Lee Friedlander:

 

Naoya Hatakeyama:

 

Lisette Model:

Robert Holden:

Lee Friedlander was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and became interested in photography at the age of 14. From 1953 to 1955, he studied photography at the Los Angeles Art Center School and then began his freelance career. Lee Friedlander photographed the reflection of a mirror, especially the reflection on a wing mirror of a car. He creates street photography that often contains his shadow or reflection, adding a strange and uncomfortable edge to his observations. His photographs follow the traditional photography by Walker Evans and Robert Frank, which is always aware of the relationship between the photographer and the image and considers it at least as important as the surface theme of the image – usually an empty street, shop window, or an inconspicuous town statue. Naoya Hatakeyama was born in Iwate Prefecture, Japan in 1958. Hatakeyama is a student of Kiyoji Otsuji and completed her graduate studies at the University of Tsukuba in 1984. Since then, Hatakeyama has been based in Tokyo, which has been a model for his development of a series of works that primarily focus on the relationship between nature, cities, and photography. He likes to use water to create photographs, in his works, there could be photographs of the reflection of a building on a river or photographing through a mirror with water droplets. He explored the significance of landscapes where all land is affected by human activities today. He insists that even the scenery we admire is famous for its pristine beauty. Lisette Model (1901 – 1983) was born in Vienna, she studied piano and composition theory before moving to Paris. In 1933, she ended her music career and discovered photography through her sister. Soon she decided to become a full-time photographer and completed a brief apprenticeship with Florence Henri in 1937. The following year, she immigrated to New York City with her husband, the painter Evsa Model. Her photos are very successful which captures human figures through the reflection of windows, and his photos are usually black and white. Her works are renowned for emphasizing the uniqueness of ordinary people in their daily lives, as well as direct and honest depictions of modern life and its impact on human character. Robert Holden did a little differently than other artists who used reflection. Even though they all creates daily-life photographs, Holden is determined to create photographs that show self-reflection. The three previous photographers all uses an object that can actually reflect something else, but his uniqueness of using reflection makes him stand out. His works revolve around the humanistic concept of travel journey and encounter are his themes. His photography technique is subjective and emotional. Many of his projects are based on reality, and they are all everyday objects.

 

Citation:

• “Lee Friedlander.” International Center of Photography, 15 Dec. 2023, www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/lee-friedlander?all%2Fall%2Fall%2Fall%2F0.
• “Lisette Model.” International Center of Photography, 15 Dec. 2023, www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/lisette-model?all%2Fall%2Fall%2Fall%2F0.
• “Naoya Hatakeyama.” Taka Ishii Gallery / タカ・イシイギャラリー, www.takaishiigallery.com/en/archives/5925/. Accessed 8 Sept. 2024.
• “Robert Holden (Photographer).” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Aug. 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Holden_(photographer).