Artist research

Lee Friedlander

Lee Friedlander, an artist born on 1934 July 14th, in Aberdeen, Washington. After his high school year, he enrolled the Los Angles Art Center school, only attending school for a short while in 1953, he continued the rest of his education independently. He worked with one of his school instructors, Edward Kaminski. His early pictures were inspired by Eugène Atget, Robert Frank and Walker Evans. He also said that, “I always wanted to be a photographer. I was fascinated with the materials. “During his time when his took his pictures. The most people used black and white, because the colored photos are usually used for advertisement.  He usually takes photo of people in everyday life. His photos focus on the scenery that we are able to see in our own everyday lives. And his pictures usually don’t have colors, just using plain black and white colors to show us what he wants us to see. In these four photos. Lee uses his camera in the perspective of his own eyes to show us his view of the city and himself. From what has been shown to the viewers, the author Lee seems to lean more towards the side of natural lighting, although we can’t see the lighting very well due to the black and white photos. Furthermore, Lee also very creatively uses mirrors, windows and doors to create a reflection, with the use of these special item, he is able use the technique of framing and gives his photos a special touch. In comparison of his photos to the other artists, he and the Japanese artist Naoya share the similarity  that they both share their own perspective of their own cities. Moreover he also shares the most similarity with the artist Lisette Model due to their similar use of color and views, they both uses the colors of black and white to show the different views of the city. Lee shares the least similarity with the author Robert Holden, these two artists use completely different views, perspective, and even to their color scales. Most of Robert’s picture are set up in the studio, with specifically lighting and a special way of placing his camera. On the other hand,  Lee leans more to natural lighting and taking pictures at places that he feel appealing to himself.

Robert Holden

Robert Holden is an artist the based his pictures on his personal life and his own experiences. The pictures above are based on the idea that, “if my house was burned down, what would I save.”. His picture all connect to his own, or other people personal lives, it share the item owners feelings with the audience. It is able to let the audience think about the stories behind the items that are chosen. His picture are all taken at a specific angle, he uses perspective in all of his pictures to show us a view from above. His picture are usually colorful, and all the items in his pictures are always organized. Which give the viewers a sense of order while viewing his pictures. His main difference with the other three artist is that, the other three artists use reflection for the main technique of their photo, while Robert Holden uses the technique of self-reflection. Robert shares similarities with  Naoya with their use of many colors in their pictures. In comparison to the picture of the other two artists Lee and Lisette, Robert share zero to none similarities with them. Robert uses completely different colors, perspectives and techniques with the other two.  Lee and Lisette uses black and white to illustrate the city in their eyes. While Robert uses many different color to illustrate items in our everyday lives. l

Naoya Hatakeyama

Naoya Hatakeyama was born on March 19th, 1958, focuses most of his photos on views of his city, but in water.  He takes his photos on the architectural and landscaped vision of Nature, which is influenced interest in science and archaeology of the city. He uses his own photos to draw our attention to angles and scenery that we may not notice in our daily lives, making us unconsciously drawn to his photos. In his photos you might not be able to accurately distinguish what the main idea or scene of this photo is, but you will definitely be attracted by its composition and strong light and dark distribution. In many of his photos, water is also involved, using light’s reflections on the water, presenting a surreal and unreal effect, bringing a very different experience to the audience. Between Naoya and Robert there are several very similar points. Firstly, both of them are accustomed to using colors to bring rich visual experiences to the audience. Secondly, both of them will use perspectives that may not be found in daily life to let us mainly focus on the surrounding environment, objects, and scenery. His commonality with the remaining two artists is that all three of them use their own ways to record the world in their eyes, although their shooting methods, angles, and even colors are very different. But all three of them are using their own ways to show everyone the world they have deep feelings for.

Listte Model

Lisette born on November 10, 1901. She went to school first in first in Vienna and then in Paris. She discovered photography through her sister Olga and her friend Rogi André, André Kertész’s wife. uses her own photos to show us the colorful scenes on the streets of her time. She only used black and white colors, and the light was only natural light on the road, but it could make the audience feel the vitality of every person in her lens. She also often uses reflections to overlay scenes that would not normally overlap, bringing a different visual impact to people. Make the audience unconsciously attracted to her works at first glance. She and the first author both used the same black and white colors to depict the world in their eyes and the world around them. But they also have differences, as the first author’s photos occasionally feature himself, while this author’s photos usually only feature others. And the commonality between her and Noaya is that both of them use unique perspectives and employ different reflexes to present different scenery. However, Lisette and author Robert have almost no common ground. Their shooting techniques and presentation of photos are almost completely different. Lisette tends to capture the lively side of people on the street, while Robert presents important objects in his photos, which do not include humans.

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