Photographers!

Tis photography week and we were given the names of 50 photographers of note so I've looked up some of their work to see what kind of thing I like/ don't like:
Fay Godwin -In a lot of her work I get the sense of solitude and often there's often a feel of ageless time. I think there's something quite beautiful in the loneliness of her work. I also think the images, although they feel melancholy and reflective, have something very calm and peaceful about them which I love. I really like her work in black and white; it gives the image a lovely quality.

Vivian Maier -

What I really like about Maier's work it seems to take a snapshot out of someones life. You get the sense that your looking into someone life through the photo and I find myself wondering about what they do and who they are. You get the sense that there's a story behind the people in the photos and although you don't know them, you want to know their story. I feel a connection to the people in the photos and I think that's brilliant.

 

Wolfgang Tillmans -

I don't always understand what he's actually photographed but I find his work interesting and I like the colours in it. It's a bit unusual and I like that. It reminds we of water or liquid and the movements within it.

 

Thomas Joshua Cooper -

I just think Cooper's subject matters are incredible. They really get across nature's awesome power. You've also got to admire someone who travels to these fabulous locations to capture these images.

Sally Mann -

I think Sally Mann's work has a poignancy about it and it's memorable because quite often her subjects have direct eye contact with the camera which is very powerful.  I think her images are very interesting and I like her contrasts between the light and dark.