My first artist : Ansel Adams, Mood board

Why I chose Ansel Adams ?

I chose Ansel Adams as my first artist because he photographs the beauty of nature and life. His work looks at high contrast black and white images of the American west specifically showcasing the natural beauty of trees. His tree photographs almost give a new life to the images and show the trees in a different light making them look much more appealing than how they looked before they were edited to be high resolution black and white images.

Ansel Adams Photography

Ansel Adams photography is of lots of living nature such as trees and flowers and the beauty of life which contrasts against my theme for my book which was about one of my grandparents life. I chose to combine these two themes because I wanted to get images of the nature and plants and put them with pictures of my grandads life to show how precious his life was and to celebrate his life. The bright white in this image of a flower shows the purity and preciousness of the flower and almost shows how special and sacred the flower is.

What inspired Ansel Adams ?

Ansel Adams was strongly influenced by Alfred Stieglitz whom he met in 1933 at an American Place gallery in New York City. He was given his first camera at 14 during his first visit to Yosemite national park where he discovered his love for nature and how to show the purity of inanimate objects.

Photoshoot plan

I’m going to take images of flowers up close and then trees from far away. In photoshop I’m going to change the images to black and white and increase the whites in the images to make them appear very clean, pure and positive compared to the dark blacks in the images which makes them come across as very dull and negative.

Artist Study 2 : Mark Forbes

What kind of photography does Mark Forbes do?

Mark Forbes collects memories that are important to him it might be a building like a house or a specific place he always went as a child or a specific restaurant that my hold certain memories for him. Mark Forbes also took images of places where important people in his life would be or where their favourite place to sit was inside the house.

What inspired Mark Forbes?

Mark Forbes approach came from an underlying fascination with people and their interaction with the environment. He has an uncanny knack of capturing the layers of beauty that exist everywhere around us.

Mark Forbes Image Analysis

I chose this image because it looks like a waiting room and has an old persons shopping bag in the middle of the room suggesting that this is a memory from someone elderly that was important to him. The Colour in this image shows bright and vibrant colours with the blue on the wall and the light browns on the seats and the shopper. This makes me think that it was a happy memory for him and the place was meaningful.

What kind of photos did Mark Forbes take for hid projects?

Mark Forbes is best known for his contemplative and atmospheric documentary photography of street scenes, urban landscapes and structures.

What was Mark Forbes photography for?

Mark Forbes photography was done for people who wanted personal documentary photo shoots which used predominantly traditional medium format cameras.