Jasmie Fuentes

    Vincent Cianni was my artist for my personal project, and he worked well for that his images have a nice sense of familiarity. As his projects have a personal and social aspect to them. His Gays in the Military he connects with as a queer person, but he used his photography career as a way to speak out for those without a voice.      In a magazine interview they describe it as him feeling " a connection to social justice issues and projects that deal with memory". I think that these issues are very much important till this day with the continues discrimination of queer individuals not only in the workplace but in everyday interactions as well. Just like any good portrait photographer Cianni spent a great deal of time searching for the individuals he photographs as well as interviewing and creating connections with them before he photographs. This series lasted a couple years and later became a book that express the need of simple human rights for those who fighting for o

       Ralph Gibson is a Photographer from California whose work shows a lot of character. As I researched into Gibsons collections I can compare it to his history in the U.S Navy as well as his up bringing in the Hollywood film industry and being able to see that reflected in his series in the 70s.      Gibson growing up in the film industry gave him skills that reflected in his work as a photographer. In a BBC news article they mentioned skills he learned in Hollywood such as, " close-ups and the intense light required". These are skills that he grew up learning how they worked and had an eye for. He works the harsh lighting very well as his pictures involve a lot of contrast and different shade that adds many different components to his pictures.      Gibsons is very brave with what he chooses to photograph. There's a very surreal feeling when going through his images. Specially his Deja vu series that features images of soldiers and carries a sort of eerie feeling wi

       Mary has a very strategic way of capturing things that aren't normally seen as beautiful in society she exposes this and sheds light on it. a great example of this is her Ward 81 series where she spent 5 weeks living in the hospital with these women and documenting their experience in there. One thing Mary said in an interview was" I want to be a voice for un-famous people... I care about them, and I want people who see my photographs to also care.      I think her work of trying to intergrade with minority populations is fascinating. This woman psychiatric hospital is not the only place she shoot. Another one of her focuses is pediatric care. Understanding these populations is important to avoid stigma and add a sense to normality among all our differences. In the Global Pediatric Healthcare series her work at the Camp  Reykjadalur ,  I have more of a connection with.      As a camp counselor seeing children smile and find a place to have fun is the most valuable thin

      Sebastiao has a very complex series of images. He has an eye for texture as his images are very detailed and include an abundance of textures and patterns. I especially like his environmental portraits in the Amazon as a Brazilian photographer familiar with the history of the area.      The Amazon is a beautiful place with so much to capture. I really like his Images in the River as he spends a lot of time traveling and from city to city. The tribal pictures are very detailed and is something we have not seen before with any other photographer. I think this is a very beautiful culture and he does a great job of capturing things that we don't normally see.      As an American I can attest that we're all biased on the components of the Amazon and have a premade image of what it looks like through the American lens. As a local Sebastiao has the benefit of knowing how to connect not only with different groups of people in the land but shows what we normally would not see.    

      Ruven Afanador is a catalogue photographer who photographs celebrities. The reason why I find catalogue photography interesting is the skill of posing that they use that shows the character of the person they're photographing. Especially when it comes to actors and people who are comfortable being behind the camera these types of shooting are more playful as they're also aimed towards a larger audience.      The element that makes the most difference in my opinion is the backgrounds and the props that he uses. Considering his models already have an establish image as influential people he can play around with the composition of his images. For Example, his Photographies of  Rauw Alejandro, they start with a simple portrait featuring his tattoos and making him seem tough. Afanador proceeding to put Rauw in a cloak and Changning the environment that he is standing on gives him a more mystical look.     Although Afanador does a lot of digital work his analogue photography is

       Blog #2 Photograms     Out of the artist introduced in the photogram assignment the one that caught my interest was Laszlo. There's a more rustic look to his images considering that they were taken in the mid 1920s the photograms are very timeless. The use of the most accessible things such as hands and faces show the lack of tools needed for a good artistic photogram.      As I was researching Laszlo I noted other fields of work that he worked with such as Painting, photography, and set design. What I found most interesting was his work in set design as it taps into his artistic talent in being able to compose great images and make things people want to look at. One big factor of set design is light work and knowing how things will look under the show lights to the audience.      To bring this back to his work with photogram his ability to manipulate lights in different settings. This is especially important to learn when working with black and white photography as you'