Fine Art Photo

Part A and B  

Sarah Stewart Many of Sarah's self portraits are whimsical and have beautiful colour play. Her approach to self portraiture is more on the fun theatrical side, almost liken illustration. Her photos are mainly very clear and appear to have had things photoshopped in. She plays with motion (of other objects such as feathers or leaves blowing by). Her self portraits are clearly all staged and thought out, you can see this from the props she uses, the clothing she wears, her makeup and the lighting that matches her themes. All of her photos appear to be trying to paint a scene and a state of being. Another thing to note is that her placement in her photos are very beautiful compositionally.

Lee Friedlander Friedlander's photographs were focused on "social landscape". They're black and white, many photos focus on signs and people (some focusing on shadow and buildings). Friedlander shows everyday people and places and explores what makes them art. His photos played a lot with light and shadows, in fact, many of his photographs centre around actual shadows. However, one of the most common technical themes he's done is using reflection. For instance he uses mirrors, windows, anything reflective. Friedlander was homebound at one point from arthritis, from that experience he was able to create a new narrative; by mainly focusing on his surroundings. He also liked to show the everyday conventional things (like people, and signs) and captured them, creating a beautiful picture out of the seemingly "ordinary". “Maria, New York City,” 1959. Anna, Maria, & Erik, New York City,” 1980. Vivian Maier Vivian photogra