Koos Breukel
Born in 1962, Koos Breukel is a Dutch photographer who has made a living through the photos taken in his studios around the world. Koos Breukel would stay in a studio for days, confining him and his subjects with no interference from the 3 outside world. Only a camera, tripod, plain background would be in the room with him and his subjects. Not even outside light would really be in the photos as he preferred artificial lighting. He would select subjects as he went about his life. He did not care about the person’s background. He did not have any preferences, whether it be race, gender, occupation or age. His photography style is very different from other studio photographers. He chooses to photograph the subjects in a manner in which he can see which he can see what the subject has gone through. He can see how their life decisions have affected them physically or mentally. He believes that how a person acts or poses is a direct reflection of how they chose to present themselves to the outside world. The way they choose to act shows how they’ve been able to move past the pain. A majority of the photos are in black and white. He believes that it sharpens the effects of the suffering they have been through in their lives. Without color as a distraction, the subject is all we can focus on.
Born in 1962, Koos Breukel is a Dutch photographer who has made a living through the photos taken in his studios around the world. Koos Breukel would stay in a studio for days, confining him and his subjects with no interference from the 3 outside world. Only a camera, tripod, plain background would be in the room with him and his subjects. Not even outside light would really be in the photos as he preferred artificial lighting. He would select subjects as he went about his life. He did not care about the person’s background. He did not have any preferences, whether it be race, gender, occupation or age. His photography style is very different from other studio photographers. He chooses to photograph the subjects in a manner in which he can see which he can see what the subject has gone through. He can see how their life decisions have affected them physically or mentally. He believes that how a person acts or poses is a direct reflection of how they chose to present themselves to the outside world. The way they choose to act shows how they’ve been able to move past the pain. A majority of the photos are in black and white. He believes that it sharpens the effects of the suffering they have been through in their lives. Without color as a distraction, the subject is all we can focus on.
Peter Bailobrzeski
Peter Bailobrzeski is a German photographer who specializes in creating powerful language through his photographs of landscapes. I believe that much of his style is influenced through his upbringing and education. Before he studied photography at the University of Essen, he was a politics and sociology major. In the destruction of Lower Shanghai, he chooses to speak about the social movement that the city is going through. Currently, many people from other parts of the country really want to move to Shanghai to find a better future. While this is a good thing, this means many Shanghainess people have to make room for them. His photographs like to show the vast difference in these people’s upbringing. He chooses to photograph a person’s house with the bare minimums to survival with large, modern skyscrapers in the background. The community and simple upbringing that made this city is being replaced. With a natural, gloomy background, I can only feel sad for these people. We can see these places half destroyed. The contrast in colors is also huge. The run-down colors of the building are not like the shiny glass and metal of these new towers. The neat and organized construction of these new buildings in not like the old, disorganized people of the true Shanghai.
Peter Bailobrzeski is a German photographer who specializes in creating powerful language through his photographs of landscapes. I believe that much of his style is influenced through his upbringing and education. Before he studied photography at the University of Essen, he was a politics and sociology major. In the destruction of Lower Shanghai, he chooses to speak about the social movement that the city is going through. Currently, many people from other parts of the country really want to move to Shanghai to find a better future. While this is a good thing, this means many Shanghainess people have to make room for them. His photographs like to show the vast difference in these people’s upbringing. He chooses to photograph a person’s house with the bare minimums to survival with large, modern skyscrapers in the background. The community and simple upbringing that made this city is being replaced. With a natural, gloomy background, I can only feel sad for these people. We can see these places half destroyed. The contrast in colors is also huge. The run-down colors of the building are not like the shiny glass and metal of these new towers. The neat and organized construction of these new buildings in not like the old, disorganized people of the true Shanghai.
Jeff Wall is a Canadian photographer that likes to shoot
photographs that depict a story. Without even going into the meanings of his
photos, I can see a story unfold in front of me. While his pictures have a
central focus, there is always much going on in them. There are always many
colors, subjects, actions, and accessories in the picture. He is showing us something
that could happen and likely has happened. Just like in real life, there are
always small distractions in the grand scheme of things. His memories are what
the pictures are based on. He likes to recreate memories that he was not able
to capture before. His mood, although mainly gloomy, goes with the subject in
the picture. The lighting, color, and texture are all changed depending on what
he is trying to show. What makes him different from other photographers is that
he chooses to photograph staged recreations instead of taking candid shots like
most photographers. This allows him to dictate what is happening in each photo.
Instead of having to adjust the photos mood after the fact, he can have it set
from the beginning.
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