Personal study
What is a personal study ?
Googles response:
The Personal Study is a critical and visual appraisal or theoretical study of any aspect of the visual arts. It is usually an analysis of art or design that focuses on one or both of the following: Process and materials (the way an artist or group of artists use/s media)
What I would say is a personal study:
I would say that a personal study is trying to improve to gain skills by following a certain artist or a style of art though research and attempting to gain the skill of the artist. Now with the age of the internet and the access to documents and resources that people have, a personal study has never been easier.
The Personal Study is a critical and visual appraisal or theoretical study of any aspect of the visual arts. It is usually an analysis of art or design that focuses on one or both of the following: Process and materials (the way an artist or group of artists use/s media)
What I would say is a personal study:
I would say that a personal study is trying to improve to gain skills by following a certain artist or a style of art though research and attempting to gain the skill of the artist. Now with the age of the internet and the access to documents and resources that people have, a personal study has never been easier.
What parts of photography I would like to follow
Using black and white imagery to convoy a emotion or a feeling
Why do I want to follow this
I'm quite comfortable with doing black and white work but I know that wont be enough and I know I've got a long way to go before I know how to use black and white in my images efficiently enough to make a whole study of it. This would give me a chance to improve and learn new skills with black and white imagery. That will give me a wide range of work going from photographing architecture to doing portrait work and, trying to show emotions and feeling in all the categories. Picking this topic will give me a whole lot of photographers to take inspiration from. I could do the style of Alexander Kravchenko's or I could take inspiration from the abstract work of Bill Brandt and try to make work that shows emotions with my own skills at taking photographs and editing them.
The advantages of doing this style and the disadvantages of this style
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
I understand most of the editing I will be doing now.
I still have a lot of room to improve my skills at this style. Black and white work can be really powerful if done correctly. Gives me almost infinite possibilities to what I could photograph. I've done a lot of work before with black and white so the initial learning curve isn't there and I can go straight into learning more technical work. |
The way I can edit is close to being limited as the some editing techniques will be the same.
only a certain amount of photographers do black and white work with meaning behind the photographs. It can sometimes be hard to get a emotion or a feeling in the image if the image isn't good enough |
The photographers that are popular for black and white work.
DAIDO MORIYAMA
Born in Ikeda, Osaka, Moriyama studied photography under Takeji Iwamiya (based in Osaka), before moving to Tokyo in 1961 to work as an assistant to the photographer Eikoh Hosoe for three years. He produced a collection of photographs, Nippon gekijō shashinchō, which showed the darker sides of urban life and the less-seen parts of cities. In them, he attempted to show how life in certain areas was being left behind the other industrialized parts. His subsequent work revolves around the themes of urban mystery, memory, and exploration of the photographic medium.
Moriyama's style is synonymous with that of Provoke magazine, which he was involved with in 1969, namely 'are, bure, bokeh', translated as 'grainy / rough, blurry, and out-of-focus'. Known mostly for his work in black and white, his images often use high contrast and tilted horizons to convey the fragmentary nature of modern life. Moriyama often presents his work in the form of photo-books, which he describes as open-ended sites, allowing the reader to decide on the sequence of images that they view Since 1968, he has published more than 150 photo books. Some of the most notable of these photo books are Japanese Theater (1968), Farewell, Photography (1972), Daidohysteric (1993), and Hokkaido (2008)
Moriyama's style is synonymous with that of Provoke magazine, which he was involved with in 1969, namely 'are, bure, bokeh', translated as 'grainy / rough, blurry, and out-of-focus'. Known mostly for his work in black and white, his images often use high contrast and tilted horizons to convey the fragmentary nature of modern life. Moriyama often presents his work in the form of photo-books, which he describes as open-ended sites, allowing the reader to decide on the sequence of images that they view Since 1968, he has published more than 150 photo books. Some of the most notable of these photo books are Japanese Theater (1968), Farewell, Photography (1972), Daidohysteric (1993), and Hokkaido (2008)
Photographic research
(Google images)
My favourite work of his
My favourites from this gallery
Research of another photographer that inspires me
Bill Brandt
Born in Hamburg, Germany, son of a British father and German mother, Brandt grew up during World War I, during which his father, who had lived in Germany since the age of five, was interned for six months by the Germans as a British citizen.:21 Brandt later disowned his German heritage and would claim he was born in South London. Shortly after the war, he contracted tuberculosis and spent much of his youth in a sanatorium in Davos, Switzerland.[3] He traveled to Vienna to undertake a course of treatment by psychoanalysis. He was, in any case, pronounced cured and was taken under the wing of socialite Eugenie Schwarzwald. When Ezra Pound visited the Schwarzwald residence, Brandt made his portrait. In appreciation, Pound reportedly offered Brandt an introduction to Man Ray, whose Paris studio and darkroom Brandt would access in 1930.
