sketchbook #11: 3 views of one object

assignment #14: through the lens...

David Hockney

David Hockney was an English painter, stage designer and photographer. He is known for his photo collages and paintings, and is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. He was born in Bradford, England, in 1937, and attended art school in London before moving to LA later on.
When he was in LA, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings. In 1970, he started to work in photography, where he created photo collages called joiners. In the 1980s, he started to paint again and began making prints on a photocopier. During his time, he made prints, portraits of friends, and stage designs. Later on in his life, his biggest painting was a huge milestone for him. It was painted on 50 different canvases and he donated the big painting to a gallery in London, which led to a documentary being made about him. His way of photographing was taking hundreds of pictures and creating a collage with them to make them into one photograph of some sort of scenery. His paintings were also of scenery, but they were painted with very vibrant colors.

assignment #13: surreal

I chose to take this style of photo and have it represent surrealism because it is a person holding a mirror to her face, but instead of there being a reflection, there is a picture of someone's face in it. It shows that there are always two sides to people, and that people try to cover up one side of them and show the other side of them.

sketchbook #10: only white things

assignment #13

1. Real is something that is actually happening and is not fake or imagined. Surreal is an event that does not happen in real life, and it is imagined by someone to create a false reality.

2. When someone says "that's so surreal" he or she is saying that something is either so real that they start to debate whether the event is actually happening or not, or that it is not real at all.

Artists

The image above is taken by Kyle Thompson. I was intrigued with this photograph because I like how the person's head is sticking out of water to create an illusion that he is drowning. I was also intrigued by the message from it, which is that we are all drowning from something in our lives, but something is keeping us above water to let us breathe. The fact that it is taken in the middle of the street also adds a surreal sense because it is not something you would ever see in real life.

The image above is taken by Erik Johansson. I was intrigued by the photo because I like how he created the ball in the middle of the street, and how it is reflective. I also like the message that comes from it, which is that there are always going to be things in our way that are reflective on who we are and the things happening in our lives, and we have to figure out how to get past them. Also, I like how there is nothing else on the road besides the ball, the person, and the car because it creates a surreal aspect that when we try to get past those hardships in life, there won't be anyone else to help us get past them.

assignment #12: rain, rain, go away...