PP4 - Final - Shadows

The brighter the light, the darker the shadow.

Phillip-Lorca diCorcia

Artist: Phillip-Lorca diCorcia
Date: 1980's
Title:

I love diCorcia's work. The odd, eery lighting puts such an off mood to usual situations. Why is a kid being lit from the below the kitchen counter, the fridge open in the back and the house lights on even though there's light coming through the window? Such an odd combination of lighting. And the guy with a pepsi.. carton? With blue neon lighting from below? Just so many interesting choices.. a lot to take in

Diane Arbus

Artist: Diane Arbus
Date: 1966
Title: A young man in curlers at home on West 20th Street, NYC

I love Diane Arbus' approach to photographs. She went and she photographed what you wouldn't see everyday and put it out there. Some say her camera was cold but it brought everything to the table, flaws and all. I thought it was really interesting to find out she killed herself by taking poison and cutting her wrists. Makes me wonder about her more.. super mysterious and I think it shows in her art.

PP3 - Which road will you take?

Jim Goldberg

Artist: Jim Goldberg
Date:
Title:

I'm not really quite sure how I feel about these photos. On one hand, I like the writing. I think it adds a personal touch to these photos that lack otherwise, we would have no idea who this woman is. But on the other hand, I think it slightly takes away from the aesthetic and compositional qualities of the image. I'm not sure. Interesting definitely to say the least.

Jeff Wall

Artist: Jeff Wall
Date: 2004
Title: A View From An Apartment


I love Jeff Walls work. I love how his images just seem to be snapshots of daily mundane life and yet if you pay a little attention you start to notice how off this image really is. How outside the window is perfectly exposed, how the girl who is reading is lit up yet the lamp is not on, etc. His mashing of lord knows how many images to create this one, simple, image creates a kind of irony almost and a definite commentary on the technological abilities of this day and age.

PP2 - Isolation