Taryn Simon- An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar

Taryn Simon (b. 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist working in photography, text, sculpture and performance. Guided by an interest in systems of categorisation and classification, her practice involves extensive research into the power and structure of secrecy and the precarious nature of survival.   Lucasfilm Archives, Death Star II  Skywalker Ranch  Marin County, California Taryn

Annie Leibovitz

‘Isabella Alen’ – 2015 Recently i watched the Les Miserables film. whilst looking at the young girls portrait on the cover for the film i was interested about who took it and what other work they’ve created. I found out the portrait was shot by Annie Leibovitz,  a photographer I’ve heard of but never really

Andreas Gursky

‘media markt. ‘   Andreas Gursky (born 15 January 1955) is a German photographer. He is known for his large format architecture and landscape colour photographs, often employing a high point of view. In his resplendent large scale photographs, Andreas Gursky captures the modern world, and its landscapes, people, architecture, and industries, in seductive detail. Shot

The Americans- Robert Frank

The Americans is a book by Robert Frank.  The book was published in France in 1958, then the United States in 1959. Robert Frank’s The Americans changed the course of twentieth-century photography. the book consisted of 83 photographs, of street photography in America after the second world war. He shot beneath the surface of American

Francesca Woodman

Francesca Stern Woodman (April 3, 1958 – January 19, 1981) was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring either herself or female models. Despite her short career, which ended with her suicide at the age of 22, Woodman produced over 800 untitled prints during her life. Influenced by Surrealism and Conceptual

Amalia Ullman

Amalia Ullman a 28 year old artist originally from Argentina, now based in Los Angeles works with issues such as class, gender and sexuality. Between April and September 2014, Amalia Ullman posted images of herself online and presented her identity as an ‘Instagram Girl’. Using popular hashtags from celebrities on the popular social networks, dominantly

Richard Avedon

Marilyn Monroe- Richard Avedon                                       Self Portrait As we’ve recently been having workshops on studio lighting, I though i’d research famous portrait photographers. I think Richard Avedon’s images and perfectly composed, classical and most of the time elegant.

Banksy

Banksy is the anonymous British graffiti artist and who has brought his satirical street art to walls, bridges and buildings throughout the world. His accolades and political activism over the years have made people eager to find out his true identity. Although, there is no verified identity for the world famous artist there have been some

Reviewing Y2 Exhibitions

The first exhibition I visited was in the garden of a small cafe. the exhibitions was about the cultural state of Euphoria in a voluntary border-less micro-nation.  They say ‘citizens recognise the damaging strictures crated by existing notions of nationality and choose another way to express their collective culture. They list peoples basic rights and

Alfredo Jaar, The Silence of Nduwayezu.

Alfredo Jaar. The Silence of Nduwayezu, 1997. This is a sculpture/ insulation is made up of thousand one million slide all with the same picture, a set of eyes. A boy refugee Nduwayezu who saw his mother and father killed with machetes. After this horrible event he reacted by staying silent for four weeks. Alfredo Jaar