Out of the three artists I picked I chose Collier Schorr as an artist reference, but first I need to analyse and find out more about his work.
About the photographer
Collier Schorr is an artist and fashion photographer who grew up in New York. Her work explores themes such as history, nationality, war and gender. She is most popularly known for her adolescent portraits which blend photorealism with elements of youthful fantasy.
Examples of her work
Americans
Collier Schorr created a collection of montages called Americans, which would be great to use as a reference for my masculinity final photos as I could create a montage of photos of males and how they look today, they could even be doing poses which are stereotypically seen to be more masculine.
Analysing the photo
The photo is a collection of four photos with one of them being placed in the middle. The photo in the middle is a black and white photo of a cowboy. The photo is taken outside and uses natural light.
The photo has horizontal lines from what is believed to be metal bars on a wooden gate, the wood on the gate gives the background, of the photo in the middle, a rough texture.
The photo at the back of the montage is taken indoors and uses artificial light. in the photo it looks like there is a man with a hat playing snooker/pool. Having that photo at the back could imply that it is less important and there is a hierarchy in the photos as the photo of the cowboy is placed in the middle, drawing the attention.
The photo in the top left behind the middle photo has a yellow filter to it, you can’t really see what is happening in the photo but it does have a man with a hat in it.
The photo in the top right has a group of people standing possibly around something but you can’t tell what it is because the photo of the cowboy is covering it, the photo looks like it was taken at night with an artificial light possibly from a torch shining at them, however the light is not too bright that it affects the exposure of the photo.
Yann you have provided some good insights into Schor’s work, but try and be more critical and bring in other’s point of view. For example, Use references to interviews or reviews of her work and bring in quotes from something she has said herself about her work, method or practice, and someone else, like an art critic, historian etc. Then you can agree or disagree with their analysis or point of view and develop a critical view of her work from that.
Also focus more on Contextual and Conceptual element of artist/ image analysis using this matrix here.
https://www.photopedagogy.com/photo-literacy.html
In preparation for Mock Exam on Wednesday 24 Jan, make sure you complete and publish following missing blog posts:
1. Photoshoots + image selection and adjustments x 2
2. Show experimentation with images in LR or Photoshop etc