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  Ernst Haas started his career as a black and white photographer in Vienna. He moved to New York City in 1951 and started photographing the city using color photography. Haas found that the only way to capture the true spirit of the city was to photograph it in color. Developing color film in such vibrance and detail shows his talent and devotion to his work. Haas was a pioneer of color photography. He was even the first person to publish a color photo essay in LIFE magazine.   I chose a piece from Haas’s Exhibition  New York in Colour , 1952-1962. I love his image Rain Reflection, NY, 1952. This image is a c- print, which means it is an analog image in color . What I really like is how simple the image is and how non - busy it is. A lot of photography has to do with timing and this image proves it. As the title states this is an image from New York City. After only being in  New York a couple of times I know how busy it can be so the fact he was able to...

The image I chose is from Alex Webb’s  The Suffering of Light . This image depicts Mexicans being arrested while trying to cross the border into the United States. Alex Webb is known as one of the pioneers of American color photography. Th e images i n this book The Suffering of Light are known for their intense color and lighting. This series is what got Webb into color photography to begin with. Now he is well known all over the world for his color photographs. This is ironic because he started out as a black and white photographer in New England and New York. It is only because of a trip to Haiti w h ere he saw that color was a large part of the society that he found out he wanted to capture the colors. Since this work he has gone on to become a Magnum photographer, has published 18 photobooks, and exhibited his work in a number of mu seums.   All the images in this series have vibrant colors and a great contrast of light. However, I l ike this image more than the othe...

     “WE ARE ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS NOW! ” . This was said because the development of the cell phone allows everyone to take pictures. I disagree with this statement. I disagree because it takes more than simply pushing a button to become a photographer. Like most art forms one must have a talent for expressing themselves. However, they also must have a drive to grow and learn how to improve. Developing and editing an i mage also takes time, effort, and skill. A photographer must capture a story in every image. A story that the viewer must figure out for themselves. It must have a deeper meaning than just a picture of a cute dog. So just because you can take a picture you are not a phot ographer. A photographer is a title earned just like a painter or a sculpt or . You must be an artist. I have been taking photos for over three years, I have learned a lot and grown so much but I still do not call myself a photographer yet. For me inspiration is very important . You mu...

  “The inventory started in 1839 and since then just about everything has been photographed, or so it seems”. Being able to photograph anything was convenient. Events and fleeting moments were never able to be captured before. But with a photograph, you could capture a moment and keep it forever in near-perfect detail. It's like a memory frozen in time. As cameras became more advanced and modern we started to capture more and more of our daily lives. As of today, I bet that almost every major event in our lives is photographed. “In teaching us a new visual code, photographs alter and enlarge our notions of what is worth looking at and what we have a right to observe”. Because people were able to capture anything and keep it as a memory, people started photographing everything because they never wanted to forget anything. Since so many things were photographed artists had to start looking at things differently in order to be original in their work. Photography also pushes the boun...

  “Photography can change the way we look at the world”. I agree with this sentence. Photography can change a person's view of the world but literally and metaphorically. Abstract works literally distort an image forcing the viewer to look at the subject in a way they could not before. Photos can also open the viewer's eyes to a truth about the world they did not see before. Such as war photography. People used to be able to disconnect from war because they could not see what it was like, but after photographers started taking photos of war zones the war was brought to the people and they could no longer ignore it. They could now view the effects and devastation that war left behind. “Photography approaches art insofar as it is made or created with skill”. I also agree that photography is a form of art. While it is true that nowadays anyone can take a picture on their phone, true photography takes skill and hard work to make. Because of the years of practice and the amount of...

      Above is a self-portrait of me. While this image does not show my face it does represent part of who I am. I am a photographer. While I may not be a professional or known for any of my work I am at heart a photographer. I see the world around me as images waiting to happen. I am always looking for what would make a great photo, and when I don't have my camera I capture the image with my mind and carry it with me so that maybe next time I will be able to capture the moment. And I love the process of creating an image, whether in analog or digital. An image is but a moment frozen in time forever, and it can never be touched by time again. However, when you edit the image it is like you are reaching back in time to alter the landscape to your will. It gives you a sense of power and control that we don't always get in our lives, and it can be intoxicating. Once I started photographing my world I found I could never put my camera down again. And I will never see the worl...

  For a Magnum Artist I chose Jonas Bendiksen. The image of his that I chose is of Skogs ø ya Norway in 2012. I love how much detail and how many shades of gray he was able to get in this image. I love how the person in the image is only a silhouette. The fact that the individual is silhouetted keeps them from distracting from the rest of the image while also adding perspective to how far off the mountains are. I also like how he captured the light breaking through the clouds. The light hits the mountains in the background which leads your eyes to focus on them. The lighting leads me to believe that the main focus of this image is meant to be the mountains in the background. If the person was intended to be the main focus they would have been the one in the light not the mountains. I also love that even though the water is in the background you can still see detailed ripples. Most of his other picture on the Magnum website are in color and have people positioned in the image as the...