Barbara Kruger is an American conceptual artist and designer known for her visual art which combines text and imagery to address social issues, identity, and power dynamics. She was born on January 26, 1945, in Newark, New Jersey; she gained fame in the 1970s because of her bold graphic style, which often includes black-and-white photographs overlaid with bold text in white-on-red or white-on-black formats.
Her work frequently includes themes related to feminism, consumerism, and patriarchy, conveying important messages for viewers as well as advertising to the media.
The photos that I have shown at the top include concepts of light and dark contrasts, as well as using color contrasts, in general, to make the important and interesting parts of her photo stand out. However, even with the color contrasts of the photos, it makes both the background of the photography and the text standout, leaving the photography still being able to be pictured in the viewer’s eyes as well as reading the text at the same time. She also uses the words and the photographs to collaborate together to tell a story. In the second photo, it shows the text saying that it is a “small” world, and in the photo, the woman holds a magnifying glass in her eyes as if looking at the earth, which also communicates that the earth is small.
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Carrie Mae Weems is a American artist and photographer best known for her work with themes that include race, gender, and identity. She is born on April 20, 1963, Portland, Oregon. her work focuses on the idea of the African American experience, using her work to challenge stereotypes and highlight the complexities of identity and heritage.
In the photos above, the Kitchen Table Series, the photographer invites viewers into personal spaces that reflect important social issues. She challenges traditional stereotypes of Black identity through irony and uses dramatic lighting and thoughtful composition to create visually striking images. She also loves emphasizing the voices of minority people that don’t have loud voices by using photos to show their daily lives.
Her photo style also focuses on the black and white contrast and having someone at the center, conveying the messages of the voices using movements and the lighting contrast. Each pose that the models do showcase a different message they are trying to convey. Her style of work really emphasize the the style of modern but also vintage, with the tables and gate in the first photo showcases the vintage, while the contrast of black and white showcases the modern.