Irving Penn: Penn's photographs are different from most photographers portraits of people. Irving's photos have a twist to them. He either poses people in unusual ways, add objects to the photo or changes the background to something interesting. He adds a new spin on the photography of people. The photos that i have seen of Irving's seem to be film photos. In his photos he uses allot of props. His photos would most likely be shot in a studio and he would probably have assistants to help him set up and get props together. I do not notice any photoshop edits. The lighting he uses is artificial because most of the pictures that i have seen of his have had light all around and few shadows.

Ansel Adams: Ansel Adams photographs are mainly nature and still objects. He has been a favorite photographer of mine for a while. The lighting he uses is all natural (since they are outdoor scenes.) I know that his photos are from film prints. He has worked alone because you cant have a set out in Yosemite valley with assistants setting up the shot for El Capitan. Ansel Adams photographs of nature are a great influence to me and the photos that i take.

Hiroshi Sugimoto: HIroshi's photography varies in style. They are mostly abstract photos. They seem to have been shot in a set. The lighting is artificial. Some of them seemed to have been photoshopped because the outside of the photos are darker than the middle of the photo. I think that the Hiroshi worked alone in most of his photos because they seem to not need allot of work to put together.

Joel Sternfeld: Joel's photos are of mostly nature like Ansel's but unlike Ansel's he has people in his photographs. His photo graphs seem to be taken with a film camera. There are no evidence of photoshopping on his images. The lighting he uses is natural. I think Joel worked alone for taking his pictures because they are mostly outdoors'.

Robert Dosineu: Robert's photos are of all people in different settings and situations. Some are in the city and others are in the country. They all depict the emotion of the subject. The lighting he uses is natural light. I believe he ha used a film camera. There does not seem to be photoshopped used in his photos. His photos may have required some assistance to get his subjects in order.

Emulation project

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Irving Penn

Joel Sternfeld

Robert Doisneau

Ansel Adams

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Response to: Point, Shoot, Retouch and label?

"Some think such a law..." When i first read this paragraph i thought of many different things. First i agreed that it could destroy photographic art. The editing of a photograph to me enhances a photo. But when it comes to photoshopping the imperfections of a human body to make the picture look absolutely perfect than my idea of photo editing changes. Than i thought that if you change one area of photo editing of advertisement than you should change all photo editing in advertisement.

Now that i have thought about this paragraph i think that the law would do some good to the thoughts of younger viewers. Its showing them that even the rich and famous do not look perfect, they have help from photoshop to fix there "imperfections". I think it would have an impact on people with eating disorders because they will realize you do not have to go to extreme lengths to look thin, and being extremely thin isn't always the best thing and not everyones body is perfect.




Who is the author of a photo? I think the author of the photo is the photographer. They are the ones that usually set up the shot and the ones instructing how the model should pose or how the lighting should be and etc. They are using their eye and their camera to capture something that could make them famous or the company they are shooting for famous.