Ken Rosenthal

Found this at http://www.kenrosenthal.com/homepage.htm

This photograph is from a series called "a dream half remembered." before i realized the series it came from, it made me think of a dream-like state. i was really interested with how the trees made me think them being morphed into people. Ive been working with blur and distortion, so his work interests me to see how he uses blur to create a dream-like photograph.

Alexander Rodchenko

Found this photograph at http://www.mdf.ru/english/search/authors/rodtchenko/?letter=a&page=2

I chose this photograph because i really liked the perspective. the direction of the boat makes my eyes travel  from left to right, throughout the photo. the children's eyes are looking towards the opposite side of the photo, which makes me wonder what they are looking at.

Cindy Sherman

Found her book in the DCAD library. the name of the book is Cindy Sherman Film Stills.

 The book that i found this from, originally made me look at it because they're movie stills. video class has really made me interested in movie stills, and trying to see how i could incorporate video with my photography.  i like how the darkness and grainy the photograph is, yet you still see detail in the staircase. this photograph makes me want to see the next scene, or film still.

Man Ray

Found this photograph at http://www.lilithgallery.com/arthistory/surrealism/Man-Ray.html

What attracted me to this photograph was the shapes the different tones creates. the angle of the head and neck gives these large abstract shapes which interest me. I chose this photo because it relates to the work ive been doing recently. Ive been working with blur and trying to see how different angles of my face and body can give different feelings and moods to my photographs.his work always inspires me because he abstracts women's figures by angles and jesters theyre in, and his work is very experimental.

E.J. Bellocq

This photograph can be found at http://sexualityinart.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/bellocqs-rebellion-remembering-hidden-loves/

This series bellocq did, was about shooting prostitutes. He shot these women however they wanted. i think that the freedom of the prostitutes to do whatever they wanted for the shoot says a lot about the person. I've always been very interested in shooting people, because of everyone having a different story to tell. i think his series really interested me to view it because of that. All of his photographs from this make me ask questions. when i look at this photograph i wonder why she chose to shoot there and if that place was of importance to her.

Paul Strand

Found this photograph at http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAPstrand.htm

i chose this photograph because I like the placement of the men woman. they bring your eye throughout the photograph. they balance each other out in the photograph, though they all look different, as well as their body jesters. im curious as to why they dont have shoes on, or who the woman is, and in relationship to the men around her. i also like the repetitiveness in shapes. 

Walker Evans

This photograph can be found at http://www.anglonautes.com/voc_arts_photo_1/voc_arts_pho_1.htm

this photograph to me reminds me of the reading about "the thing itself." the two men in the photograph are whats interesting about the photograph. the way theyre dressed, and theyre expressions on their faces are interesting. they both have their eyes closed, seem to be sleeping, have their hands on their lap, and have suits on, yet they still look so different. this photograph reminds me of a photograph i took last year. the photograph i took was of two men at the train station waiting for their train, one man with a hat and the other without.. this photograph makes me think of what the two men would have looked like if i saw the two sitting on the train next to each other.