Peer Review - Student Choice

My Favorites:

I enjoy this picture because  of the symmetry, color, and simplicity of the subject and composition.

This is a favorite of mine because of the composition, but also the eerie feeling I get from viewing this picture. It takes me back to the historic, haunted end of New Orleans, especially because this is of the cathedral in Jackson Square.

I am happy about the way this picture turned out mainly because of the color that pops in the sky, bricks, and flowers. This photo has an element of simplicity that makes it exquisite at the same time.

Class Favorites:

Mikayla Kusmits: I love the unorganized pattern of this photo. The simplicity of the black and white makes the photo classic. The piece in the center looks like a bridge, mending both the side of the wood, adding a story to this photo.

Garrett McCafferty: I love how at first glance, this just looks like your average picture of a river, but at closer inspection the water seems to be going upstream instead if downstream. The picture looks so beautiful and serene, it almost has a calming effect.

Jackson Miles: The detail captured in this picture astounds me. I love how you can see all the water droplets on the individual pieces of grass. The color is amazing and i love the slight rays of light that are visible around the picture.

Maria Sahlani: I love the smooth element to this picture. The face is extremely realistic, but at the same time, the picture looks almost like a painting, in a confusing way,  it looks so real but so unreal at the same exact time. I feel so calm and can not help but smile at the innocence captured in the photograph.

Morgan Stubbendieck: I love the colored element to this picture. The way the blurred sun is setting in the background, and the definition in the viewfinder thing (I don't know the name of this) is so defined. It really calms me and can make me feel being at the beach, and I love that about this photo.

Artist Report - Stephen Shore

1. Stephen Shore


2. October 8, 1947

3. Stephen Shore got involved with photography at a young age, teaching himself how to photograph. "My interest started following my love for chemistry. A forward-thinking uncle gave me a starter developing kit by Kodak for my sixth birthday and I fell in love with the process of developing and printing family snaps in my bathroom. Soon after I started spending time in a local dark room in New York, where I grew up." By the age of 14 Stephen Shore had sold three of his photographs to Edward Steichen at the Museum of Modern Art. At seventeen, Shore met Andy Warhol and began to frequent Warhol's studio, the Factory, photographing Warhol and the creative people that surrounded him. In 1971, at the age of 24, Shore became the second living photographer to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Shore then embarked on a series of cross-country trips, making "on the road" photographs of American and Canadian landscapes. In 1972, he made the journey from Manhattan to Amarillo, Texas, that provoked his interest in color photography. Viewing the streets and towns he passed through, he conceived the idea to photograph them in color, first using 35 mm hand-held camera and then a 4x5" view camera before finally settling on the 8x10 format. Shore has been the director of the photography department at Bard College since 1982. Recently, Shore has been working in Israel, the West Bank, and Ukraine.

4. Vietnam War
Korean War
JFK is President
Sputnik launches
JFK Assassination
Apollo 11
US & Canada sign free trade agreement
Death of Osama Bin Laden
September 11, 2001
Israeli - Palestinian Conflict
Dessert Storm

5. Often the photographs Shore took were of ordinary people, places and events which he caught in a unique manner with his photographic eye. He traveled cross country, finding places among the Canadian and American lines to photograph. He soon came out with Uncommon Places, his 1982 book published in color, became a "bible" for photographers looking to print and photograph in color.

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Cumberland St., Charleston, South Carolina 1975

2nd St., Ashland, Wisconsin 1973

Church St. and 2nd St., Easton, Pennsylvania 1974 

El Paso St., El Paso, Texas 1975

7. I love Shore's work. I enjoy the color that pops in the photos, as well as the simple composition that seems so unique due to the colors and positions. I find it interesting how Shore captures every day buildings that has no interesting pieces to it, and makes them interesting just by the sheer moment he captures. The Uncommon Places pictures represent the true "small-town America" feel, which is both heartwarming and enlightening to me.

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Works Cited

Habert, Judith. "Stephen Shore Biography." AboutTech. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

Stephen Shore (Getty Museum). 1995. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California. The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Web. 21 Apr. 2015.

"Stephen Shore Interview." Interview by Anna Stathaki. Wallpaper* Magazine. Wallpaper* Magazine, 26 July 2007. Web. 20 Apr. 2015. <http://www.wallpaper.com/art/Stephen-Shore-interview/1610>.

"Stephen Shore." Stephen Shore. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.

Student Choice - New Orleans, LA

This portfolio of images examines the architecture and beauty in the buildings of New Orleans. I looked to the photographer Stephen Shore for his work on the American city street, and although my composition may differ slightly from his, the idea of establishing the simple beauty in American cities is still there. My photographs attempt to make the simple beauty of a once dilapidated city pop. The names of the photographs all come from the streets they were taken on. I paid close attention to the color of buildings and the designs that age has brought the pieces of the buildings (stains, cracks, etc.). These images are intended to bring to light a new appreciation for the color and architecture around us that we do not pay attention to every day.

St. Philip St. f5.6 1/125 sec

Burgundy St. f7.1 1/200sec

Conti St. f4.5 1/80 sec

St. Louis St. f6.3 1/160 sec

St. Peter's St. f6.3 1/160 sec

Decauter St. f5.6 1/125 sec

St. Ann St. f8 1/250 sec 

Chartres St. f9 1/400 sec

Orleans St. f6.3 1/160 sec

Bourbon St. f7.1 1/2000 sec 

 

Dauphine St. f9 1/320 sec 

Royal St. f7.1 1/250 sec