was an American musician, novelist, journalist, activist, film director, and photographer. He was extremely influential in Civil Rights movement, documenting the South-side Ghettos in Chicago.  

This above picture is one of Park's most famous and influential photos. Titled ''American Gothic,'' This gives an example of both women and black suffrage in the '40's. 

Spot Light 's on You

I always enjoy working with minimal lighting. Its difficulty matched with its simplistically beautiful results are always Gratifying. 

Jailed

Hindrance

Welcome, Spring

Possibilities

Nature's Art

LightHouse

Concrete Lovers

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Danny Lyon is a self-taught Photographer and Film-maker. He was born and raised in Queens, and earned his Bachelors degree in arts at the University of Chicago in 1963. His first works were of the Student nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and were published in  a Civil rights Book. He then began making his own books, and they were very successful.

I really like Lyon's work. I think its a vital part of american history that he documented. His pictures are of life, and struggle that come with. Its very inspirational. 

Twins

Kite

I dont know who this is, but he seemed very relaxed as he flew his kite.

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Annie Leibovitz helped form what Rolling Stone Magazine is today. She worked as a staff photographer at the magazine for 10 years, photographing such celebrities as Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Charlotte Muhl, and many others.

I can really respect Annie Leibovitz's work. I have a lot of respect and admiration of the Musicians she's photographed as well. 

Light House Tree

Cloudy Beach

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Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist. Most of her work is in black and white and has an anti propaganda message in the words and phrases she puts over her pictures.

I like Kruger, she has such an anti government, anti socialist, rebellious agenda, and she makes it well known. I think her art is starting to become more and more relevant with the times, don't you think?

Cabelas

This is another picture that documents my wonderful day at Cabelas. This is the infamous Statue thats outside of the Cabelas store. It was particularly windy that day, making the flags look even more dramatic over the already theatric statue.

Staring Death in the Face.

I took this at the happiest place on earth, Cabelas. I had a wonderful, adventurous day with my buddies James and Kris, we spent a short three hours looking around in that wonderful store. 

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  Andre Kertesz was a Hungarian photographer. He was one of the first to explore photojournalism. Because of his style he wasn't  originally accepted into the artistic world. Kertesz also has an interesting life story. He was expected to be a stock-broker by his family but decided to follow his dream of photography instead. He served in WWI and afterwards settled down in Paris to follow his passion. Then when WWII hit he moved to America because of the violence in France. He worked commission jobs until he could build up a reputation and became internationally famous for his work. He later died in New York City at the age of 91. 

  I really like Kertesz. He was able to fight thru what he was being told was art and create what was his own. I also really enjoy his story. Its filled with War, disappointment, struggle, and finally, achievement. It sounds like a great movie. 

Blurry Sunset

This is another Instagram photo. I took this one in the car driving with my buddy. He thought it would be funny to jerk the car when  I took the picture. Hes so supportive. So the jerking of the car, while shooting thru a window, gave me this beautiful out of focus sunset. I also ran it thru the Instagram editor, I really like the vintage look it gives.

Tree line

This was my First Instagram photo on my new iPhone. Im really enjoying the App, it really allows me to take a photography blog with me everywhere. Instagram has a few presets as to editing. I chose this one because i really like the faded edges, I think it gives a fisheye look effect to it. I also then took it out of Instagram and put it into another editor and made the sky a little darker, so that dark purple would really stick out.

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  David Hockney is a British painter, photographer, printmaker, and stage designer. He was one of the most influential artists dring the Pop movement of the 60's. Hs artwork is very colorful, and almost surreal, and a lot of his photography is made into a collage, or mosaic image, which he sometimes alters to make an interesting picture.

  I think that Hockney is a very talented photographer, and artist. I find it interesting that he used the Mosaic idea before it became too popular, with all the new Apps you can create mosaic images. The one thing that turns me off about Hockney is the colors, im not all too much a fan of the bright neon colors.

I can See Everything from up Here

Look Out

Barcode

Reach

Pathway

The AT

Decisions

This is my American flag. It hangs right across my bed, so when I wake up in the morning, I feel like Captain America.  

Cliff

This is the window-sill right above my bed. It has a lot of wear and tear on it, but it has faithfully silled my window ever since I can remember. 

This is my incense burner. It makes my room feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  

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   Andy Goldsworthy is a British a photographer, as well as a sculptor. Goldsworthy often uses things such as icicles, leaves, stone and other materials of nature. Most of his work is momentary, and very sight-specific. Photography plays an essential part of his work. As Goldsworthy puts it, his work ''grows, stays, and decays.'' he finds photography important so that he can capture his work at the peak of perfection before it crumbles away.

   I really enjoy Goldsworthy's work. The way he alters nature to create a work that will do what the rest of nature does, decay, is fantastic. I find that extremely interesting that he can create something, knowing it will inevitably  be destroyed. 

Safeguard

This is the view from my window in the morning, and thats my trusty Dream-Catcher. 

Reaching Out

I was with one of my friends the other night. We were walking back from his car to his house and I saw this. I imagined that the trees were trying to reach out and grab the moon. 

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  Anne Geedes is an Australian born photographer. Geedes is a self proclaimed ''Baby freak,'' and after seeing some of her calendars, and other pieces, I must agree.  Her work depict a dreamy vision of babies and motherhood.

  

   I appreciate Anne Geede's work. I can't enjoy it to its full potential though. Not being a partent, I believe holds me back from fully understanding the beauty in her work. I do, however find some sort of idealism from her work though. Weather it being a new and innocent soul within, or the depiction of the innumeral amount of possibilites, I really do like her work on some level. 

Dirty Fingers

This is low C. He is vey happy to meet your acquaintance. Im not sure why he is so dirty, I think Ill go give him and his friends a bath.     

Detail Work

This is a Moss patch on the Brick slab behind my house, and if you look closely you can see some of my dog's sheded hair. I used the ''micro'' for this, which proved to be somewhat difficult doing it freehand. 

Down the Barrel of a Gun

This is the neck of my beloved 1996 Fender Strat.