This photo is by Robert and Shana Parkeharrison.  This is one of their less complex photographs technically but it is still a very strong and compelling image.  The motion blur that is incorperated ito the otherwise still image is very interesting as well as the use of the rule of thirds.

This photograph is from the series Family of Man by Edward Stichen.  I like the starling imagery and the direct point of view.  There is a feeling that you want to look away when you see this image but it is somehow compelling and draws you to it.  The lighting is very basic but works very well for the image. 

Photo Journal 5

This photograph was done by David Hockney.  He uses many different images to piece together one image such as this one.  In much of his work David Hockney shows either different points of focus such as the different points of view on the telephone pole or a sense of movement through time.  I think that the idea of showing the flow of time within a still image is a great concept and  is quite interesting to me

Nan Goldin - Joana's back in the doorway
This photograph is by a more contemporary photographer. Nan Goldin had grown up in the subculture of drag queens and junkies in the late 1970's.  Nan's photographs are incredibly person with her subjects most of them being nude or in the middle of sex.  I think that this idea of infiltrating the privacy of peoples love lives is a very interesting idea for photography.  when looking at this photographers work you see the world and her life through her eyes even the most intimate and private parts of it.

Sebastiao Salgado-
 This photograph is one of the images taken by the photographic journalist Sebastiao Salgado.  He worked independently on many different projects and had many of them pubished in magazines and books. Selgado was interested in capturing images that would show the harsh realities of the world.  He was not only successful at achieving this goal but made many very succesful images such as this one.  The source of soft almost heavenly light coming through the trees draws you to the picture and juxtaposes with the sense of hopelessness in the image. 

Photo journal 4

Bruce Davidson - The Dwarf, 1958
This photograph is intriguing to me not only for its subject matter but also because of the message being portrayed by the photographer.  Bruce Davidson focused mainly on the lower classes in society such as the members of the cony island carnival or the young gangs of new york city.  He manages to capture a feeling of loneliness and solitude in this picture and almost all of his images have this same intense dramatic feeling.

Photo journal 3

This photograph also by Cartier Bresson is the exact type of photography I am trying to emulate.  The well thought out composition and the sense that he has captured the perfect moment on his film.  There is defiantly a distinct feeling that you get when looking at this picture and that is what draws me to this picture .  The composition within this picture with the selective focus on what appears to be a guard and the out of focus man in the background who appears to be a prisoner who is escaping as well as his use of the rule of thirds are all done expertly.

Photo journal 2

I feel that this photography relates to my current work in our window project.  It doesn't have the same selective focus that I am using in my work but it has the same feel.  The old man walking by relates to the advertisement and is in in the foreground but the child in the background is the subject of the photograph.  It seems as if the photographer chose the scene and just waited for the right moment using the same technique as Cartier Bresson does in his photography.  Having looked at examples of street photography such as this I feel like i should attempt this type of technique and set up a scene and wait for the right moment instead of going out to look for it. In doing so I hope to be more successful in my attempts to get the results that I am looking for.

Photo journal

This photograph is by one of my favorite photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson. I really like the way he uses the decisive moment to capture a moment where the child looks completely secluded.  This photo strongly relates to our "mirror/window" assignment and it is evident that this falls under the category of window.  The way that the right egde of the frame is parallel to the road is very well done even though it was most likely unintentional.  This photograph is a great example of why he is know as the father of the decisive moment.