Photography and Text by Grant Wei, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . AN ACCURATE PAINTING . Photos as emulations of paintings, creating some sort of misplaced hierarchy between paintings and photographs. Photographs, allegedly, were recreational, while paintings were considered to be fine art. At least, in the first … Read more
Photography and Text by Lilibeth Montero, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . The first picture John Szarkowski introduces is a portrait. The portrait created by William Shew, using the daguerreotype process, fascinated me. Szarkowski mentions in the book that daguerreotype was mainly used to capture the faces of … Read more
Photography and Text by Hilary Lam, Copyright 2018 . Book Review: Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski . The Organic Form as Sculpture . Szarkowski’s collection of 100 photographs from the Museum of Modern Art is a compilation of historic works from the 20th to early 21st century. The book is seemingly a … Read more
Photography and Text by Lilibeth Montero, Copyright 2018 . ABRIL . I didn’t want my images to portray the “traditional” or “typical” representation of love, despair, sadness or happiness. For happiness I did my best to have the model be graceful, carefree and at peace. I thought her laying on her back was a … Read more
. Photography and Text by Hilary Lam, Copyright 2018 . IT’S PERSONAL . We are now in a time where social presence is at the height of its exposure. Digital interfaces are now overpowering physical ones; internet news publications, video content, and photography are even more accessible and able to be shared by the … Read more