Crystal's Blog: 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Abstract Final

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Insomnia, Jeff Wall Critical Analysis

The image that stuck out to me in among these four is Insomnia, by Jeff Wall. It spoke to me personally just because my brother suffered through insomnia so I had to see first hand what a toile it took on him. That kind of restlessness is definitely portrayed within this photo. My initial reaction before seeing the title of this piece was feeling a sense of hopelessness for the man. The fettle position and facial expression makes him look like he’s scared and doesn’t know what to do. That sign of hopelessness is also portrayed through the darkness that looks like what is swallowing him towards the bottom of the image. I find it interesting how the lines of the appliances and the items in the room seem to almost point to the man, especially the chair that is literally facing him. I also admire the reflection of the light in the window because it shows gives the viewer information about how all this is going on in the night. The opened cabinets also tell me as the viewer trying to decipher this piece that the man laying down had previously gone through everything possibly trying to figure out what to do. As well as tells me that he is often at home just because you can see items out like the butter, clean dishes drying on the drying rack, and half empty dishwashing liquid and salt bottom. This piece attracted me among the others because it has a lot of information and a straightforward message- the message of hopeless within an inseminated person.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Chatting with Strangers

Joycelyn

Larizza Lopez

Komal

Ameesha

Courtney Diaz

"Can I Pose?" - Philip Zapata

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Color Critique

This assignment was very enriching because of the pops of color and how it brings happiness it brought to the viewer. Everyones either had a happy ecstatic feel to it or had a calming sense with a hint of color. I had the honor to critique two of my classmates Daniel and John, who's pictures turned out amazing.
I had learned from viewing these two artists on a more intimate level made me realize that everyone seems to have a specific type of compositions and colors they gravitate towards. For example Daniel used a lot of Rule of Thirds in his pictures. His pops of color we subdued and mature which made me a more interesting composition. They were also simple in the aspect of not having a lot of surrounding elements yell at you; where as a simple fire alarm or ladder with simple contrasting shadow spoke just as loud.
Johns pictures seem to have gravitated towards interesting contrasting textures. For example how smooth the container holding the water hoes was vs the zig zag lines within the dark table it was placed on. These dark colors in the shadow and his items consisting of bright colors made for an interesting composition. He also has interesting unique subject matter in all of his images using unique angles to make an an even better shot.
It is nice to see other artists work and have them be able to say how they personally feel of it, whether it be of shock of how Photoshop made their image ten times better or how they cropped or not cropped or whatever it may be. Artists can learn a lot of tips from others to help make even their own future work come out better. Compositional elements play a humungous part in making a final outcome become successful. Both of these artists had their element in mind as they were taking these shots.