Peter Lik is a pioneer in landscape photography and is extremely well known. He has spent over 30 years pushing the boundaries of fine art. He has been shooting scenes of Mother Nature his entire life. Born in Melbourne, Australia to hardworking Czech immigrants, he has always appreciated life's beauty and never taken it for granted. Peter's work can be traced back to the essential moment when at 8 years old he received the gift of a Brownie Kodak camera from his parents. This event set him on a course for destiny. Since his first snapshot of a spider web in his family garden, he has wanted to share with people some of the most beautiful places in the world. One of the biggest growing points in his career was when he took on a massive project …show more content…
Another problem that people have with his works is that they feel he just takes pictures; it’s not hard and anyone can do it. However, when Peter Lik takes pictures, he doesn’t just take a picture. He puts much effort into his images by the way he sets up his camera, waits for the perfect image and goes places where the average person wouldn’t go. I feel that the people who talk about him don't really understand the effort that goes into making each and every …show more content…
I think the reason so many people wanted to own this image is due to the fact that it is a mix of nature and the beauty that we would all like to remember each and every day. Living the fast-paced lives of work and family, humans do not get to experience this beauty of nature often enough. Peter Lik uses contextual art in most of his photographs in order to capture the natural Earth that most people are not lucky enough to see in person. If I had to pick the meaning behind his art and the reason he takes these pictures, I would say the meaning is contextual because his art is about what's inside. Inside the picture I mean, it's what the picture is in all of its beauty and glory. Contextual art operates with signs whose meaning is described by the actual pragmatic context. I believe that the reason that Peter Lik takes his pictures is so that he can show others how beautiful nature is and to maybe inspire those people to go visit these places and maybe even to take pictures themselves. Peter is a great photographer that has brought a lot to the art world and to the art loving community. His pictures are not only of Mother Nature like in “Allure” but also of man-made architecture as seen in his snapshots of the Brooklyn Bridge and the New York City
For Emerson, the reticent beauty of nature was the motivator. To him, photography should be recognized because its still-life beauty was able to persuade the public’s appreciation of the life and nourishment
Johnson, Brooks. Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers on their Art.” New York: Aperture Foundation Inc., 2004. Print.
What I see in this piece is peacefulness. Stokes of the paintbrush are perfect to make it look whole. With the sun shinning down making the colors pop out even more. The olive trees glowing in the suns light with the mountains behind it. It is a piece I could look at for a long time with out getting bored. The colors of the piece just make it look so complete. With the lines of the
To be named one of the top photographers of the 20th Century is a substantial credit on its own, but to do so with no formal training or background in the art is remarkable, yet accomplished by Philippe Halsman. It all started at the young age of fifteen, when Philippe would photograph friends and family with his father’s 9x12-cm view camera, developing the glass plate “miracles” in the family’s bathroom sink. Even in these early years, using rudimentary equipment, it was evident Halsman had a gift and would leave a definitive mark on the photographic industry. With his ability to capture the true spirit of the subject and his advanced technical abilities, his career was destined to be nothing short of successful (B. Johnson 180).
Ansel Adams’ was an American photographer who strived to inform people about wilderness preservation throughout his photographs. Each of the artist’s prints, mostly consisting of black and white, showed how each captured moment was an experience into the wilderness and a moment that speaks out about the preservation of the last remaining wilderness landmarks. Throughout his career, Ansel used a variety of cameras including a Hasselblad, a Korona view, a Polaroid Land SX-70, Linhof, Leica, and a 35 mm Zeiss Contax. With his cameras in hand, Ansel set off on many journeys through the wilderness in order to make photographs filled with expression and truth.
