Research Assignment 3
For Research Assignment 3, one of the photographers from the list above will be assigned to you. Please check the Announcements page for the assignment list.
Still Life Photographers
Irving Penn
Mittongtare Studio
Laura Letinsky
Clare Barboza
Zeke Berman
Wolfgang Tillmans
Olivia Parker
Immogen Cunningham
Anna Atkins
Uta Barth
Jerry Uelsmann
Maggie Taylor
Marcus Nilsson
Paho Mann
Research the still life photographer assigned to you. Submit a journal answering these basic questions. Please use full sentences and paragraph form. What kind of still life work did he/she accomplish? Formal or conceptual? What techniques did he/she use (lighting, projection, Photoshop, large format)? How does formalism fit within his/her still life work? In what era did he/she photograph in? Into what venues did his/her work fit, was it the art world or commercial? What concept was behind his/her work?