In 1933 Brandt moved to London and began documenting all levels of British society. This kind of documentary was uncommon at that time. Brandt published two books showcasing this work, The English at Home (1936) and A Night in London (1938). He was a regular contributor to magazines such as Lilliput, Picture Post, and Harper's Bazaar. He documented the Underground bomb shelters of London during The Blitz in 1940, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
During World War II, Brandt concentrated on many subjects – as can be seen in his "Camera in London" (1948) but excelled in portraiture and landscape. To mark the arrival of peace in 1945 he began a celebrated series of nudes. His major books from the post-war period are Literary Britain (1951), and Perspective of Nudes (1961), followed by a compilation of his best work, Shadow of Light (1966). Brandt became Britain's most influential and internationally admired photographer of the 20th century. Many of his works have important social commentary but also poetic resonance. His landscapes and nudes are dynamic, intense and powerful, often using wide-angle lenses and distortion
In 1933 Brandt moved to London and began documenting all levels of British society. This kind of documentary was uncommon at that time. Brandt published two books showcasing this work, The English at Home (1936) and A Night in London (1938). He was a regular contributor to magazines such as Lilliput, Picture Post, and Harper's Bazaar. He documented the Underground bomb shelters of London during The Blitz in 1940, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
During World War II, Brandt concentrated on many subjects – as can be seen in his "Camera in London" (1948) but excelled in portraiture and landscape. To mark the arrival of peace in 1945 he began a celebrated series of nudes. His major books from the post-war period are Literary Britain (1951), and Perspective of Nudes (1961), followed by a compilation of his best work, Shadow of Light (1966). Brandt became Britain's most influential and internationally admired photographer of the 20th century. Many of his works have important social commentary but also poetic resonance. His landscapes and nudes are dynamic, intense and powerful, often using wide-angle lenses and distortion
Photographic research
(google images)
Images that stood out to me
My favourites from this gallery
Another photographer that inspires me
Willy Ronis
Ronis was born in Paris; his father, Emmanuel Ronis, was a Jewish refugee from Odessa, and his mother, Ida Gluckmann, was a refugee from Lithuania, both escaped from the pogroms. His father opened a photography studio in Montmartre, and his mother gave piano lessons. The boy's early interest was music and he hoped to become a composer. Ronis' passion for music has been observed in his photographs.
Returning from compulsory military service in 1932, his violin studies were put on hold because his father's cancer required Ronis to take over the family portrait business. The work of photographers, Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams inspired Ronis to begin exploring photography. His father died in 1936, whereupon Ronis sold the business and set up as a freelance photographer, his first work being published in Regards.
In 1937 he met David Seymour and Robert Capa, and did his first work for Plaisir de France; in 1938–39 he reported on a strike at Citroën and traveled in the Balkans.With Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ronis belonged to Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires, and remained a man of the left.In 1946 Ronis joined the photo agency Rapho, with Brassaï, Robert Doisneau and Ergy Landau, and was instrumental in forming the professional association Le Groupe des XV. Ronis became the first French photographer to work for Life.
Returning from compulsory military service in 1932, his violin studies were put on hold because his father's cancer required Ronis to take over the family portrait business. The work of photographers, Alfred Stieglitz and Ansel Adams inspired Ronis to begin exploring photography. His father died in 1936, whereupon Ronis sold the business and set up as a freelance photographer, his first work being published in Regards.
In 1937 he met David Seymour and Robert Capa, and did his first work for Plaisir de France; in 1938–39 he reported on a strike at Citroën and traveled in the Balkans.With Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ronis belonged to Association des Écrivains et Artistes Révolutionnaires, and remained a man of the left.In 1946 Ronis joined the photo agency Rapho, with Brassaï, Robert Doisneau and Ergy Landau, and was instrumental in forming the professional association Le Groupe des XV. Ronis became the first French photographer to work for Life.
Initial photographic research
(google images)