Edward Burtynsky is landscape photographer who focuses on finding unique locations that are barren with environmental degradation. He is concerned with the current state of our world and wants to change it by using photography as a medium. Burtynsky 's photolistic style often shows incredible scale and detail within his photos by using multiple vantage points. Burtynsky approaches his subject in a very urgent manner, each and every photo is taken to create a deep impression from its viewer. His work is housed in more than 50 museums including the Guggenheim Museum, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Inspiration The world has many photographers that anyone can look at. You can call me an amateur or say I don’t really understand the art, but when I look at most of the pictures available, and I have looked at thousands lately, I don’t see anything different in the style of photography. I just saw the pictures. I see pictures of beautiful subjects and pictures of ugly subjects. I never really thought about the difference between being the photographer instead of the subject, until I saw Elliott Erwitt.
It appears to me that pictures have been over-valued; held up by a blind admiration as ideal things, and almost as standards by which nature is to be judged rather than the reverse; and this false estimate has been sanctioned by the extravagant epithets that have been applied to painters, and "the divine," "the inspired," and so forth. Yet in reality, what are the most sublime productions of the pencil but selections of some of the forms of nature, and copies of a few of her evanescent effects, and this is the result, not of inspiration, but of long and patient study, under the instruction of much good sense…
Anybody can see a beautiful scene and photograph it but it takes some skill to be able to take a photograph of a scene in a way that makes it beautiful. Adams’ images are so detailed and complex that I am assuming that he used a wide angle lens. With my normal lens I would not be able to fit that much of a scene in frame. The way that he also presented these photos in black and white made them even more interesting. The photographs are more dramatic and intense when in black and white. Black and white photography is something that I have always found very captivating, I just have not experimented with it much. Because of how Adams’ iconic black and white landscape photographs inspired me, I decided to go out and try to imitate his
The large ball is made to be the main thing one notices in the image without even being in the middle. The placement of the camera puts the time capsule on the right of the picture in the background, yet it is still a main focus of the picture. The giant, waxy ball is obviously the most different and attention-getting part of our image, even though it was not the intended subject of the photograph. Secondly, the group, the subjects of the picture, are shown as small and separated. Oftentimes, when a photograph is of a group of people, the photographer tries to make sure that the people are equally spaced throughout the photograph and centered. This arrangement helps to highlight each member of a group and to give them equal amounts of attention. This picture’s complete lack of proportionality expresses the togetherness of the group. Overall, in the picture it is difficult to differentiate between the different people. This shows that the picture is more about the group as a whole rather than the individuals who belong to
A formal analysis of these works of art reveals style that is consistent throughout his pieces of arts. For instance, his arts use figures that have real life. For instance, these figures had natural faces and experienced real emotions. Besides, he has given the characters real space to move about and given them real life poses. H...
landscape has become so commonly known and iconic. The painting is said to be the view from
1. Burtynsky’s work was truly captivating to me. I liked how in his work he really focuses in on the details to capture the story around the subject he chose. In his work, I also enjoy how right away I get this visual connection and, it’s engaging because it makes me wonder and question his intentions of what he decided to photograph. When I immerse myself into his work, it fascinates me. It almost gives me a pleasant feeling to look at his work because it’s beautiful to me but, then again I try to make of why he decided to capture this. It’s almost like I’m seeing a behind the scenes of what goes on in nature and by looking at this other side, I do lament to what this world has come and, how us humans have changed things since the beginning
When going for a walk, a person takes in the beauty around them. On this particular day, the refulgent sun is extra bright, making the sky a perfect blue. White, puffy clouds fill the sky, slowing moving at their own pace. The wind is peacefully calm, making the trees stand tall and proud. There is no humidity in the air. As this person walks down the road, they see a deer with her two fawns. The moment is absolutely beautiful. Moments like this happen only once in a great while, making us wanting to stay in the particular moment forever. Unfortunately, time moves on, but only if there were some way to capture the day’s magnificence. Thanks to Joseph Niépce, we can now capture these moments and others that take our breath away. The invention of the camera and its many makeovers has changed the art of photography.
Leibovitz’s photographs are easily recognised for their bright colours, intense lighting and for her unique and surprising poses. She is a master at projecting the pop culture at the time. When Leibovitz was working for Rolling Stone magazine she mainly composed black-and-white images. She then later began to compose coloured images.